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Iowa’s former first lady Christie Vilsack will not run for Senate as a Democrat in 2010.

Incumbent Democratic Gov. Chet Culver would lose to former Republican Gov. Terry Branstad by five percentage points if the election were held today, according to the latest Research 2000 poll.
The October poll of 600 likely voters commissioned by the liberal blog Daily Kos found Branstad bests Culver 48-43 in the hypothetical matchup, with a margin [...]

The news that former Gov. Tom Vilsack will serve as President-elect Barack Obama’s Secretary of Agriculture has left political insiders with one fewer interesting hypothetical going into the 2010 campaign cycle.  Vilsack was seen as the Democrats’ strongest challenger to Sen. Chuck Grassley, a seemingly unbeatable Republican incumbent.
Though Vilsack’s appointment does not completely preclude a [...]

Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack may be on his way to Washington as President-elect Barack Obama’s secretary of Agriculture, but his wife Christie Vilsack plans to continue as the executive director of The Iowa Initiative, a group she founded a year ago with the mission of reducing unplanned pregnancy.

A partnership has been formed in the battle to reduce unintended pregnancies in Iowa.
Today, the University of Northern Iowa has announced a research program, funded by $11.5 million over the next five years, to determine the effectiveness of projects aimed at increasing knowledge and use of pregnancy-planning services. The program is a part of the [...]

In Iowa, the numbers are staggering. Half of the state’s pregnancies are unplanned. When considering only 18- and 19-year-olds who become pregnant, that statistic jumps to 72 percent. What’s worse, those numbers have remained stagnant for years.
“When I learned these figures, I was shocked,” said former Iowa First Lady Christie Vilsack during a phone interview [...]

Iowa’s former First Lady says Hillary Clinton is going to close Iowa caucus-goers, make the final sale, with the argument of experience.

“I think in the end when people are thinking not only who they like for the Democratic nomination but who can win in the fall – because it’s not just about nominating somebody who [...]

Former Iowa First Lady Christie Vilsack is on a crusade built on friendship, wrapped with respect and bolstered by hope. It’s a quest she hopes will end in November 2008 with Sen. Hillary Clinton being named the 44th President of the United States.
“I know a lot of people talk about [Clinton's] baggage,” Vilsack told about [...]