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Also endorses Harkin, Braley, Miller-Meeks, Schmett
John McCain picked up a relatively rare newspaper endorsement Saturday from the Cedar Rapids Gazette. The eastern Iowa daily also backed incumbent Democrats Tom Harkin for U.S. Senate and Bruce Braley in the 1st Congressional District, but chose Republican challengers Mariannette Miller-Meeks over 2nd District Rep. Dave Loebsack and Kim [...]

The Republican National Committee is pulling its money out of challenger races to shore up suddenly endangered incumbents, reports the Politico:
In 2006, veteran Republicans Gil Gutknecht in Minnesota, Jim Leach in Iowa and Jim Ryun in Kansas suddenly found themselves in tough reelection fights. By the time the party saw what was happening, it was [...]

Both parties, in cold political Darwinism, leave the weak to die. It happened to me in my own legislative race 12 years ago. But at the moment, the grumbling appears louder on the Republican side.

Just after Sen. John McCain’s visit to Davenport, GOP State senator and 1st Congressional District candidate Dave Hartsuch accused his party’s presidential nominee of exhibiting “gay pride” for barring him from speaking at the event.

Two years ago, Iowa’s 1st Congressional District was at the top of national target lists for both parties. Republican incumbent Jim Nussle stepped down to run for governor and Democrat Bruce Braley won the seat in one of the highest spending races in the country.

It couldn’t be more different this year.

Iowa Democrats and Republicans reacted quickly to former Republican Congressman Jim Leach’s endorsement of Democrat Barack Obama.