Before and after he was elected to the State Central Committee, Joel Kurtinitis repeatedly told Republicans that he would stay neutral in GOP primaries. So, activists around the state were taken aback when Kurtinitis’ name and phone number appeared at the top of a press release sent Wednesday night from the Liberty Iowa PAC, announcing [...]
DES MOINES—Steven Bierfeldt might strike some political observers as strange. The 29-year-old New York native stormed into Iowa last summer to work as the right-hand man of Republican Party of Iowa chairman A.J. Spiker, rankling some state central committee members. A former colleague chuckled at Bierfeldt’s habit of working by candlelight to a meticulous candle [...]
An email sent last week by Republican Party of Iowa Executive Director Steve Bierfeldt to members of the State Central Committee details their troubles in raising funds, even from elected officials. Only three Republican legislators had donated to RPI at the time the email was sent on February 11. They are state senators Brad Zaun, [...]
Greetings and welcome to Kevin’s Korner. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted. Everywhere I’ve gone the last few days, people are talking about what happened in Ft. Dodge Tuesday night. The Fourth District Executive Committee’s rebuke of the leadership of the Republican Party of Iowa [...]
FORT DODGE – A special election to fill a vacant seat on the GOP’s State Central Committee quickly turned into a contentious revolt on Tuesday. The meeting was taken over by members of the Fourth District Executive Committee from the outset. They say they were merely following the Republican Party of Iowa’s constitution. “We have [...]
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. [...]
Greetings and welcome to Kevin’s Korner. Breakdowns can create breakthroughs. Things fall apart so things can fall together. It is becoming obvious that Terry Branstad is planning to run for an unprecedented sixth term as Iowa’s governor. If he succeeds, Branstad will become the longest serving governor in U.S. history … Doug Gross, one of [...]