Greetings and welcome to Kevin’s Korner. All we have to decide what to do with the time that is given to us. Well, Saturday’s RPI elections were no surprise. The Paulistinians completed their coup d’etat with the reelection of A.J. Spiker as chairman and the election of David Fischer as co-chair … Congrats to them [...]
As expected, A.J. Spiker was reelected as Republican Party of Iowa chairman Saturday morning. His fellow former Ron Paul campaign vice-chair David Fischer was selected RPI co-chair. TheIowaRepublican live blogged the event, which you can read below. There are also videos at the bottom of this column of the speeches by Spiker and Bill Schickel, [...]
The Republican Party of Iowa’s state central committee holds it biennial officer elections on Saturday, and in all likelihood, Ron Paul supporters will sweep all of the organization’s officer spots. That election comes on the heels of a Des Moines Register report that details financial troubles for RPI, due mainly to the Paul- affiliated leadership. [...]
By Craig Robinson The Republican Party of Iowa State Central Committee will gather in Des Moines this weekend. The major piece of business in front of the committee is the selection of a chairman to lead the Republican Party of Iowa through the 2014 election cycle. The race pits the current Chairman, Ames Republican A.J. [...]
DES MOINES—Republican Party of Iowa (RPI) co-chairman Bill Schickel today announced his candidacy for RPI chairman by outlining a plan to boost early voting by 40%, increase Republican voter registration and brand the Republican party as the “party of conservative ideas and solutions.” “Republicans suffered terrible defeat on November 6th. There is no sense in [...]
Greetings and welcome to Kevin’s Korner. Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow, but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief and heals them. Honestly, it’s been difficult for me to write for this week’s column. I’m still deeply bothered by Friday’s tragedy in Connecticut. I [...]
Greetings and welcome to Kevin’s Korner. Sometimes Grace comes in the form of a punch in the face. Here’s my endorsement for RPI chairman: Clint Eastwood’s empty chair. It couldn’t do worse than the current occupant … The race for Republican Party of Iowa chairman heated up in recent days with a few potential new [...]