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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.
Matt Schultz, a Republican city councilman from Council Bluffs, has announced he is considering a run against incumbent Secretary of State Michael Mauro, a Democrat from Des Moines.
Republican Matt Schultz
Schultz has formally organized the “Friends of Matt Schultz” committee with the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure board to explore a run against Mauro, who was first elected in 2006. He has also set up a Web site, VoteMattSchultz.com, which so far only has links to his Facebook, Twitter and YouTube profiles.
Schultz is an attorney at the law firm of Coats, Schultz & Watson LLP first elected to the city council in 2005.
The last Republican to hold the position of Secretary of State was Paul Pate, who served one term and chose not to run for re-election in 1998 in order to mount an unsuccessful bid for governor. Current Gov. Chet Culver won the post that year.
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