With just hours before the polls open on Election Day, politicians are making a last-minute push for votes. Cedar Rapids was the city at the center of activity from both parties this morning. Democrat Senator Tom Harkin and Democrat Governor Tom Vilsack began before dawn, shaking hands with workers … [Read more...]
Campaigns enter final day in preparation for the election
The final push is on for Election Day. The key for candidates now is to find a way to get supporters to the polls. Iowa Democrats say they've already gotten over 100-thousand party faithful to cast absentee ballots. Republicans haven't waged that kind of an early-voting push, counting on most of … [Read more...]
All five Iowa Congressional seats up for grabs
Iowans will elect five members of the United States Congress in Tuesday's election. Four incumbents are running, and Republican Congressman Jim Leach of Iowa City is considered among the nation's most vulnerable. He doesn't accept political action committee contributions, and his Democrat opponent, … [Read more...]
Iowa Congressmen react to death of Minnesota Senator
Strong reaction from Iowa Senator Tom Harkin today to the death of Minnesota Senator Paul Wellstone, a man Harkin calls his "best friend" in the Senate. Harkin was to attend a one o'clock news conference, but it was quickly cancelled. Harkin was enroute to the event by car when he learned by phone … [Read more...]
Harkin invites Ganske to get together for a hunt
Democrat Senator Tom Harkin today suggested he and his opponents take a few hours off Saturday to shoot at pheasants rather than each other. Harkin sent a letter to his Republican rival Greg Gasket, inviting Ganske to hunt with him for a couple of hours near Coon Rapids on the Garst farm. The … [Read more...]
Harkin and Ganske spar over immigration
Democrat Senator Tom Harkin this weekend struck back at his Republican opponent, Greg Ganske, for Ganske's accusations that Harkin is partly to blame for the deaths of those 11 illegal immigrants found in a rail car in Denison because Harkin has supported welfare for illegals.Harkin says he has … [Read more...]
Former President Bush campaigns for Ganske
Former President George Bush says his son, the current President, faces the kind of wartime situation no President since Abraham Lincoln has faced. Bush says we knew our enemy in World War II, but not today.Bush says our present-day enemies are "shadowy and cowardly" because they can strike "in the … [Read more...]
Ganske says Harkin is to blame for Mexican deaths
One of the candidates in Iowa's U-S Senate race is accusing the other of being partly responsible for the deaths of the 11 immigrants found in that rail car parked in Denison. Republican candidate Greg Ganske says his opponent, Democrat Senator Tom Harkin, supports providing welfare to illegal … [Read more...]
Ganske and Harkin square off in debate
The two major party candidates for the U.S. Senate each claimed to be the best "fit" for Iowa during an appearance last night on Iowa Public Television. Republican Greg Ganske said Democrat Senator Tom Harkin was "too liberal" for Iowa.Ganske said "in a nutshell", Harkin was "too extreme" on many … [Read more...]
Senate candidates favor resolution against Iraq
The U-S House has voted in favor of the resolution giving the president the power to launch an attack against Iraq. The two U-S Senate candidates spoke out on the resolution that'll now go to the Senate. Senator Tom Harkin, a democrat, says the first resolution sent down from the President was a … [Read more...]