Teachers, realtors among biggest political spenders
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RAPIDS – Political action committees representing teachers and realtors
were among the biggest spenders during the last two months in Iowa.
The Iowa
State Education Association spent the most, more than
100-thousand-dollars, between May 19th and July 19th, [most of it going
to Democrats].
The Iowa
Realtors PAC ranked first in terms of money collected during the
reporting period and third in money spent. It sent contributions to
local and legislative candidates, most of them Republicans.
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Suits seek removal of Iowa sheriff, prosecutor
Omaha.com
DES
MOINES – Lawsuits filed Friday in Cass County seek the removal of
the county sheriff and prosecutor in the wake of a state audit that
found financial irregularities.
The
lawsuits naming Cass County Attorney James P. Barry and Sheriff Larry
D. Jones were filed by seven residents acting for the state.
Barry
and Jones “were given until noon to resign and neither did,” said
Ronald W. Feilmeyer, who was appointed acting prosecutor by District
Judge Charles Smith.
Attorney
General Tom Miller had ordered a criminal investigation on July 1, the
day after the audit was released, at the request of State Auditor David
Vaudt.
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Vilsack's dance with national politics leaves Iowa wondering about the future
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. . .
Lawyers in the attorney general's office are now trying to figure out
what happens if Vilsack doesn't finish his second term.
Julie
Pottorff says some things are clear — Lieutenant Governor Sally
Pederson would be sworn in as his replacement. But other issues are
murkier, such as whether Pederson would pick her own successor.
Pottorff
says the issue is complicated because voters in the 1980s amended the
Iowa Constitution to require the governor and lieutenant governor run
as a team.
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Dean Morsels
Romney
was hardly the only politician in town during the convention likely
casting an eye toward the future: Howard Dean, the former Vermont
governor who lost to Kerry in the primaries, is likely to run again in
2008 if Kerry loses, Democrats close to him said. (No Democrats are
openly entertaining the idea of challenging Kerry in an '08 primary, or
publicly hoping he will lose.)
Boston.com
“There
are two other groups that are responsible for what George Bush is doing
to the country,” Dean said. “One is the Democratic Party for not
standing up to George Bush three years ago. The other is us.”
The Harvard Crimson Online
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