The nice thing about a large majority, like the 60 to 40 Republican advantage in the Iowa House, is not needing every vote in your caucus for every bill. Members can oppose the party line when local interests are threatened without derailing the legisl... »
Senate District 26 Registration: D 12961, R 11998, N 17803, total 42785, D +963 Incumbents: Merlin Bartz, R-Grafton and Mary Jo Wilhelm, D-Cresco For the second straight decade, redistricting has been unkind to Merlin Bartz. He goes from having a comfo... »
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... »
