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The shrunken Republican caucus in the Iowa Senate has elected State Sen. Paul McKinley of Chariton as its new Minority Leader, ousting State Sen. Ron Wieck.
McKinley ran for the post last year, but Wieck defeated him.  Shortly after his victory last year, Wieck told the Iowa Independent that he planned to contrast Republican and Democratic [...]

Iowa Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal, D-Council Bluffs, said he expects a change in leadership within state Republican Party after once again losing seats in the state legislature.

The new Senate Republican Minority Leader fired a shot across the bow as the 2008 legislative session opened on Monday morning, a clue that the upcoming session will be a truculent one.

Sen. Ron Wieck, R-Sioux City, said with an election coming in 2008,the Democratic leadership will shy away from making tough decisions necessary to make [...]

Iowa Sen. Tom Courtney, D-Burlington, wasn’t necessarily surprised when a letter critical of him appeared in the Burlington Hawkeye. The newspaper, as far as he knows, prints “pretty much every letter they receive” and criticism, he says, is just a part of political life. While he found the content of the letter questionable, it wasn’t [...]

An amendment to Iowa’s constitution to ban gay marriage and a move to reduce property taxes will be among the top priorities of newly elected Iowa Senate Minority Leader Ron Wieck.

Wieck, a Republican from Sioux City in his second term, was elected by party colleagues last week to replace retiring Sen. Mary Lundby.

Republicans, holding only [...]

Sen. Ron Wieck, a Sioux City insurance agent, will take over the reins of the Senate minority leadership, succeeding the retiring Sen. Mary Lundby.

Iowa Senate Republicans gathered today to elect their new leadership team for the coming legislative session.

In addition to naming Wieck to the postion of Minority Leader, Sen. Mark Zieman, of Postville, was [...]