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For the second time in a week, the Iowa Democratic Party is using audio from a meeting between former Gov. Terry Branstad and leaders of the social conservative movement to attack the veteran Republican.
The four-term governor held a pair of meetings with a group of pastors, social conservative activists and leaders Christian organizations last week. [...]

Rep. Tom Latham’s opposition to health care reform legislation can partially be traced back to “lavish sun-splashed poolside buffets and warm afternoons on the links” paid for with money raised by his political action committee, Iowa Democratic Party Chairman Michael Kiernan said Monday afternoon.
“Latham has been taking the health insurers’ money and living it up [...]

Vice President Joe Biden will headline the Iowa Democratic Party’s Jefferson-Jackson fundraising dinner, the Democrats announced today.

Responding to criticism from a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, Iowa Democratic Party Chairman Michael Kiernan reiterated that the party will not endorse or support any candidate before the primary.

Democratic candidate for senate Bob Krause is not happy about statements made by his party’s chairman regarding a fourth candidate entering the race to unseat Republican incumbent Chuck Grassley. In fact, said the talk “may threaten the integrity of the Iowa Democratic Party before the voters of Iowa”

Another Democrat will jump into the race to challenge U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley in 2010, and that candidate will give Iowa’s senior senator “the race of his life,” Iowa Democratic Party Chairman Michael Kiernan said.
The news comes on the heels of evidence that Grassley could be vulnerable to a challenge from a well-known Democrat.

The Iowa Democratic Party is pulling no punches in attacking former Gov. Terry Branstad, despite the fact that he has not officially entered the 2010 gubernatorial campaign.

Many Iowa Republicans looked at Tuesday’s special election in House District 90 and saw an opportunity to demonstrate the party was beginning to reverse its fortunes. As is often the case in politics, though, things don’t always go according to plan.

Both of Iowa’s two major political parties are attempting to censor political speech by threatening litigation, instigating government investigations and other intimidation tactics, a First Amendment watchdog group that opposes many campaign finance reform measures said this week.
Jeff Patch, communications director for the Center for Competitive Politics in Virginia and a former press secretary for [...]

A comment made over the weekend by Sioux City businessman Bob Vander Plaats has sparked a war of words between the Republican gubernatorial candidate and the state Democratic Party chair.