Category Archives: Candidates

U.S. Senate Candidate Art Small Makes A Big Splash At State Convention

U.S. Senate Candidate Art Small Makes A Big Splash At State Convention It should come as no surprise that one of the highlights of the Iowa Democratic State Convention was a literate and roll-on-the-floor funny faux newspaper coming out of … Continue reading

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Around Iowa: Swaledale Gets Gift of Softballs — Again

Around Iowa: Swaledale Gets Gift of Softballs – Again By PEGGY SENZARINO, of The Mason City Globe Gazette   [This is a touching story that ran yesterday involving John Drury, former mayor of Swaledale and current Democratic candidate for Iowa … Continue reading

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Art Small: Rebuilding Iraq From The Roof Down

Art Small: Rebuilding Iraq From The Roof Down [This is the text of the flyer that you can pass out at your Fahrenheit 9/11 screenings or house parties. Scroll down for more information.] Almost every school child has read Jonathan … Continue reading

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Michael Moore Will Star in MoveOn Town Hall Meetings June 28th

Michael Moore Will Star in MoveOn Town Hall Meetings June 28th DIRECTOR TO AID IN POST-FAHRENHEIT 9/11 GRASS ROOTS MOBILIZATION     Filmgoers to Michael Moore's new film Fahrenheit 9/11 will be doing more than supporting the box office when … Continue reading

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Nominate A Candidate: An Announcement from MoveOn.org

Nominate A Candidate: An Announcement from MoveOn.org Deadline:  Tuesday, June 22 Nominate a candidate for MoveOn's endorsement, and help elect a new generation of leaders to Congress who will fight for issues WE care about Every two years around election … Continue reading

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Meet Mike Owen, Democratic Candidate for Iowa State Representative, District 79

Meet Mike Owen Democratic Candidate Iowa  House District 79 Cedar, Johnson, Muscatine Counties Greetings, Democracy for Iowa Members, My name is Mike Owen, and I am a native Iowan. Eleven years ago, my wife, Deb, and I returned home to … Continue reading

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Populist Joyce Schulte Wins 5th District Dem Primary

Populist Joyce Schulte Wins 5th District Dem Primary With an impressive 51.4% of the vote in a three-person race, Democrat Joyce Schulte of Creston has won the right to run against that shameful, party-line-voting neo-con Steve King, congressman from Iowa's … Continue reading

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Iowa Democrats Struggle to Regain Majority

Iowa Democrats Struggle to Regain MajorityPhillyburbs.com(Well, this is the headline on the AP wire, anyway.  I don't know if I'd exactly characterize our quest to regain the Iowa House and Senate as a “struggle.”)DES MOINES, Iowa – With only five seats … Continue reading

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Iowa in the News: Elections

Primary elections set for TuesdayDallas County NewsPrimary elections will be held around the state Tuesday to determine what candidates will be on the ballot during next November's general election.In Dallas County, four races – two each on the Democratic and … Continue reading

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Vilsack Endorses John Drury, Iowa State Senate Candidate, District 6

Gov. Tom Vilsack Endorses Democratic Iowa State Senate Candidate John Drury, District 6 Gov. Vilsack and State Senate Candidate John Drury Yesterday was a great day on the campaign trail, as Governor Tom Vilsack joined John Drury in Garner, Forest … Continue reading

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