Greetings and welcome to Kevin’s Korner. Happy Mothers Day to all the mom’s out there, especially mine, without whom this column would not exist. And Paulistinians everywhere would rejoice. Governor Branstad will announce our new state auditor Monday. My clandestine, ubiquitous informants have told me who it is, but getting official confirmation has been surprisingly [...]
Amid claims from some state leaders of the Republican Party of Iowa that the meeting was illegitimate, the newly formed Third District Executive Committee met Tuesday night in Greenfield to elect officers. The committee is comprised mostly of the GOP county chairs and co-chairs inside Iowa’s Third Congressional District and includes 41 eligible members. 26 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
ROCK RAPIDS, Iowa—As Rep. Steve King, R-Kiron, continues to mull a run for U.S. Senate in 2014, Republicans in his Fourth Congressional District seem skittish about the domino effect of the bid. More than 30 people attended the Lyon County GOP county central committee meeting Tuesday night, and talk of King’s political future buzzed around [...]
ROCK RAPIDS, Iowa—As Rep. Steve King, R-Kiron, continues to mull a run for U.S. Senate in 2014, Republicans in his Fourth Congressional District seem skittish about the domino effect of the bid. More than 30 people attended the Lyon County GOP county central committee meeting Tuesday night, and talk of King’s political future buzzed around [...]
ROCK RAPIDS, Iowa—As Rep. Steve King, R-Kiron, continues to mull a run for U.S. Senate in 2014, Republicans in his Fourth Congressional District seem skittish about the domino effect of the bid. More than 30 people attended the Lyon County GOP county central committee meeting Tuesday night, and talk of King’s political future buzzed around [...]