By The Iowa Statesman Every day, we read through our e inbox in order to present you with the information from the political press releases that are most pertinent to you. Short disclaimer: not all candidates send out press releases to us, so if your favorite isn’t showing up […]
By Bob Eschliman Editor We learned on Friday that Lois Lerner, nor anyone else at the Internal Revenue Service, will not face charges over the targeting of conservative groups. Despite what the politicians are telling you now, that wasn’t a shocking outcome, and not just because it was another […]
By Bob Eschliman Editor All of the major Republican presidential campaigns met their Thursday dead last week to report their third-quarter financial reports. And, after some rather low-tech number crunching, there are certainly some questions that remain to be answered. But first, let’s take an in-depth lo at the […]
From Press Release This weekend, Republican presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz will attend events across the state of Iowa. Event details listed below and are subject to updates. Friday, October 23 9:30 a.m. – Glenwood, IA Meet and greet with Sen. Cruz The Gathering Place 110 South Vine […]
From Press Release Republican presidential candidate former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee will campaign in Iowa Saturday. The following are the details of his events: EVENT: Huckabee Huddle: “The Huck Stops Here” TIME: 8:30-10 a.m. LOCATION: R&R Cafe ADDRESS: 315 1st Street East, Independence EVENT: Huckabee Huddle: “The Huck Stops Here” TIME: […]
By The Iowa Statesman Every day, we read through our e inbox in order to present you with the information from the political press releases that are most pertinent to you. Short disclaimer: not all candidates send out press releases to us, so if your favorite isn’t showing up […]
By The Iowa Statesman A procedural vote to begin debate on the Stop Sanctuary Policies and Protect Americans Act was blocked Tuesday. The bill would allow local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration authorities so that criminals deemed a priority for deportation are not released back into American […]
By Bob Eschliman Editor Well, as we told you yesterday in our presidential poll power rankings, the ABC/Washington Post poll results for the Republican presidential primary race were released this morning. The numbers didn’t change much from the September numbers, but it does put CNBC in an uncomfortable position. […]
By The Iowa Statesman Every day, we read through our e inbox in order to present you with the information from the political press releases that are most pertinent to you. Short disclaimer: not all candidates send out press releases to us, so if your favorite isn’t showing up […]
To many, the presidential polls matter. To just as many , they’re worthless. But, if you’re going to lo at them, we think you should at least lo at them all. So, taking the Iowa and national polls of the past month, weighing them for accuracy, here are the current […]
By Bob Eschliman Editor A Northwest Iowa member of the Iowa House of Representatives has announced he will not seek re-election in 2016. State Rep. John Kooiker (R-Boyden), who was just elected a year ago to fill a seat left open by the death of his friend, state Rep. […]
By The Iowa Statesman Every day, we read through our e inbox in order to present you with the information from the political press releases that are most pertinent to you. Short disclaimer: not all candidates send out press releases to us, so if your favorite isn’t showing up […]
By Bob Eschliman Editor The dead is fast approaching for candidates to “earn” their way into the next Republican presidential primary debate, and Vice President Joe Biden has the lamestream media tied up in knots, waiting and waiting for his inevitable entry into the Democrat field. Meanwhile, “Star Wars: […]
By The Iowa Statesman Republican presidential candidate businessman Donald Trump will visit Burlington on Wednesday. He will host a campaign rally at the Burlington Memorial Auditorium located at 200 N Front Street in Burlington, beginning at 6 p.m. Doors open at 4 p.m. CLICK HERE to reserve tickets for […]
From Press Release Gov. E. Terry Branstad Friday signed a proclamation directing a special election to be held on Tuesday, Dec. 8, for Iowa House District 21, following the recent death of state Rep. Jack Drake (R-Griswold). House District 21 is comprised of Adams and Union counties and parts […]
From Press Release Gov. Terry Branstad and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds today at their Monday morning press conference joined Iowa Finance Authority Executive Director Dave Jamison to announce a new Workforce Housing Loan Program that is now available to communities with a need for additional rental housing as a […]
From Press Release Sen. Chuck Grassley today completed his 35th annual 99 county meetings with a question and answer session (Q&A) with the senior class at Greene County High School in Jefferson. “Representative government is a two-way street. I’m one half of the process and Iowans are the other […]
By The Iowa Statesman Every day, we read through our e inbox in order to present you with the information from the political press releases that are most pertinent to you. Short disclaimer: not all candidates send out press releases to us, so if your favorite isn’t showing up […]
By Bob Eschliman Editor The Republican Party of Iowa’s quest for control of the Iowa Senate to another step forward last week when Heartland Acres of Independence executive director Craig Johnson announced he will run for the seat currently held by state Sen. Brian Schoenjahn (D-Arlington). “I am seeking […]
From Press Release Republican presidential candidate former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) today announced that his Iowa campaign has moved into an expanded headquarters location: Santorum for President 2016 Iowa Headquarters 2775 86th Street Urbandale, IA Santorum’s previous Iowa office was located in West Des Moines, Iowa. Santorum’s new […]
By Bob Eschliman Editor The lamestream media would like you to believe all eyes were on Las Vegas and the Democrats’ presidential primary debate. In reality, most of them were probably on , watching Donald Trump react to the debate, but I digress. There was a whole world out […]
By The Iowa Statesman Every day, we read through our e inbox in order to present you with the information from the political press releases that are most pertinent to you. Short disclaimer: not all candidates send out press releases to us, so if your favorite isn’t showing up […]
From Press Release For three months, Planned Parenthood has tried to pass off its baby-parts-for-money scheme as totally legitimate. Today, Planned Parenthood’s latest PR stunt of so-called “policy” change is an admission of guilt. If the money Planned Parenthood has been receiving for baby body parts were truly legitimate […]
By The Iowa Statesman U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, held a field hearing in Des Moines this morning. At the onset of the event, he made the following prepared statement: Welcome to everyone here this morning. Today’s Senate Judiciary Committee field hearing is […]
By Bob Eschliman Editor Note: The following was published Nov. 24, 2014, but remains just as relevant today. The accumulation of all powers legislative, executive and judiciary in the same hands, whether of one, a few or many, and whether hereditary, self appointed, or elective, may justly […]
To many, the presidential polls matter. To just as many , they’re worthless. But, if you’re going to lo at them, we think you should at least lo at them all. So, taking the Iowa and national polls of the past month, weighing them for accuracy, here are the current […]
By The Iowa Statesman With everyone waiting to see what happens tonight, there really wasn’t much in the bin today. We read through both of them to present you with the information from the press releases that are most pertinent to you. Short disclaimer: not all candidates send […]
By Bob Eschliman Editor CNN reportedly has a sixth lectern ready to go at a moment’s notice to insert Vice President Joe Biden into tonight’s Democratic Debate. But that’s not what the world is really waiting to see; we already know he’s going to jump in, and it won’t […]
By The Iowa Statesman Over the weekend, state Rep. Jack Drake (R-Griswold), 81, passed away at Cass County Hospital in Atlantic. He had served in the Iowa General Assembly for nearly 23 years. Drake was serving his 12th term in the Iowa House of Representatives. Republican Party of […]
By The Iowa Statesman How you win a political stunt: Expert level. In a press release this morning, Republican presidential candidate former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee announced his campaign released a series of Vines in response to Hillary Clinton’s publicity stunt in which she ivered a copy of her […]
This week’s report is very short, mainly because there really aren’t any changes to report. Some polls remain skewed, some candidates remain under- or over-reported, and we’re holding to last week’s projections for vote totals, if the Iowa Republican Caucus were held tomorrow. While some may reject the reality […]
From Press Release This week, Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina will visit Spirit Lake, Spencer, Windsor Heights, Johnston, Pleasant Hill, Grinnell, Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, and Monticello. The following is her itinerary: Thursday, October 15 9:30 a.m. — on-camera interview with Spirit Lake High School student, 2701 Hill Avenue, Spirit […]
From Press Release Republican presidential candidate former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee will return to Iowa for a three-day swing through the first-in-the-nation caucus state. The following is his itinerary: Tuesday, October 13 7 p.m. — The Jerusalem Call, Grace Fellowship Church, 3980 Poweshiek Street SE, Iowa City Wednesday, October […]
From Press Release Republican presidential candidate former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum will return to Iowa on Tuesday for a three-day campaign swing through the Hawkeye State. The following is his itinerary: Tuesday, October 13 6 p.m. — Jerusalem Call, Grace Fellowship Church, 3980 Poweshiek Street SE, Iowa City 9 […]
By The Iowa Statesman The bin fills up the most over the weekend, especially during presidential campaign season. We read through them all — as we do every day — and present you with the information from the press releases that most pertinent to you. Short disclaimer: not […]
By Bob Eschliman Editor After House Majority Leader U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy withdrew his candidacy to replace U.S. Rep. John Boehner as Speaker of the House, the lamestream media was quick to suggest the House Republican Caucus was suddenly in chaos. No. For once, the speakership is actually up […]
By Bob Eschliman Editor It was a wild weekend, and not just on the baseball diamond. There was enough political and geo-political intrigue to fill an entire library of Tom Clancy novels. The sudden departure of U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy from the race for Speaker of the House has […]
By Bob Eschliman Editor For the first time since the statewide grassroots effort began this summer, a Republican county central committee has failed to adopt a resolution that calls for blocking taxpayer money from going to organizations that perform abortions. By a 4-2 vote, with one member abstaining, the […]
From Press Release Republican presidential candidate former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum’s campaign marked its highest single fundraising day of the 2016 presidential campaign on Thursday. Through a “Day of Giving,” the Santorum campaign launched a campaign-wide, single-day fundraising initiative with grassroots leaders across the country. These efforts were teamed […]
By Bob Eschliman Editor Beginning Monday, Republican presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz will be back in Iowa often than he’s not throughout the remainder of October as part of an announced “ramp up” of his campaigning activity in the first-in-the-nation caucus state. Next week’s three-day swing through […]
From Press Release Rand Paul for President today released a new web campaign highlighting the government’s wasteful spending. Sen. Paul has been bringing attention to the wasteful spending each week in his Senate Waste Report and plans to discuss these matters at length on the campaign trail. Since taking office in 2010, […]
From Press Release On Aug. 22, than 78,000 people attended protests at than 300 Planned Parenthood centers, protesting that organization’s practice of harvesting and selling the body parts of aborted children, as revealed in a series of undercover videos released over the past three months. Saturday, Oct. […]
By Bob Eschliman Editor When the October numbers become public, likely next week, Republican presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is probably going to be loing pretty good. His campaign announced Thursday evening it has raised another $12.2 million during the third quarter, bringing its total for the year […]
From Press Release U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, expressed concern today about recent press reports that call into question the Obama administration’s commitment to balancing privacy and public safety with regard to encryption technology, and requested additional information on the administration’s efforts to […]
From Press Release Republican presidential candidate former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee will conduct a U.S.-Mexico border visit near San Diego on Saturday. He will be accompanied by former U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter, former chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, as well as National Border Patrol Council officials.
By The Iowa Statesman Republican presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Rand Paul will visit 11 college campuses across Iowa has he launches his ‘Iowa 10,000’ College Tour next week. With than 300 Students for Rand chapters across the state, his campaign has set a goal to get 10,000 Iowa […]
From Press Release Republican presidential candidate former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum will unveil a sweeping tax reform proposal on Monday in a speech to the World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth. Santorum’s plan will call for an overhaul of the tax code and end the IRS as we know […]
By Bob Eschliman Editor If you want to ignore federal law and harbor those who have entered the U.S. illegally, it’s going to cost you if new legislation proposed in the U.S. Senate becomes law. The Stop Sanctuary Policies and Protect Americans Act, introduced Wednesday by a coalition of […]
From Press Release Iowa Gov. Terry E. Branstad and First Lady Chris Branstad today announced that they will hold a media preview event at 3 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 9, at Terrace Hill located at 2300 Grand Avenue in Des Moines. The purpose of the event will be to […]
From Press Release Small businessman and Mitchell County Farm Bureau Board Vice President Waylon Brown announces he is running for the Iowa Senate. Brown, a Republican, is seeking the Senate District 26 seat, which represents all of Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell and Worth counties and portions of Cerro Gordo […]
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