updated Thu. July 25, 2024
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KCRG
March 7, 2018
That's the message former Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett has for his only primary contender, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds. Corbett ... "We don't elect governors very often. So this is an ... A debate could bring some much-needed attention to Corbett who, polls suggest, is largely unknown in parts of Iowa.
Newton Daily News
March 7, 2018
Both came with past government experience on elected bodies. Both were practically simultaneously plunked down on top of multi-million-dollar operations for the first time in their lives. And both had critics who were sure they weren't cut out for the job. Instead of having their backs to the wall, they hadÃâà...
KCCI Des Moines
March 7, 2018
"You know the thing about good reputations is they take years to accumulate but moments to evaporate,” Steenhoek said. Steenhoek said that if trust corrodes in Iowa, the state's long-term partners will search for other options. "Those countries can simply elect to purchase their soybeans somewhere else,Ãâà...
AgWeb
March 7, 2018
At long last, Bill Northey of Iowa was sworn in as USDA Under Secretary Tuesday evening. USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue administered the oath at the Annual Iowa Ag Leaders Dinner in Des Moines, allowing the former Iowa Agriculture ... Northey was first elected Iowa Agriculture Secretary in 2006.
KIMT 3
March 7, 2018
MASON CITY, Iowa - Speaking at the noon Rotary Club meeting on Monday, Craig Lang talks to constituents about his plan if elected the state's next agriculture secretary. Lang, who is a sixth-generation farmer from Poweshiek County, announced his campaign last October, and describes his goals.
Mason City Globe Gazette
March 7, 2018
Iowa Republican Sens. Grassley (NRA ... The surviving teenagers from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida are more responsible adults than Congress and Iowa's elected delegates. ... Steve Corbin is an emeritus professor of marketing at the University of Northern Iowa. Reach himÃâà...
The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines
March 7, 2018
CEDAR RAPIDS — Iowa 1st District Democratic hopeful Abby Finkenauer of Dubuque has landed three more unions endorsements. The Heat & Frost Insulators ... for Iowa's middle-class families.” Finkenauer also has been endorsed by Emily's List, NARAL and more than 20 elected officials and activists.
Quad City Times
March 7, 2018
Northey endorses his successor for election to Iowa ag post ... DES MOINES — A day after declining to endorse his successor while still Iowa Secretary of Agriculture, Bill Northey said Tuesday he's backing Mike Naig's election to the ... Let's elect Mike in June & Nov!,” Northey wrote in his social media post.
Mason City Globe Gazette
March 7, 2018
DES MOINES — The Iowa Senate on Tuesday approved a significant change to Iowa's judicial system, voting 26-24 to require the concurrence of a ... to five affirmative justices to rule a law unconstitutional would better protect the will of the people as expressed through their elected legislators and theÃâà...
Sioux City Journal
March 6, 2018
DES MOINES — The Iowa Senate on Tuesday approved a significant change to Iowa's judicial system, voting 26-24 to require the concurrence of a ... to five affirmative justices to rule a law unconstitutional would better protect the will of the people as expressed through their elected legislators and theÃâà...
whotv.com
March 5, 2018
Naig says, "For me here, I'm just really thankful for the opportunity that the Governor has given me to take on this role. And I appreciate the confidence that she has in me to finish out this term." Naig is also running in the June 5th Republican primary to be elected as Iowa Secretary of Agriculture.
Iowa Public Radio
March 4, 2018
The rising Democratic enthusiasm mirrors what the party has already seen across the country in the nearly year and a half since President Trump was elected — more than three dozen state legislature seats changing hands, important wins in Virginia and New Jersey last year and mobilization throughÃâà...
The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines
March 4, 2018
In January we learned what was important to Iowa's elected leaders as they kicked off the new legislative session. We heard the Condition of the State address from the governor, and the welcoming speeches by the House speaker and majority leader, and the Senate's president and majority leader.
Quad City Times
March 2, 2018
Attorney General Tom Miller, Treasurer Mike Fitzgerald and Secretary of State Paul Pate were elected to their offices. Naig, who worked in private industry before joining the Iowa ag department in September 2013, said Thursday he wants to build on the momentum that has been created on water qualityÃâà...
Mason City Globe Gazette
March 2, 2018
DES MOINES — Mike Naig, deputy secretary of agriculture since 2013, has been promoted to lead the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship. ... With the appointment, Naig becomes the fourth person to fill a statewide constitutional office without being elected. Reynolds, who succeededÃâà...
Iowa City Press Citizen
March 2, 2018
Minnette Doderer, the first woman to be elected to the Legislature from Johnson County, served first as a representative and then as a senator. ... from contention in District 37 and using his large campaign chest to help elect women in other districts across the state to the Iowa House and Senate. WomenÃâà...
Helena Independent Record
December 31, 1999
I'm fortunate to count Tom as a good friend and am excited to go to Iowa and help him get re-elected." Iowa is an important state in presidential races — of which it's rumored Bullock may be a part in 2020 — because since 1972 it has been the site of first presidential caucuses for the Democratic Party.
