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An email from a one-time disaster relief colleague of 2nd Congressional District candidate Peter Teahen, charging the Cedar Rapids Republican with misconduct and dishonesty on a relief mission in Darfur, is false and dangerous to his family, the candidate told Iowa Independent. Teahen also alleged that the campaign of one of his rivals in Tuesday’s [...]

“The next disaster we need to fix is Congress,” Peter Teahen says on the stump. The Cedar Rapids funeral home owner and Red Cross disaster relief expert is one of three Republicans facing off in the 2nd Congressional District primary for the right to challenge first-term Democrat Dave Loebsack in the fall.

Teahen faces Ottumwa physician [...]

Iowa and Mississippi remain the only two states which have never elected a woman either to Congress or as governor. Iowa has come close a few times — Lynne Cutler’s congressional race in 1980, Roxanne Conlin’s gubernatorial race in 1982, and Elaine Baxter’s run for congress in 1992.

Ottumwa doctor Mariannette Miller-Meeks “absolutely” believes she can [...]

A deal between John Edwards and “another campaign” reported to Iowa Independent Wednesday did not make John Edwards viable in the 4th Congressional District, and as a result Barack Obama gained one national convention delegate at Saturday’s congressional district conventions.

The Iowa Democratic Party reports a national delegate count of Obama 16, Clinton 9, and Edwards [...]

Statewide National Delegate Split: Obama 16, Clinton 9, Edwards 4; Obama Gains 1 Delegate in 4th CDHarkin: Staying Neutral, Don’t Count Rulebreaking States, Abolish Superdelegates
Iowa Independent’s John Deeth is at the 2nd Congressional District Democratic Convention, with live updates throughout the day and night. At 3 p.m. a rules committee member estimated from the podium [...]

The Ed Fallon-Leonard Boswell race isn’t the only Iowa congressional primary where party loyalty and campaign finance have become issues. A six-year-old campaign donation has become a point of contention between the three Republicans running in the 2nd Congressional District.

Mariannette Miller-Meeks and Lee Harder are attacking Peter Teahen for giving Democrat Julie Thomas $250 in [...]

Johnson County Republicans had an unusual problem Saturday: too many people wanting to be delegates to the district and state conventions.