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View Article  A Thank You To Our Candidates
A Thank You To Our Candidates


Blog for Iowa and Democracy for Iowa would like to issue a heartfelt thank you to all of our candidates.  We thank you for putting yourselves out there in spite of the fact that you knew it meant you'd get slimed by the Rove machine.  We thank you for giving the progressive movement a face and a voice.  And we thank you for all your countless hours of hard work.

We'd also like to thank all of the staff members, the activists, and the volunteers who worked so hard to try to rescue this state and this country from the clutches of the destructive GOP.

This is only the beginning.

I've placed a new link on the top right sidebar of Blog for Iowa.  This page will show you the results of the elections for the candidates that DFIA endorsed.  Or, you can click here to view the results.

We would like to congratulate Ms. Molly Regan, Mr. Jeff Danielson, Mr. Frank Wood, Rep. Ed Fallon, and Rep. Cindy Winckler.

"We are the ones we have been waiting for."
--Hopi elders

View Article  DFIA Endorsed Candidates Election Results 2004
DFIA Endorsed Candidates Election Results 2004


Click here to see the election results for the candidates DFIA endorsed.

Click here to see the results for all Iowa federal and legislative races.


View Article  Iowa Senate Appears Headed for 25-25 Split
Iowa Senate Appears Headed for 25-25 Split

by Jonathan Roos and Lynn Campbell, Des Moines Register

Tuesday's unpredictable battle for control of the Iowa Senate may have ended in a history-making tie, leaving neither party with a majority to pass bills.

"It appears we're left with a 25-25 tie," said Senate Minority Leader Michael Gronstal, a Council Bluffs Democrat who would be in the position of sharing power with the current Senate majority leader - Republican Stewart Iverson of Dows.

...Republicans went into the election with a 29-21 advantage. Twenty-six votes are needed to approve laws. If one side can only muster 25 votes, it will need help from the other party in passing a bill. Republicans actually would have only 24 senators on hand, since Chuck Larson, a Cedar Rapids Republican, is on Army Reserve duty in Iraq.

...Sievers was defeated by Democratic challenger Frank Wood of Eldridge in Senate District 42.

Democrats grabbed an open seat from Republicans in Black Hawk County. Jeff Danielson, a firefighter, defeated Frank Dowie, an insurance executive.

(Click here for complete details.)


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