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The Federal Election Commission has officially cleared Leonard Boswell and his 2008 campaign treasurer on allegations that they coordinated with a 527 organization in violation of election law.
The 527, called Independent Voices, attacked Boswell’s opponent in the Democratic primary, Ed Fallon, with direct-mail fliers accusing him of being soft on sex offenders and an opponent [...]

The Federal Election Commission has ruled unanimously that former Iowa Democratic Party Chairman Gordon Fischer didn’t violate election law with his open support of presidential candidate Barack Obama on his blog, Iowa True Blue.

In the face of criticism stemming from a March 20 Iowa Independent report raising questions about his for-profit political advocacy organization known as I’M For Iowa, congressional candidate and former State Rep. Ed Fallon released a statement Wednesday claiming, “Campaign manager, Lynn Heuss, spoke with the information services department of the FEC. They confirmed that [...]

(Update: It was incorrectly reported that Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., had issued a statement as part of an email soliciting campaign contributions that charged former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani with exploiting 9/ll. Although the Dodd campaign had issued the latter statement, it was not part of an email soliciting contributions. The article reflects these [...]