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Nine choices on Iowa’s presidential ballot

By John Deeth 8/16/08

Nine presidential tickets is about average for Iowa in recent presidential cycles. The most crowded ballot was in 1992 with 14 candidates.

21 state legislative seats uncontested

By John Deeth 8/16/08

Democrats have a slight edge over Republicans in filling slots on the ballot in Iowa’s 125 state legislative races. Democrats have fielded 114 candidates, while Republicans have 108. The two parties break nearly even on uncontested races.

Harkin Tops Second Week of Candidate Filings

By John Deeth 3/10/08

Before Tom Harkin launched a statewide re-election tour last weekend, he made it official: the four-term U.S. senator filed his re-election papers.  Harkin, a Democrat, joined two incumbent Democrats, Rep. Bruce Braley and Rep. Dave Loebsack, and an incumbent Republican, Rep. Tom Latham, with official spots on the June 3 primary ballot.  Also filing in [...]

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