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Mitt Romney picked up an endorsement today from Iowa Senate Minority Leader Ron Weick of Sioux City, raising his GOP-leading legislator tally to 18.

“I believe Governor Romney is the individual who has the best opportunity to bring economic conservatives and social conservatives together,” said Wieck in the Romney press release.

John McCain has the second tallest [...]

In the first installment of Iowa Independent’s video series Highlight Reel Part 1, we covered candidate introductions.

In this installment, we continue with supporters and the people surrounding the candidates. But these videos will be more like full-blown testimony and praise for the candidates.

These videos are interviews with the people who have decided on their candidates [...]

Fred Thompson has picked up endorsements from three state representatives – Kraig Paulsen of Cedar Rapids, Jeff Kaufmann of Wilton and Jamie Van Fossen of Davenport — bringing his total to six.

Mitt Romney still has a prohibitive lead with 16, followed by John McCain with eight.

See the scorecard and roll call below the fold.

Congressman Dave Loebsack, in a telephone interview this morning, said that until recently he wasn’t sure if he would be endorsing any of the presidential candidates.
“Like many Iowans, if not most Iowans who are involved in this process, I take [this decision] very seriously,” he said. “Of course, I’ve been very involved in doing my [...]

This morning, before a crowd of roughly 100 Iowans at Hawkeye Community College in Waterloo, one of Iowa’s youngest congressmen was the first from Iowa to offer an endorsement of a presidential candidate. Congressman Bruce Braley publicly announced his support for former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards.

Following the event, Braley, an Edwards activist in 2004, [...]

Iowa members of United Auto Workers stood on risers behind Barack Obama Sunday afternoon during a Marion press conference as a physical showing of the union’s recommendation to international headquarters that they want a formal UAW endorsement of the Illinois senator.

On Thursday, UAW Region 4 made history when they became the first regional organization to [...]

The campaign for New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is announcing endorsements from two eastern Iowa lawmakers today.
Rep. Todd Taylor, House District 34, and Sen. Rob Hogg, Senate District 19, were both rumored to be leaning Clinton after each was given the opportunity to announce the presidential candidate during recent campaign stops in Cedar Rapids.
The [...]

Delaware Sen. Joe Biden has popped up another rung in race for Iowa legislative endorsements with today’s announcement that Iowa Rep. Mary Gaskill of Ottumwa has thrown support behind his presidential campaign. The endorsement brings Biden’s total to 13, two behind the campaign for Illinois Sen. Barack Obama, which has 15.
New York Sen. Hillary Rodham [...]

Caucus4Priorities, the grassroots campaign dedicated to shifting $60 million from Cold War weapons in the Pentagon to fund unmet social needs, endorsed former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards this morning.
The group, launched and organized by Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen, has organized 10,000 Iowa caucus-goers who pledged to caucus only for the presidential candidate [...]

The presidential campaign for New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has announced the endorsement of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, the nation’s largest public sector union.
In total, AFSCME represents more than 1.4 million workers. The union has said it has plans to activate a 40,000-member voluntary force and launch a get-out-the-vote [...]