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•Whalen at $627,000 with $83,000 cash on hand.
•Dix at $579,000 with $129,000 cash on hand.
•Kennedy at $373,000 with $123,000 cash on hand.

What this probably means is that we have a lot of ads by Kennedy, Dickinson and Gluba to look forward to, and a ton of money in the general. I am sure that somewhere there's a formula for figuring out how much this will cost, but were looking at, at least for the primary, $1 – 1.5  total spent. Could the general go up to $5 million or more? At this rate, I wouldn't be surprised if the folks up here out spent the governor's race.

Meanwhile, in the third:
•Boswell at $1 million with $829,000 cash on hand.
•Lamberti at $843,000 overall with $527,000 cash on hand.

I remain unworried about Boswell's ability to win.

In other news, the GOP is now targeting the Iowa Regents. This is obviously an attempt to further cash in on the CIETC scandal and another election year witch hunt. Apparently, Lundby thinks the Regents are the reason why Skorton (the UI Pres) and Bowlsby (the UI Athletic Director) are looking for greener pastures. It seems pretty clear to me that for whatever reason, the two administrators are moving on, after having improved the University to the best of their abilities. Skorton is headed east and Bowlsby west, where salaries are higher in every single job, particularly for administrators at private colleges. Memo to Lundby: if you want to pay your college administrators what Ivy League schools pay, you should raise tuition to Ivy League levels. And if you want to keep public universities in this state alive, spend more time worrying about how working Iowans can continue to afford to attend the University of Iowa, even as tuition has doubled in the past 10 years.

Two parting shots: This bumper sticker remembers the good old days of Tricky Dick, and this count down meter reminds us we have only. . ., oh the heck with it. Anytime is too much time.

Come back next weekend for a final primary update.

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