Senate District 32 Registration: D 11597, R 11676, N 18565, total 41863, R +79; the most evenly split district in the state. Incumbent: Brian Schoenjahn, D-Arlington Schoenjahn was first elected in 2004 with 53% in an open seat race when two term Repub... »
Senate District 31 Registration: D 16811, R 6981, N 14704, total 38516, D +9830 Incumbent: Bill Dotzler, D-Waterloo; holdover seat An excellent Democratic district gets even better with minor line changes. Dotzler moved over to the Senate in 2002 after... »
Senate District 30 Registration: D 12420, R 13318, N 16218, total 42026, R +898 Incumbent: Jeff Danielson, D-Cedar Falls Senate Republicans have snagged a big name for one of their top targeted seats, as GOP rising star Matt Reisetter has announced aga... »
Senate District 12 Registration: D 8794, R 19068, N 14892, total 42782, R +10274 Incumbent: Joni Ernst, R-Red Oak Ernst, who took over in the January 2011 special election, to replace Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds, still has a very Republican district made of ... »
Well. looks like I was wrong. Joe Seng DID make the 2nd CD primary ballot after all. I've heard reports they were collecting sigs as late as last night; someone want to check them over closely? What else we got here on the last day: As expected, Republ... »
Well, that Last Minute Retirement Watch post seems to have worked. Four of the seven House incumbents who hadn't filed or announced retirement made it down to Matt Schultz's office today: Dave Heaton, R-Mt. Pleasant in House District 84, Rick Olson, D-... »
Bruce Braley, Steve King and John Archer turned their paperwork in to Matt Schultz today, meaning the congressional ballot is probably complete. (And no, Joe Seng ain't gonna get the signatures.) For my local readers, Democrat Sally Stutsman tops the f... »
Just three days to go after today, and the candidate list is starting to fill up. Still a few gaps: we havent's seen Bruce Braley or Steve King yet. Close to home, West Liberty Democrat Sara Sedlacek makes it official in House District 88 against Repub... »
Friday night's big news was Wilton Republican Jeff Kaufmann announcing he was not seeking re-election in House District 73. Today, we got the follow-up the rumor mill had told us about: son Bobby Kaufmann, 26, will run in dad's seat. He'll face the win... »
The festival of filing continued today at the Secretary of State's office, with a few more names that I'd somehow missed: Davenport tea partier Mark Nelson, who was the 2006 Libertarian nominee for lieutenant governor. He's now on the ballot as a Repub... »
Urbandale Council Member John Forbes in Open House 40 Senate Republicans have snagged a big name for one of their top targeted seats, as GOP wundekind Matt Reisetter has announced against Democrat Jeff Danielson in Senate District 30. Reisetter, who's ... »
"Signed Sealed, Delivered" is officially gone, as Team Obama 2.0 releases the new playlist. Here it is in handy YouTube playable format. And of course, such an occasion requires a Deeth rally music review. I could offer an alternate list, sure, but per... »
Another good name on the House Dems recruit list: Oelwein City Councilman Bruce Bearinger announced today that he will run for state representative in House District 64, which includes parts of Buchanan and Fayette Counties. Bearinger teaches agricultu... »
