Becky Greenwald Update
By Erin Seidler

In an effort to keep our friends in the blogging community up to date, the Becky Greenwald Campaign will be sending weekly updates about progress in our race for Iowa¹s 4th District. We have made great progress in our race to beat Tom Latham.

We have received some great coverage in both national and local blogs after the Cook Report upgraded the race last week.  The encouraging national piece of recognition was a good post on the blog MyDD.  The post talks about how this race is one of five congressional campaigns to watch nationally that have not been receiving enough recognition and support.

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The other great posting was on Lynda Waddington¹s local blog.

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These types of posts help to keep buzz surrounding the campaign and continues to draw attention to Becky's race.

Buzz among Democratic activists, voters, and the press also continues to grow. We were able to make a great announcement today that the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Iowa Council 61 endorsed Becky for Congress.  AFSCME is a great friend to have in any campaign, and we are honored to have their support against Tom Latham.

To read the release, click the link below: Greenwald Campaign: AFSCME Endorsement

Becky held an extremely successful event with Iowa¹s top Democratic officials and fundraisers. Iowa Democratic Party Chair, Scott Brennan, commented on the quality of the crowd saying, "Any Iowa Democratic candidate would be thrilled to have an audience like this."

The support that the Chairman saw at the event did not go unnoticed by Charlotte Eby, political reporter and columnist for Lee Newspapers. Although not at the event, Charlotte wrote a column in Sunday¹s paper about the excitement for Democrats this year in Iowa, particularly Becky. In fact, Charlotte says this is the race to watch in Iowa this year. The column appeared in the district¹s two biggest newspapers, the Mason City Globe Gazette and the Ames Tribune.

For Charlotte's story, click the link below: Advantage, Democrats

It¹s this type of buzz in blogs, Iowa newspapers, labor endorsements and with active Democrats that have people talking about Becky¹s race.

To top it all off, the Obama campaign is running an unprecedented general election campaign in Iowa opening 15 offices this week, compared with John McCain¹s one office opening. This type of support from the top of the ticket ensures that we turnout a record number of voters in the 4th District. Those voters will be voting for Becky and Barack if we maintain this momentum.

Obama Field Offices (Click the headlines below):
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Please don¹t hesitate to contact me for more information about the race or to set up an interview with Becky.

Thanks,

Erin Seidler