Iowa Independent (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
... look for a new general.” According to his staff, Iowa’s other Republican member of Congress, Ames’ Tom Latham, is supporting Ohio Congressman John Boehner. Boehner has lead House Republicans since 2006. Most consider him the favorite to hold onto his job even though the party lost at least 20 seats this year. The second- and third-ranking members of the current GOP leadership team have already...
Iowa Independent (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Incumbent 4th District Rep. Tom Latham won a resounding victory tonight over Becky Greenwald, cruising to his seventh term representing Iowa in the U.S. Congress. With 85 percent of precincts reporting, the Ames Republican has received 60 percent of the vote, compared to 40 percent for Greenwald, a Democrat from Perry. That includes winning every one [...]
Iowa Independent (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
It was supposed to be Iowa’s closest contest of 2008, with observers and pundits pointing to Democrat Becky Greenwald’s challenge of incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Latham as a race to watch on election night. U.S. Rep. Tom Latham, R-Ames, scored a 20-point victory on Tuesday over challenger Becky Greenwald. But when the polls closed, it quickly became clear that voters wanted to send...
Iowa Independent (Free subscription) | 31/10/2008
Saying his “experience and legislative position put him in a key spot for the district,” the editorial board of the Ames Tribune has endorsed incumbent U.S. Rep. Tom Latham, R-Ames. The paper said differences between Latham and his Democratic opponent, Becky Greenwald, are easy to find, as both “toe the party line on most issues.” After [...]
MyDD (Free subscription) | 26/10/2008
I suspected that Republican Congressman Tom Latham's internal polling must be showing a close race when he put up a negative tv ad on the bailout. Now the first public poll of Iowa's fourth district is out. Research 2000 for Daily Kos found this : Tom Latham 47 Becky Greenwald 42 undecided 11 Click the link for the internals. Interestingly, the same poll found John McCain leading Barack...
BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 26/10/2008
I suspected that Congressman Tom Latham's internal polling must be showing a close race when he put up a negative tv ad. Now the first public poll of Iowa's fourth district is out. Research 2000 for Daily Kos found this : Tom Latham 47 Becky Greenwald 42 undecided 11 Click the link for [...]
BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 22/10/2008
This year, Democrat Becky Greenwald is challenging incumbent Republican Tom Latham in Iowa's 4th Congressional District. Here's a new Greenwald ad attacking Latham on veterans' issues: (Via Bleeding Heartland .) I'll make my prediction now: Given the enthusiasm for Obama in the state, Latham [...]
BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 22/10/2008
Fourth district Democratic candidate Becky Greenwald launched this new web ad yesterday: This is a solid ad, and I'd like to see it on television screens as well as computer screens. You can donate to the Greenwald campaign through her website. Incumbent Tom Latham started running this negative ad about [...]
BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 21/10/2008
This year, I am planning to vote for Congressman Tom Latham because I know he is a leader that has a proven track record of standing up for us in Congress. Too often, we send people to Washington and they fall in love with Washington. Thankfully, we have a Congressman in Latham that keeps Iowa front and center in every action he takes. I know that this election is not just about the next...
Potomac Flacks (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
Jeff Patch has been hired by the Center for Competitive Politics (CCP) as their new communications director. Most recently, Patch researched earmarks as a budget fellow at the CATO Institute. He was also a press secretary for Iowa Rep. Tom Latham and was a reporter fro Politico, Des Moines Register and the Telegraph Herald in Dubuque, Iowa. CCP is a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting...
BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
Steve King: A fourth congressional win and likely as many more as he wants, absent a 2010 gubernatorial bid and reapportionment throwing him into a district with fellow GOP Congressman Tom Latham.
Iowa Independent (Free subscription) | 21/11/2008
If you want to go to the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama and you live in Iowa’s Fourth or Fifth Congressional District, you may be in luck. Republican Congressmen Tom Latham and Steve King are asking constituents who are interested in attending to contact their office by Nov. 28. Each has only a limited number of [...]
BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
... served as Al Gore's Iowa Political Director in 2000. Her husband, John, ran for Congress against Tom Latham in 2002. He's currently the director of the Iowa Utilities Board. I remember Jackie telling me about the immediate bond she felt with Barack, but especially with Michelle. Looks like that bond will only grow. Once again, Iowa shows just how important it is.posted by Dave Price @
BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
... written into the last bailout package is followed through with. Likewise on an auto package. Tom Latham:Congressman Latham is reserving judgment until there is actual legislation to review.Steve King:“We need to stop spending billions upon billions in taxpayer money to bail out those who’ve made poor business decisions. As if the $700 billion bailout for the financial industry wasn’t...
Iowa Independent (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
... that the 4th U.S. Congressional District, which was won handily this year by incumbent Republican Tom Latham, saw 15 of its 28 counties support a Democratic legislator this year. One of the counties that didn’t is Story County, which is home of Iowa State University and went for Democrat Barack Obama by big margins.
