Iowa's District 5 Congressional Primary - Know Thy Candidates
With the Iowa Democratic Primary coming up next week on Tuesday, June 8th,
I thought it might be helpful for us 6 or 7 registered Democrats in
Congressional District 5 to know a little something about who is trying
to take on that shameful, party-line-voting neo-con Steve King (R-5th).
There are 3 candidates on the primary ballot:
Joyce Schulte of Creston, populist, education services worker, and Vilsack appointee to the Agricultural Development Authority Board.
Read more about Joyce Schulte here and here.
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Sal Mohamed of Sioux City, engineer and naturalized U.S. citizen from Egypt.
Read more about Sal Mohamed here and here.
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Gene Blanshan of Panora, farmer, former history teacher, and former 5-term Iowa State Representative.
Read more about Gene Blanshan here and here.
Word on the street has it that the race is competitve, with Schulte and Blanshan in contention.
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Wednesday, June 2
Iowa's District 5 Congressional Primary - Know Thy Candidates
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Linda Thieman
on Wed 02 Jun 2004 04:34 PM CDT
Howard Dean: Electronic Voting - Not Ready For Prime Time
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Linda Thieman
on Wed 02 Jun 2004 10:20 AM CDT
Howard Dean: Electronic Voting -
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Linda Thieman
on Wed 02 Jun 2004 03:10 AM CDT
Well, She's Not A Progressive, But She IS A Democrat . . . and She Won! Woo-hoo!
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