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Christopher Reed formally announced his candidacy to unseat Democratic U.S. Rep. Dave Loebsack of the 2nd Congressional District on Thursday, and in doing so vowed to run a less contentious campaign than he did in 2008 against Democratic U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin.
In that campaign, which Reed lost by more than 20 percentage points, the Marion [...]

A Marion man who previously campaigned for U.S. Senate will officially throw his hat into Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District race this Thursday and kick off his campaign with a three-city tour.
Christopher Reed, who narrowly won a three-way Republican primary to challenge U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin in 2008, will officially become a candidate for the U.S. [...]

Despite the low to invisible profile of Harkin’s Republican opponent, Chris “Who?” Reed, Wednesday’s KCCI poll showed the businessman and first-time candidate with 39 percent of the vote. That might not sound like much, but with near-universal name ID, John McCain got the same 39 percent in that same poll.

A young newcomer appears to have won the U.S. Senate Republican primary in Iowa, the political undercard of the night, and now has a chance to face heavyweight Tom Harkin in November.

The Associated Press is reporting that with all but one of the state’s precincts in, Christopher Reed, a 36-year-old businessman from Marion, had about [...]

The little-known 35 percent threshold for a nomination almost kicked in last night, and would have triggered a statewide convention for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination.

Nearly complete returns show Christopher Reed with 35.3 percent, in a result that’s eerily similar to the 2002 GOP Governor’s race.

Speaking to the Carroll Rotary Club hours before primary voting, GOP U.S. Senate candidate Steve Rathje said western Iowa is being neglected by the state’s leaders but he refused to lay any of the blame on the area’s most visible lawmaker, U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa.

“You’re just not getting the fair shake you deserve,” Rathje [...]

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Steve Rathje is the first, and so far only, candidate to file for Tom Harkin’s Senate seat.  While the Senator, and Iowa’s five U.S. representatives, have all signaled their plans to seek re-election, none of the state’s D.C. delegation filed at the Secretary of State’s office through the close of last [...]

Republican entrepreneur Steve Rathje has been busy gathering female supporters since early March when he announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Tom Harkin.
Bonnie Hall, member of the State Central Committee, has agreed to support the contender, who will likely face opposition in a Republican primary. Her support joins that of [...]