The Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition held its annual spring kickoff on Monday. 2012 Iowa Caucus winner Rick Santorum was scheduled to be the featured speaker at the event, but could not attend due to an illness. Faith and Freedom Coalition National Chairman Ralph Reed extended his remarks to make up for Santorum’s absence. Here [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
A special nominating convention to select the GOP candidate for Senate District 22 has been scheduled for November 8 at Republican Party of Iowa headquarters. Central committee members of Polk and Dallas County who live in the district will vote on the nominee. The candidate who is chosen will fill the void left when State [...]
The Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition helds its 12th Annual “Family of the Family” Fall event on Saturday. Drawing more than 600 evangelicals to the state fairgrounds, the event was headlined by Texas Governor Rick Perry. RNC Chairman Reince Priebus was also on hand. Here are my thoughts on the event: The Crowd: As I [...]
Republican Party of Iowa Chairman A.J. Spiker issued the call for a special nominating convention for House District 37 in Ankeny on Friday. During the primary election no Republican candidate received the required 35 percent necessary to win the primary. Jim Robidoux, an Ankeny educator, just missed reaching the 35 percent threshold. Robidoux, the top [...]