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Weekend open thread: Matt Schultz comeback attempt edition

What's on your mind this weekend, Bleeding Heartland readers? This is an open thread. Lots of politicians have come back after one or more electoral setbacks. Tom Harkin lost his first campaign for...

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Auditor details mismanagement by Matt Schultz and Mary Mosiman

Statement Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz e-mailed to Radio Iowa on September 25: “There is nothing new here. What I have consistently maintained is that I acted on the advice of DAS, which was...

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Secretary of State race: Brad Anderson’s on tv, Paul Pate’s on the radio

Brad Anderson’s introductory television commercial, launched October 9: My transcript: Brad Anderson sitting in his living room, speaking directly to the camera: I’m Brad Anderson, candidate for Iowa...

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Catching up on the Iowa secretary of state race

Frm Iowa Public Television’s "Iowa Press" episode of October 3: Lynch: Speaking of Matt Schultz, Mr. Pate, you said early on in this campaign that you thought Matt Schultz had done a good job of...

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Mid-week open thread: 2018 IA-Gov scenarios edition

All topics are welcome in this open thread. I’d like to hear from Bleeding Heartland readers about the next race for Iowa governor. Winning that election needs to be a top priority for Iowa Democrats....

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State drops appeal in case on purging Iowa voter rolls

Schultz’s top priority as secretary of state was to change state law to require all voters to show photo ID when casting ballots in person. That change required new legislation, which was a non-starter...

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A political match made in heaven: Ted Cruz and Matt Schultz

The 2010 GOP wave propelled Schultz to a narrow victory in the Iowa Secretary of State’s race. He seized the chance to push for a voter ID law that Iowa’s experienced county election officials didn’t...

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Iowa won’t have to repay HAVA funds used for voter fraud investigations

The U.S. Election Assistance Commission has determined that spending $240,000 on criminal investigations of voter fraud in Iowa was an "allowable, allocable and reasonable" use of federal Help America...

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Three reasons Geri Huser should not have picked the fight the Iowa Utilities...

The Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) announced yesterday that it "has started the process to transfer funds earmarked for the Iowa Energy Center (IEC) at Iowa State University and the Center for Global and...

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Weekend open thread: Last Des Moines Register caucus poll and a shady Ted...

Photo of a Ted Cruz supporter’s car spotted in Davenport on January 30; shared with the photographer’s permission. The final Iowa caucus poll by Selzer & Co. for the Des Moines Register and...

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Weekend open thread: Ted Cruz delegate domination edition

What’s on your mind this weekend, Bleeding Heartland readers? This is an open thread: all topics welcome. Newly-disclosed details about the sex abuse charges filed against former U.S. House Speaker...

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Other controversies, poor scheduling ruin Joni Ernst’s big RNC moment

The good news for U.S. Senator Joni Ernst was she didn’t make any gaffes during her speech last night at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. The bad news: her speech made little impression...

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Why Iowa’s RNC votes all went for Trump, even though Cruz won the caucuses

The Republican Party of Iowa changed its bylaws earlier this year to prevent a repeat of what state party chair Jeff Kaufmann has called "the 2012 fiasco." During the last Republican National...

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Nothing says “civil discourse” like Steve King as your campaign co-chair

“There is no civil discourse left and it is really sad,” Governor Kim Reynolds said yesterday, adding, “We ought to be able to debate ideas because that’s how you get to consensus.” Reynolds lamented...

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Iowa Republicans not challenging Attorney General Tom Miller

What a difference two election cycles makes. After going all in against longtime Attorney General Tom Miller in 2010 and making a token effort to defeat him in 2014, Iowa Republicans did not even...

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