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The Des Moines Register is reporting that former Iowa Teacher of the Year Ruth Ann Gaines will run for the Iowa House seat held by Wayne Ford.
Ford had repeatedly refused to clarify whether he was running for re-election again, with the deadline to file being this Friday at 5 p.m. Former state Rep. Ed Fallon [...]

Despite being asked numerous times by Dave Price, a reporter for Des Moines NBC affiliate WHO-TV, state Rep. Wayne Ford would not say whether he will run for re-election in Iowa House District 65.
While guest hosting Chris Bradshaw’s afternoon radio show on WOW-FM, former state Rep. Ed Fallon reported that Ford was not seeking re-election [...]

Former Democratic state Rep. Ed Fallon, filling in for liberal radio host Chris Bradshaw on his afternoon WOW-FM program, said he has heard from numerous sources that Wayne Ford will not seek re-election in Iowa House District 65.
Ford’s retirement would be significant, since it has not been made public and the deadline for candidates to [...]

“I’m doing the Democratic Party a favor. Gov. Culver is going to lose, that is becoming more and more clear,” said former state Rep. Ed Fallon.

Former state legislator Ed Fallon and his wife, Lynn, will begin hosting their own radio talk show on Monday.

Gov. Chet Culver’s re-election hopes are in “deep trouble,” and he runs a very real risk of being the first Iowa governor since 1962 to be defeated, former Democratic state Rep. Ed Fallon said in an Op-Ed sent to the media Tuesday morning.
Fallon, who lost to Culver in a three-way Democratic gubernatorial primary in 2006, [...]

An examination of the state’s HIV transmission law and related court cases by the Iowa Independent has found that certain provisions may have unintended consequences, for instance, that despite its name, actual transmission of the virus is not required for a person to be subject to prosecution under it.

Reacting to criticism from his 2008 opponent in the Democratic primary, U.S. Rep. Leonard Boswell has laid out in greater detail his opposition to proposed legislation to deal with climate change.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Leonard Boswell is taking heat from a familiar source over his opposition to climate change legislation currently under consideration in the House.
Boswell’s 2008 opponent in the Democratic primary, Ed Fallon, along with his wife Lynn are calling on him to support the measure and “do as Al Gore would do.” Former Vice [...]

The Senate Ethics Committee unanimously voted to reject an ethics complaint filed against Republican state Sen. Merlin Bartz of Grafton alleging he violated his oath of office by encouraging county recorders to break the law.
The complaint was filed by former Democratic state Rep. Ed Fallon and his wife, Lynn. Bartz used the resources of the [...]