The Republican Party of Iowa’s Lincoln Dinner in Cedar Rapids on Friday was undoubtedly the high point of A.J. Spiker’s tenure as party chairman. The event was a success in every imaginable way. I live-blogged the event Friday evening. Below you can view the full speeches from Rand Paul, Senator Grassley and Congressman King. I [...]
Greetings and welcome to TheIowaRepublican.com’s live blog of the RPI Lincoln Dinner, featuring Kentucky Senator Rand Paul. We are at the Hotel at Kirkwood in Cedar Rapids. There is a big crowd here. It looks like more than 500 seats are set up for the event. C-SPAN is carrying the event live, or you can [...]
DES MOINES—Gov. Terry Branstad announced Wednesday that MidAmerican Energy will invest $1.9 billion in new wind energy farms, the largest economic development project in Iowa to date. “We are pleased to announced the largest economic development program in Iowa history,” Branstad said, joking that the mantra has been a broken record recently as the state [...]
Greetings and welcome to Kevin’s Korner. Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic. Capable of both inflicting injury and remedying it.-Albus Dumbledore So, the good King is out, as expected. Like I said Friday night: Whoever else is interested, jump in. The water’s warm … Here are my quick thoughts [...]
It appears as if the logjam that has prevented Republican candidates for the open U.S. Senate seat from declaring their candidacies has broken. Despite Congressman Steve King still mulling over a run of his own, at least three other candidates seem eager to get in the race sooner rather than later. Secretary of State Matt [...]
Greetings and welcome to Kevin’s Korner. If the road is easy, you’re likely going the wrong way. – Terry Goodkind The coming week will be a pivotal one in Iowa’s 2014 U.S. Senate race. With Congress on recess, Steve King will spend the week here in the state. King told me Saturday that he will [...]
Republican Party of Iowa Chairman A.J. Spiker and RPI State Central Committee member Jamie Johnson discuss the RNC Growth & Opportunity Project last month at the Sioux County GOP central committee meeting in Orange City DES MOINES—As the Republican Party of Iowa’s governing state central committee prepares to gather for its quarterly meeting tomorrow, tensions [...]