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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.
Sen. Chris Dodd’s presidential campaign has completed hiring regional field staff in Iowa and now has a director in eight major regions of the state. While other national campaigns in Iowa have managed to locate at least one women to serve in mid-level field staff positions, none are listed in the Dodd lineup.
Dodd’s field team is overseen by Ben Rohrbaugh. As Iowa field director, Rohrbaugh will be directly responsible for coordination of the eight regionals. He comes to the Dodd campaign following a successful run as the field director for Chicago city clerk Miguel del Valle. He has previously served on Congresswoman Melissa Bean’s re-election campaign, the Christine Jennings recount in Florida, and the John Kerry campaign in Michigan.
He will be joined by David Joseph who will be serving as Iowa director of voter contact. Joseph most recently served as the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s Indiana director of finance and voter contact for the successful campaigns of Reps. Joe Donnelly, Brad Ellsworth and Baron Hill. He previously served on John Kerry’s presidential campaign in Michigan and Dick Gephardt’s Iowa caucus bid.
The following field directors already have or soon will be establishing campaign offices throughout the state and coordinating local campaign and volunteer activities in their respective regions.
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