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Iowa: Governor's race shapes up in Iowa

Des Moines : IA : USA | 27 days ago  
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A year out from the 2010 election, five Republican candidates for governor are crisscrossing Iowa while a sixth hires well-known staffers but still hasn't committed to seeking the nomination. Former Gov. Terry Branstad announced Monday he'd hired Tim Albrecht as communications director.
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  • News Source: Des Moines Register | 22 days ago
    It could be said that overcoming adversity is the Vander Plaats family motto. During World War II, Bob Vander Plaats' father, patriarch of the large, northwest Iowa family, survived the nightmare of Iwo Jima. Bob became the youngest of the children...
  • News Source: Dubuque Telgraph Herald | 23 days ago
    A year out from the 2010 election, five Republican candidates for governor are crisscrossing Iowa while a sixth hires well-known staffers but still hasn't committed to seeking the nomination. Former Gov. Terry Branstad announced Monday he'd hired Tim...
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  • Blog Source: www.gop12.com
    Albrecht, who ran the Iowa communications shop for 2008 presidential candidate Mitt Romney, also was the top spokesman for Rep. Christopher Rants when he was the speaker of the House. Mike Huckabee has already endorsed Bob Vander Plaats ...
  • Blog Source: theiowarepublican.com
    Mr. Vander Plaats again stressed he would sign an executive order to “set aside the decision until the people of Iowa have the opportunity to vote upon it.” There has been a well-documented disagreement with Mr. Rants on this point, ...
  • Blog Source: blogs.iowapolitics.com
    Branstad has work to do with the social conservative wing of the Iowa GOP. Those voters carried him in the 1982 and 1994 Republican primaries, but in those races, he faced more moderate opponents. The current GOP field has no moderates, and Bob
  • Blog Source: caffeinatedthoughts.com
    Cut $700 million out of the budget. Cut income tax by 10%. Eliminated the inheritance tax. When he left office Iowa had a $900 million surplus after tax cuts were made. He voted against collective bargaining. He helped the accommodation for home ...
  • Blog Source: www.kpth.com
    Moving on to rally against same-sex marriage in Iowa, Roberts said, "As governor, I would make sure that question is brought up by the Iowa House and the Iowa Senate and voted upon." Vander Plaats offered a pointed attack at the ...
  • Blog Source: iowaindependent.com
    But Republican gubernatorial hopeful Bob Vander Plaats has already made an issue out of the push for health care reform, saying Iowa should not only opt out of federal health care reform but possibly opt out of Medicaid and Medicare as ...
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