Republican Party Of Iowa
Conservative bloggers respond to Krishna
It should come as no surprise that Iowa’s conservative bloggers didn’t take kindly to their portrayal as disseminators of lies and character assassination by Republican Party of Iowa Treasurer Gopal Krishna in an interview Tuesday with the Iowa Independent.
Offenburger calls Randall GOP’s future
Veteran Iowa journalist Chuck Offenburger, formerly with The Des Moines Register and now managing his own Web site, has publicly endorsed Ames businessman Matt Randall in the race to lead the Republican Party of Iowa.
It’s a good field of candidates for the chairperson position, but I think there’s a clear choice here. I believe the [...]
Iowa GOP still sinking, says party treasurer
“We are waiting for others to fail so that we can succeed. That’s not the way it’s supposed to be, but that’s the way it’s working right now,” said Gopal Krishna, once thought to be a frontrunner for the job of state GOP chair. Krishna says he was never a candidate for the position.
GOP chair candidates gather at forum
The Republican Party of Iowa State Central Committee will be holding a public forum Saturday at 10 a.m. for candidates interested in the party’s chair and co-chair positions.
The forum was originally scheduled for Dec. 27 but was postponed due to bad weather.
The Central Committee will pick the party’s new leader at a meeting Jan. 10. [...]
Krishna, Carroll favorites to lead Iowa GOP
Two seasoned party leaders are front-runners for the chairmanship of the Republican Party of Iowa, insiders say, but most believe the race is far from over.
Field grows in race to lead Iowa GOP
Two more men have declared their intentions to run for chairman of the Republican Party of Iowa, according to a member of the party’s State Central Committee.
David Chung, who operates the blog HawkeyeGOP.com, said Matt Strawn, the principal owner of the Iowa Barnstormers, and Andy Cable, co-chair of the Hardin County GOP, along with six [...]
Iowa GOP to select chairman in January
The Republican Party of Iowa (RPI) did not select a new chairman at its Saturday meeting, deciding instead to hold a vote on the party’s new leader Jan. 10.
Who will lead the Iowa GOP?
Republicans have already selected new leadership in both the House and the Senate, leaving the state party chairmanship as one of the final pieces to the puzzle in determining the future of a GOP that has fallen on hard times in Iowa.
Gross: Social conservatives ‘a minority group within a minority party’
A veteran Iowa Republican says the party’s infrastructure has been taken over by social conservatives, which will make it difficult for it to win elections in the future.
Rants warns GOP against being exclusionary
In an interview with the Sioux City Journal, state Rep. Christopher Rants, who was recently ousted from his position as House Minority Leader, said that as the Republican Party of Iowa tries to craft its message in the future it must work to become more inclusive.
“You have to enlarge the pie and the voting bloc,” [...]