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AUDUBON — Democratic congressional candidate Matt Campbell of Manning Tuesday night renewed his challenge to opponent U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Kiron, to debate in a formal, televised setting — something King has not done with a balloted opponent as a sitting member of Congress.
Earlier in the week, Campbell approached King at a town hall meeting and asked for a debate. On Tuesday, during an event at Taylor Hill Lodge, the Audubon farm of former Democratic National Committee chairman Charles Manatt, Campbell told the Daily Times Herald that debates between major-party candidates for offices are central to representative government.
“It’s why competitions are held,” Campbell said. “It’s no different than why sons and daughters go out and play games and football games. You never know. He needs to respect the process. I think the debate is a cornerstone of American democracy. Someone from the party of Lincoln should recognize that.”
For his part, Manatt grew up in Audubon and went on to substantial success in business and the law in California and Washington, D.C.. He served as chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1981 to 1985. On Tuesday, Manatt’s fund-raiser for Campbell drew contributors from across western Iowa.
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| Murphy wants transparency, no open partisanship in state auditor's office |
The man who oversaw federal stimulus spending in Iowa says that experience — monitoring the flow of about $2.4 billion into the Hawkeye State from over 80 federal programs — has helped prepare him to be state’s auditor.
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| Branstad touts development partnerships, praises Carroll |
Terry Branstad says public-private partnerships and a governor who emphasizes business development are the keys to righting Iowa’s economic ship.
Speaking at Carroll on Wednesday, the Republican gubernatorial hopeful also gushed about Carroll County, calling it an example of how Iowa can solve its employment and fiscal problems.
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| King: Don't expect much from Congress this fall |
AUDUBON — Iowans might be calling for deficit reduction and a repeal of “Obamacare,” but don’t expect any developments in Congress this fall, according to U.S. Rep. Steve King.
“Everywhere I go it’s the same thing. It’s debt and deficit number one,” King told The Times Herald.
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| Findley hitting the road hard for AG race |
If Brenna Findley is unable to unseat seven-termer Tom Miller in the Iowa attorney general’s race, it won’t be for lack of effort.
The 34-year-old farm-raised, home-schooled attorney says her greatest hurdle is name recognition.
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| Tough grandma Conlin not looking for popularity |
Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate Roxanne Conlin makes it clear she’s not seeking Bill Clinton-like affirmation for herself, and an estimable career as an attorney and advocate, in the November election.
“I wouldn’t strive for popularity,” Conlin said. “That’s not high on my list.”
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| Thicke looks to promote wind, value added ag for farming community
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Francis Thicke says the Iowa Secretary of Agriculture should be full of big ideas.
And this Fairfield-area Democrat is traveling the state — with a freshly published 124-page book in hand, “A New Vision for Food and Agriculture” — detailing a smorgasbord of ideas from a lifetime in agriculture.
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| Northey urges farmers to tout Iowa agriculture |
LIDDERDALE — Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey on Wednesday asked Carroll County farmers to spread the word about Iowa agriculture.
“We take for granted just because it’s so familiar, and it’s always been here,” Northey told an audience of about 150 at the 92nd annual meeting of the Carroll County Farm Bureau.
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| Democrats tab Muhlbauer to run for Iowa House seat |
In a special convention Monday night, Manilla farmer and Crawford County Supervisor Dan Muhlbauer received the Democratic nomination for the 51st District Iowa House race.
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| Grassley still swinging for biodiesel credits |
U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, continues his efforts to pass an extension of the biodiesel tax credit.
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| Iowa Democratic chair dismisses talk of problems |
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The new chairwoman of the Iowa Democratic Party dismissed suggestions of angst within the party, arguing that while Republicans have been waging high-profile primaries, Democrats have been quietly building a formidable field organization that will pay off in November.
Sue Dvorsky, of Coralville, took over the party this summer after former chairman Michael Kiernan stepped down for health reasons. As its leader, she faces a number of challenges.
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| GOP cuts Democrats' voter-registration lead |
DES MOINES (AP) —Republicans have narrowed the gap with Democrats in voter registration numbers in Iowa, a result of last month’s primary election.
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| Reynolds says abortion
'murder,' open to idea
of civil unions for gays |
GOP candidate for lieutenant governor Kim Reynolds Tuesday said she believes abortion is “equivalent to murder.” On another key contemporary social issue, Reynolds said marriage should be defined as being between one man and one woman — although she made three separate references to civil unions for homosexuals in an interview, saying she would be open to such a prospect in Iowa.
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| Reynolds says she's boots
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A former 14-year county treasurer in southern Iowa, state Sen. Kim Reynolds, R-Osceola, says she’ll be a tireless advocate for rural Iowa if voters elect her as the state’s next lieutenant governor.
What’s more, Reynolds, GOP gubernatorial candidate Terry Branstad’s running mate, says part of her job portfolio will include rural economic development.
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| Lafferty Tuition Foundation has a close call in Legislature |
The most important tuition funding program for Kuemper Catholic Schools, the Monsignor Lafferty Tuition Foundation tax credit program, was one of the programs that came very close to being reduced due to budgetary and proprietary concerns this year in the Iowa Legislature.
“The overall story of the legislative session was the budget,” Tom Chapman, executive director of the Iowa Catholic Conference (ICC), told a group of Kuemper patrons gathered at the Bishop Greteman Center in Carroll on Wednesday.
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| King: Obama pressure on BP a 'shakedown' |
U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Kiron, took to the national airwaves this week to attack President Obama for pressuring British Petroleum to create a $20 billion escrow fund to pay for damages related to the two-month-old oil catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico.
Meanwhile, King’s Democratic opponent in the fall, Matt Campbell of Manning, strongly criticized the western Iowa Republican’s defense of Texas Congressman Joe Barton’s characterization of Obama’s meeting with BP officials as a “shakedown.”
“I think Joe Barton was spot-on when he called it a ’shakedown.’ That’s part of this administration’s process,” King said Monday on the Laura Ingraham radio show.
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| Grassley says Congress will do what it can to prevent another major spill |
As the environmental catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico continues to worsen two months after a British Petroleum well began spewing oil, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley on Thursday said the federal government will do what it can to ensure that such a spill never happens again.
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| Write-in votes cast in last week's primary |
ABSENTEE BALLOTS: ARCADIA PRECINCT,CARROLL WARD 1,CARROLL WARD 2 and north half of Maple River Township,CARROLL WARD 3 and south half of Maple River Township, CARROLL WARD 4, EDEN PRECINCT, EWOLDT PRECINCT, GLIDDEN-RICHLAND PRECINCT, PLEASANT VALLEY-NEWTON PRECINCT, SHERIDAN-GRANT-JASPER PRECINCT, UNION PRECINCT, WASHINGTON-ROSELLE PRECINCT &WHEATLAND-KNIEST PRECINCT
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| Republican leader advocating Roberts as running mate |
TREYNOR — A Pottawattamie County Republican leader is leading a petition drive and public-relations campaign aimed at getting Carroll Republican Rod Roberts selected as GOP gubernatorial candidate Terry Branstad’s running mate.
“We’re looking to work on his behalf,” said Jeff Jorgensen of Treynor, a member of the Pottawattamie County Republican Central Committee.
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| King says Obama favors blacks |
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican congressman suggested that President Barack Obama favors blacks over whites, prompting a GOP candidate to cancel a fundraiser headlined by the Iowa lawmaker.
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| Harkin, Grassley differ on congressional role in football shuffling |
Iowa’s two U.S. senators have expressed concern about possible conference realignment in college football that could knock Iowa State University out of the Big 12 and send the Cyclones searching for a less-prestigious athletic union.
But U.S. Sens. Tom Harkin and Charles Grassley took decidedly different views this week on whether the federal government has any place in the shuffling at all.
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| Democrats touting Muhlbauer for House nod |
Manilla farmer and Crawford County Supervisor Dan Muhlbauer has been tabbed by the Carroll County Democratic Central Committee to get the Iowa House District 51 nomination.
Committee members made the selection this week, and Muhlbauer accepted after discussing with his family.
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