Ed Fallon
With campaign behind him, Fallon looks ahead
When he told supporters on primary night that he wasn’t going away, he meant it. But Ed Fallon has no intentions to run for office any time soon.
Photos: Boswell and Fallon Election Night Parties
Rep. Leonard Boswell smiles as he accepts the Democratic nomination for re-election to represent Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District.
Boswell Wins 3rd District Democratic Primary
U.S. Rep. Leonard Boswell fended off challenger Ed Fallon with a healthy margin of about 20 points June 3. He sealed his victory with a double-digit win in Polk County, which was perceived as Fallon’s stronghold.
ANALYSIS: Has Fallon Found a Foothold?
Former State Rep. Ed Fallon has struggled to gain traction in his primary challenge against incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. Leonard Boswell. Save for a minor campaign finance scandal, he has generated little news. His criticisms of Boswell have been the same for several years, and his policy proposals were generally predictable to anyone who has [...]
ANALYSIS: Register’s Fallon Endorsement May Be Boswell’s Price For Not Debating
It seems like a surprise on the surface, but the Des Moines Register endorsed Ed Fallon Tuesday in the 3rd Congressional District, over incumbent Leonard Boswell.
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1970 Republican Primary Parallels Boswell vs. Fallon
The incumbent ran as an experienced, moderate congressman, attentive to his district’s needs. The younger, issue-based activist challenger, coming off an unsuccessful statewide race that nevertheless raised his profile, stressed his own legislative record and said the incumbent’s congressional voting record was insufficiently loyal to the party.
Leonard Boswell and Ed Fallon? Nope. Hop in the [...]
Fallon Wasn’t Iowa’s Only Nader Democrat
Incumbent Leonard Boswell is hammering his 3rd Congressional District Democratic primary challenger, Ed Fallon, over Fallon’s endorsement of Ralph Nader in the 2000 presidential election, charging that Fallon “helped elect George W. Bush.” The appeal is powerful to the party activists who vote in primaries. In the post-Florida era, Democrats consider a 2000 vote for [...]
Boswell Backed by Al Gore
Rep. Leonard Boswell, D-Iowa, is getting help from one of the Democratic Party’s biggest heavy-hitters in his primary fight with Ed Fallon.
Boswell Battles on the Home Front as Well as in Washington
Rep. Leonard Boswell believes family farms and small towns provide the heartbeat of America. The six-term Democratic congressman from Iowa's 3rd District has always had a passion for agriculture and now serves in a leadership position on the House Agriculture Committee.
ANALYSIS: Ed Fallon’s Campaign Finance Irony
Ed Fallon has always cut a Not Just Another Politician image, from his refusal to wear neckties during his legislative tenure to his deliberately modest earthy-crunchy lifestyle.
Leonard Boswell, on the other hand, even looks as if he could have been sent from central casting to play the part of good old boy politician. And his [...]