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Christopher Reed formally announced his candidacy to unseat Democratic U.S. Rep. Dave Loebsack of the 2nd Congressional District on Thursday, and in doing so vowed to run a less contentious campaign than he did in 2008 against Democratic U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin.
In that campaign, which Reed lost by more than 20 percentage points, the Marion [...]

A Marion man who previously campaigned for U.S. Senate will officially throw his hat into Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District race this Thursday and kick off his campaign with a three-city tour.
Christopher Reed, who narrowly won a three-way Republican primary to challenge U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin in 2008, will officially become a candidate for the U.S. [...]

First District Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Waterloo, topped  Iowa’s congressional delegation in third-quarter fundraising, bringing in more than $182,000. He now has $446,842 cash on hand.
Congressional campaigns had to turn in their quarterly fundraising reports this week, documenting money raised and spent between July 1 and Sept. 30. Information about other elected officials and challengers is below.

A golf outing in West Virginia and a weekend getaway to Atlantic City, N.J., are just two of the trips taken this year by U.S. Rep. Tom Latham of Ames that have garnered the attention of campaign finance watchdogs.

A U.S. House bill touted as the most sweeping overhaul of federal student loan programs since inclusion of the GI Bill was passed last week with the Iowa delegation splitting on party lines.

INDIANOLA — At his 32nd annual Steak Fry fundraiser, U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) was cheered by an enthusiastic crowd of supporters when he declared that a health care reform bill would pass both houses of Congress “by Christmas,” and that it would include a government-run, not-for-profit health insurance plan.

While there is no denying that U.S. Rep. Dave Loebsack’s events in eastern Iowa were spirited, they did not devolve into the anger and violence seen in other parts of the nation.

IOWA CITY — U.S. Rep. Dave Loebsack won’t begin a series of town hall meetings in Iowa’s 2nd District until Saturday, but that didn’t stop supporters and opponents of proposed health care reform measures from gathering outside his office Wednesday during a press conference.

The health-care reform debate currently raging in the nation’s capitol is about to shift to city halls, community centers and town squares across the country, as federal lawmakers recess and head home for a month.
And thanks to promises from conservative groups to stack meetings with activists in order to disrupt health-care town halls and other [...]

The three Democratic members of Iowa’s delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives announced “a majory breakthrough” on the possible reform of the federal formulas that govern Medicare and Medicaid distributions.