State Senator Kent Sorenson released a slew of documentation he says supports his claim of innocence regarding ethics charges filed against him by a former colleague on the Michele Bachmann presidential campaign. The Iowa Senate Ethics Committee is scheduled to meet this afternoon at 1 pm to discuss the charges. Former Bachmann campaign staffer Peter [...]
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 [...]
Greetings and welcome to Kevin’s Korner. All we have to decide what to do with the time that is given to us. Well, Saturday’s RPI elections were no surprise. The Paulistinians completed their coup d’etat with the reelection of A.J. Spiker as chairman and the election of David Fischer as co-chair … Congrats to them [...]
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, [...]
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. 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 [...]
The former publisher of the New Hampton Tribune has announced his intentions to seek the GOP nomination for the House District 52 seat. Dan Feuling, who grew up in New Hampton, says Governor Branstad encouraged him to run. The seat opened when Democrat Brian Quirk announced his resignation last week. School teacher Tom Sauser is [...]