Kevin’s Korner: My Last Election, Fisching for Delegates and Darth Cheney

Greetings and welcome to Kevin’s Korner … Happy April Fool’s Day. No tricks or traps here … Just sitting back and enjoying some pink slime. We would be honored if you would join us. The ObamaCare hearings at the Supreme Court seemed to go very well for those of us who don’t believe in the [...]

Kevin’s Korner: My Last Election, Fisching for Delegates and Darth Cheney

Greetings and welcome to Kevin’s Korner … Happy April Fool’s Day. No tricks or traps here … Just sitting back and enjoying some pink slime. We would be honored if you would join us. The ObamaCare hearings at the Supreme Court seemed to go very well for those of us who don’t believe in the [...]

Effort to Oust Polk GOP Chairman McLaughlin Fails

Kevin McLaughlin held on to his chairmanship of the Polk County GOP central committee following a meeting Tuesday where it was anticipated that a vote would be taken regarding his status. That vote never happened. Although the issue was noted on postcards that were sent to all central committee members last week, there was no [...]

Effort to Oust Polk GOP Chairman McLaughlin Fails

Kevin McLaughlin held on to his chairmanship of the Polk County GOP central committee following a meeting Tuesday where it was anticipated that a vote would be taken regarding his status. That vote never happened. Although the issue was noted on postcards that were sent to all central committee members last week, there was no [...]

Pearson: “I Support McLaughlin”

State representative and Polk County Central Committee member Kim Pearson refutes reports that she is involved with a group trying to oust Polk GOP Chairman Kevin McLaughlin. In fact, Pearson says she supports keeping McLaughlin in the position. TheIowaRepublican.com heard from multiple sources last week that Pearson was helping to organize central committee members to [...]

Polk GOP Convention: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

The Ugly: The repeated intrusions of several Ron Paul supporters at last weekend’s Polk County GOP convention has been well chronicled here at TheIowaRepublican.com. Although a few of the issues might have been honest misunderstandings, the fact is that some of these people were repeatedly trying to sneak into the convention, rifling through delegate packets that [...]

Live Blog: Polk GOP Dinner with Newt Gingrich

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is the featured speaker at tonight’s Polk GOP Annual Victory Dinner. Doors open at 6pm and the event gets underway at 7 pm at the Foxboro Conference Center in Johnston. The TheIowaRepublican.com is live on the seen and we will be live blogging the event. 5:22 pm – Space here [...]