Iowa Democrats Gaining Confidence for the Fall Election
Missouri Valley Times
It's all about defense this fall for Republicans trying to hold their grip on the Iowa Senate.
Twenty-five
seats are on the ballot in the 50-member Senate. And of those 25 seats
up for grabs, 18 are currently held by Republican senators. Democrats
must defend only seven seats.
Republicans hold a 29-21 majority in the Senate and have commanded the chamber since the 1996 election.
…”We
have been pleasantly surprised at how well things are going,” said
Senate Minority Leader Mike Gronstal, D-Council Bluffs. “So we're going
to continue to run aggressive campaigns.”
Senate Majority Leader Stewart Iverson, R-Dows, is playing it cool.
“I think
we'll be OK,” Iverson said. “I tell our candidates all the time, if you
don't go out and work you're not going to win. This is not rocket
science.”
(more) It's
telling, though, that Iverson would even have to remind his incumbents
of this. From what I've seen, it looks like the Republican incumbents
in the Senate are sitting on their, um, “laurels,” totally unaware that public opinion is rapidly shifting, while the Democratic
opponents are out there, day in and day out, meeting the people and
working hard to win. Looking good, indeed!
Blog For Iowa 