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Laying out a list of the “power couples” within the new administration of President Barack Obama, Washington, D.C.,-based news site Politico points to a pair of Iowans as a couple to keep an eye on.
Jennifer O’Malley Dillon and Patrick Dillon are no strangers to Iowa. Patrick, 31, was a prominent strategist for Gov. Chet Culver’s [...]

Late yesterday afternoon, the White House announced the nomination of a former Iowa Utilities Board chairman as commissioner for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The nomination, according to members of Iowa’s federal delegation, is good news for the nation and not just the Hawkeye State.
John Norris, a name well-known in Iowa political circles, originally went [...]

Iowa Indy alum Douglas Burns wrote a story for the cover of this week’s Cityview profiling Iowa politico Jackie Norris, who was recently named chief of staff to First Lady Michelle Obama:

Former Gov. Tom Vilsack, who was confirmed as U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tuesday, has named John Norris as his his chief of staff, sources close to Vilsack said today.
Norris served as Vilsack’s chief of staff during his first two years as governor. He also served as chairman of the Iowa Democratic Party in 1998, ran unsuccessfully [...]

In a phone interview with the Iowa Independent conducted before the announcement of her new job, Jackie Norris talked about what it was like to be a part of the historic campaign that elected America’s first black president, what lessons can be learned from the organization and what the future may hold for the political couple who got engaged at the 2000 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles.

With polls showing Democrat Barack Obama with an ever widening lead in Iowa (and nationally), Des Moines’ resident gossip column, Civic Skinny, takes a look at who in Iowa stands to benefit from their early and fervent support of the man who is increasingly looking like the next President of the United States.
So who are [...]