by Matt Kelley | Jan 17, 2014 | News, Politics & Government
Central Iowa businessman Robert Cramer is the latest Republican to enter the race for Iowa’s third district congressional seat. “It’s got to a point of enough is enough. I’ve watched Washington, D.C. just be dysfunctional and instead of...
by Dar Danielson | Jan 17, 2014 | News, Politics & Government
Businessman Robert Cramer announced today he will run for the Republican nomination for in Iowa’s third district congressional seat and will hold a formal campaign kickoff event soon. Cramer, who lives in Johnston, owns a bridge construction company and describes...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jan 16, 2014 | News, Politics & Government
A Republican who’s worked for Iowa politicians Chuck Grassley and Jim Lightfoot as well as presidential candidates Elizabeth Dole and Steve Forbes has decided to seek elected office himself. Forty-one-year-old Monte Shaw of West Des Moines is running for...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jan 9, 2014 | News, Politics & Government, Top Story
Republican Matt Schultz has kicked off his congressional campaign by calling for term limits for members of the U.S. House and Senate. “It’s been a situation where people get there and they spend 30, 40 years in the same office and they consolidate power...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jan 9, 2014 | News, Politics & Government
A number political pronouncements have been made this morning. Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz, a Republican, held a news conference in Council Bluffs to announce he’s running for congress. He’s seeking the third district seat after Republican Congressman Tom...