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Calling it a “clear threat to national security,” Republican Party of Iowa Chairman Matt Strawn called on U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Waterloo, to oppose a plan to house transferred Guantanamo detainees in Illinois.
A nearly-empty Illinois prison near the Mississippi River on the border with Braley’s Iowa district is among U.S. locations being considered to hold [...]

The Republican Party should steer clear of infighting and focus on the fiscal issues that unite them, former New York Gov. George Pataki told the Associated Press on the eve of a speech in Iowa.

The Republican Party isn’t big enough to “throw people overboard,” so while internal debate is healthy, the party must ultimately stick together, Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty told a crowd of GOP activists in Des Moines on Saturday.

Even though Iowa’s presidential caucuses are more than two years away, an interesting debate is taking place about the role of Christian conservatives and the effect they could have on the Hawkeye State’s influence in 2012.

Jeff Boeyink, who has served as executive director of the Republican Party of Iowa since February, has resigned in order to lead the Terry Branstad 2010 Committee.

Iowa Republicans outlined a fairly modest health insurance reform plan at a press conference today.
Briefly, here are the high points: They would create some sort of online hub of information for consumers to find information about insurance plans, they would prevent insurance companies from dropping coverage due to preexisting conditions if a customer switches plans [...]

The war of words between Republican gubernatorial hopefuls Bob Vander Plaats and Chris Rants has moved from press releases to the airwaves, with both men defending their positions on the show of controversial radio host Steve Deace.

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.