by admin | Aug 25, 2008 | Politics & Government
While many of the country’s top Democrats have gathered in Denver for their party’s national convention, the party’s nominee will spend part of his Monday in Iowa. As he makes his way to Denver, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is...
by admin | Aug 14, 2008 | Politics & Government
The Republican running for Iowa’s first district congressional seat is ridiculing former Iowa Congressman Jim Leach’s endorsement of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. Leach, a Davenport native, is a Republican who represented Davenport for...
by admin | Jan 4, 2008 | Politics & Government
Former Iowa Congressman Jim Leach says Barack Obama’s decisive win in the Iowa Caucuses shouldn’t be under-estimated. Leach is a life-long Republican who lost his bid for re-election to the U.S. House in 2006. Leach, who’s now teaching at Harvard...
by admin | Sep 18, 2007 | Politics & Government
Former Iowa Congressman Jim Leach has been named the director of the Institute of Politics at Harvard University. "The country faces unique circumstances and it’s never been more important to develop a new generation of leadership," Leach says. Leach...
by admin | May 16, 2007 | News
The U.S. House Tuesday approved a bill that would name the Davenport federal courthouse in honor of former Republican Iowa Congressman Jim Leach. Representative, Bruce Braley, a Democrat from Waterloo, co-sponsored the bill. Braley says he first met Jim Leach as a...
