Steve King Passes on a Senate Run
Congressman Steve King decided to pass on a run for U.S. Senate clearing the way for a hotly contested primary.
Tag: Matt Schultz
No Senate Run for Iowa Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds
Cross off one more potential name on a list of Republicans who could run for Sen. Tom Harkin’s (D-Iowa) seat. Iowa Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds takes a pass.
Iowa Secretary of State Discusses Sanctity of Life
Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz filled for Rick Santorum at the John Paul II Medical Research Institute lunch to discuss why he is pro-life.
Steve King Leads Potential GOP Contenders for Harkin’s Senate Seat
According to a recent poll Steve King would lead a GOP primary race among prospective candidates for the open U.S. Senate seat in Iowa in 2014.
Tom Harkin’s Retirement Shifts Iowa’s 2014 Election Landscape
Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) announcing that he won’t run re-election has changed the stakes of the 2014 elections with the first open Senate seat in 30 years.
Brad Anderson: Voting Fraud Is Important, But Not Enough To Investigate
Brad Anderson wants to be the chief elections officer in the state of Iowa who apparently doesn’t believe the Iowa Secretary of State should investigate it.
Iowa Secretary of State: International Election Observers Not Permitted at Polls
Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz said that it would be illegal for international election observers to access polling places on November 6th.
Voter ID and Matt Schultz’ Name Recognition
Matt Schultz’ name recognition is irrelevant to the voter ID debate, but his push for a voter ID is met with approval by those who do know him.
Christie Vilsack, Here is Your Evidence of Voter Fraud in Iowa
Christie Vilsack’s opposition to a Voter ID law favors the status quo which in turn favors voter fraud. Voter fraud does indeed exist in Iowa.
Matt Schultz Seeks to Purge Fraud Not Latinos From Iowa Voter Rolls
Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz had learned that more than 3,500 non-citizens may be registered to vote in Iowa with 1208 voting in the 2010 election. He received this information from the Iowa Department of Transportation records of non-citizens who have obtained an Iowa Driver’s license who then used that same license number to [...]
Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz Demonstrates Integrity After Violating Nepotism Law
Surprise! Matt Schultz is human after all, he makes mistakes. He admitted yesterday that he violated Iowa’s nepotism law when he gave a temporary job to his younger brother Andrew. Schultz told The Associated Press on Thursday he was unfamiliar with a law that says state officials generally cannot hire their relatives when he offered [...]
A Delegate’s Perspective: Iowa GOP State Convention
By Megan Stuhr Saturday was the 2012 Iowa GOP State Convention. It also was the Democratic State Convention but judging by the crowd there, no one got the memo. On the GOP agenda was electing the National Committeeman and Committeewoman, election of At-Large National Convention Delegates, Alternative Delegates and Presidential Electors, a proposed amendment to [...]
Annette Sweeney to Seek Re-Election in Iowa House District 50
(Des Moines) – Representative Annette Sweeney (R-Alden) today has filed her petitions with the Iowa Secretary of State to seek re-election in the newly formed House District 50, which includes northern Hardin, all of Grundy and southern Butler counties. "I am thrilled today to file my paperwork with the Secretary of State’s office to place [...]
59.5% of Iowa Democrats Support Voter ID
Council Bluffs, Iowa – February 14, 2012 – A new poll released this week by the Legacy Foundation shows that 76 percent of Iowans support a requirement to show photo identification before being allowed to vote. The poll also shows that this issue crosses party lines with 59.5 percent of Democrats supporting voter identification. “I [...]
The Des Moines Register's Jason Clayworth Equates Christian Art with Offensive Business Names
My jaw about dropped when I read Jason Clayworth’s piece yesterday in The Des Moines Register that discussed Secretary of State Matt Schultz’ desire to be able to reject offensive business names that are submitted to the Secretary of State’s office. He wrote: “Squirrel Piss LLC” is causing a warm stream of controversy at the [...]
Edwards Pleads Non-Guilty; Retains Matt Whitaker as Counsel in Iowa Secretary of State ID Theft Case
On Friday former Obama staffer Zach Edwards pled not guilty to charges that he stole Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz’s ID. He also retained the legal counsel of Republican activist and attorney Matt Whitaker.
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