Pederson Elected Head of Iowa Democratic Party
Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier
DES MOINES
(AP) — The Iowa Democratic Party chose Lt. Gov. Sally Pederson
Saturday as its new leader. Pederson becomes chairwoman immediately….
The Democratic State Central Committee convened to replace Des Moines
lawyer Gordon Fischer, who is stepping down from the post.
[Pederson]
is expected to face huge challenges, the foremost of which is
preserving Iowa's first-in-the-nation precinct caucuses. A party
commission is studying the primary calendar.
Losing
those caucuses would deal a blow to both parties, which have used the
national attention drawn by the Iowa Caucuses to build party operations
that are among the best organized and financed in the nation.
She will
also face bitter feelings that linger after Democratic presidential
nominee John Kerry lost the state, while some of the party's state
candidates successfully defeated Republicans for legislative seats.
Some Democrats were unhappy about how money allocated to Iowa from the
Democratic National Committee was spent.
The
Central Committee also chose Rob Tully of Des Moines as first vice
chairman and Sara Swisher of Iowa City as second vice chairwoman. Jim
Hutter of Ames is the committee secretary and Ken Sagar of Des Moines
is treasurer.
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