At least 200 people gathered on the west steps of the Iowa State Capitol Monday evening for a rally and vigil marking one month since Trayvon Martin's killing in Floriday. After the jump I've posted a few notes from the event, along with links about th... »
Senate District 23 Registration: D 14500, R 11363, N 17156, total 43178, D +3137 Incumbent: Herman Quirmbach, D-Ames; holdover seat Herman Quirmbach went from the Ames city council to the Senate in 2002, winning a bit of a primary upset when Johnie Ham... »
Every year as International Women's Day approaches, the Democratic Activist Women's Network recognizes women who have excelled in Iowa politics. This week DAWN's List announced the 2012 award-winners who will be honored at a reception in Des Moines on ... »
Starting to look like a trend: 20-something Iowa House GOP candidates. Iowa State's College Republican chair Stephen Quist announced last night in House District 45, now held by Ames Democrat Lisa Heddens. The announcement came at a party co-hosted wit... »
A brief announcement via Twitter from former College Republicans chair Dane Nealson in House District 45 in Ames. The race against Democrat Beth Wessel-Kroeschell looks to be an uphill one. 45, the southern half of town, is the more Democratic of the t... »
Although the 60 Republicans and 40 Democrats in the Iowa House haven't changed since last year, I thought it was worth updating this post, because some committee assignments have changed, and House Democrats reshuffled their ranking members somewhat. M... »
Press Release (March 12, 2012 - 1:30 p.m.) State Representative Beth Wessel-Kroeschell, a Democrat from Ames, announced today her bid for re-election to a fifth term in the Iowa House of Representatives. She would serve in the newly drawn House Distr... »
