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A recently introduced bill could have far-reaching impact on the U.S. sugar industry, including American Crystal Sugar, a farmer-owned cooperative that locked out 1,300 Midwest workers on Aug. 1.
The chairman for Herman Cain’s Iowa effort says the campaign “relied more on the word of farmers than Washington regulators” in deciding to run an ad containing claims the Environmental Protection Agency says are false.
The Iowa Senate will remain under the control of a slim 26-25 Democratic majority when it reconvenes in January 2012.
State Rep. Rob Robers, R-Carroll, told the Sioux City Journal he is weighing a run for governor in 2010.
The five-term Republican said “converstations are taking place” about what his campaign team might look like and who is likely to support him. However, he does not have a timetable for making his decision.
“I think I bring a different kind of philosophy as a candidate, one that might separate me from others and would be helpful to the Republican party now,” Roberts said. The party has “distinct points of view of the values of the Republican party and the direction it should take.”
“A campaign for governor should be more about leadership than about issues, about who is capable of leading not just the party, but the state,” he said.
Sioux City businessman Bob Vander Plaats officially entered the race last week. Other Republicans, like state Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey, state Auditor David Vaudt and businessman Bruce Rastetter have also said they are interested in challenging incumbent Gov. Chet Culver in 2010.
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