It’s been over a year since the current slate of Republican Party of Iowa state central committee members were selected at District Conventions across the state. Seven members of the 16-member committee are supporters of former Congressman Ron Paul’s 2012 presidential campaign, a few others supported other candidates for president but also have connections to [...]
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. [...]
By Craig Robinson January – Romney Wins. No, Santorum Declared Official Winner of Iowa Caucuses Due to the early date of the Iowa Caucuses, the top political story from Iowa in 2012 occurred in the early days of the New Year. The winner of the Iowa Caucuses is always in the running to be the [...]
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 [...]
Charles Schneider’s victory in the special election in Senate District 22 on Tuesday provided Iowa Republicans some much needed good news. While Republican activists are disappointed that Senate Republicans failed to capture the majority in the Iowa Senate, losing this race would have been a disastrous blow to Iowa Republicans. Senate District 22 is a [...]
By Craig Robinson The Harkin Institute of Public Policy at Iowa State University hosted discussion on the future of the Iowa Caucuses on Monday night in Ames. Former Des Moines Register columnist David Yepsen, who now leads the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University, moderated the event. The panel consisted of Terry [...]
By Craig Robinson A.J. Spiker, the current Chairman of the Republican Party of Iowa, is in the midst of a public spat with Governor Terry Branstad. Confrontation between a party chair and a high ranking elected official in a state happens all of the time, but it is the fact that the spat between Branstad [...]