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After a Thanksgiving-week recount, Renee Schulte has edged out State Rep. Art Staed in her bid to represent parts of Cedar Rapids in the Iowa House this January.
On a 2-1 vote, the Recount Board certified the results of the House District 37 race Saturday evening, counting 8,615 votes for Staed and 8,628 for Schulte.  That’s [...]

A recount for Iowa House District 37, an area that encompasses primarily northeastern Cedar Rapids, is set to begin Monday morning. When certified by the Linn County Board of Supervisors Nov. 12, Republican challenger Renee Schulte had a 14 votes edge over Democratic incumbent Art Staed.
When requesting the recount on Nov. 14, Staed indicated his [...]

The Linn County Auditor’s Office will soon be conducting a recount of an extremely close race in Iowa House District 37.
Art Staed, Democratic incumbent for the seat, requested the recount of all affected precincts late Friday afternoon. When Linn County Supervisors certified the vote on Wednesday, Staed trailed Republican Carolyn Renee Schulte by 14 votes.

Not all Democrats enjoyed an Obama-esque margin of victory Tuesday night.
Democrats in the Iowa House say they picked up one seat Tuesday night, with two more races still being tabulated.  Some of them were real squeakers.

If there was one common thread among the volunteers gathered at the Armed Forces Reserve Center in Cedar Rapids on Friday it was simply that our nation’s veterans “deserve better than this.”

Roughly 50 veterans — some homeless and others nearly homeless — were offered free services ranging from dental and health exams to haircuts to survival kits. In addition to the veterans, the annual event also serviced about 35 non-veterans who were in need.

Iowa Sen. Rob Hogg will set off on his annual bike tour of District 19 on Saturday, June 2, with a few friends joining the fun. State Representatives Tyler Olson and Art Staed and Cedar Rapids City Councilman Tom Podzimek will travel the length of the tour. Cedar Rapids Mayor Kay Halloran plans to join [...]