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... »
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... »
By Lauris Olson AmesNewsOnline (March 26, 2012 – 12:15 p.m.) Ames state representative Lisa Heddens said Friday that an amendment is headed to the Iowa House floor that would eliminate state funding of Planned Parenthood, reduce funding to other wo... »
