Day 7: Draft Rod Roberts for Iowa Lt. Governor Campaign

Well the word is getting out.

So far we have had the following media outlets report on this effort (that I know of):

• The Carroll Daily Times Herald
• The Daily Nonpareil (Council Bluffs)
• The Iowa Republican
• Politically Speaking (Bret Hayworth of The Sioux City Journal)
• The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier
• The Des Moines Register
• The Mason City Globe Gazette
• The Cedar Rapids Gazette

We’ve had these Republican leaders support Representative Rod Roberts to be added to the GOP Gubernatorial ticket (last updated four days ago):

• Dick Baber – Central Committee Member – Pottawattamie County Republican Party
• Robert Bixby – Chairperson – Decatur County Republican Party
• John Bloom – Chairperson – Polk County Republican Party
• State Senator Nancy Boettger (R-Harlan)
• Steve Cates – Chairperson – Pottawattamie County Republican Party
• Therese Davis – Chairperson – Guthrie County Republican Party
• State Representative Cecil Dolecheck (R- Mount Ayr)
• Randy Erickson – Chairperson – Buena Vista County Republican Party
• Gary Guttau – Executive Committee Member – Pottawattamie County Republican Party
• Nick Guttau – Former Superintendent of Banking under Governor Branstad (1995-99); Chairman and CEO of Treynor State Bank
• Judy Guttau – Board Member – Treynor State Bank / Treynor, IA
• Mary Ann Hanusa – Republican Nominee for State Representative – House District 99 
• Reid Houser – Former Member -  Iowa State Republican Central Planning Committee
• State Representative Dan Huseman (R-Aurelia)
• Timothy Jensen – Chairperson – Monona County Republican Party
• Charlie Johnson – Executive Committee Member – Pottawattamie County Republican Party
• Jeff Jorgensen – Central Committee Member – Pottawattamie County Republican Party 
• Kevin Kruse – Chairperson – Union County Republican Party
• Debbie Larson – Chairperson – Ringgold County Republican Party
• Rachel Law – Chairperson – Ida County Republican Party
• Mark Leeds – Chairperson – Cherokee County Republican Party
• Larry Madison – Chairperson – Shelby County Republican Party
• State Representative Mike May (R-Spirit Lake)
• Gary McNutt – Central Committee Member – Mills County Republican Party
• Sharon McNutt – Co-Chairperson – Mills County Republican Party
• Sheila Murphy – Chairperson – Harrison County Republican Party
• Ray Negley – Chairperson – Clark County Republican Party
• Darin Raymond – Chairperson – Plymouth County Republican Party
• State Representative Chuck Soderberg (R-Le Mars)
• Hank Sorenson – Chairperson – Adams County Republican Party
• Shane Vander Hart – Editor, CaffeinatedThoughts.com, Central Committee Member – Polk County Republican Party
• Craig Williams – Chairperson – Carroll County Republican Party; Member – State Central Committee
• State Representative Gary Worthan (R-Storm Lake)
• Karen York – Chairperson – Page County Republican Party
• Tim Moran – Member – Iowa State Republican Central Planning Committee
• Harold Massner – Chairperson – Des Moines County Republican Party
• Don Lucas – Chairperson – Lee County Republican Party
• Sue Dyer – Finance Chairperson – Lee County Republican Party
• Jeff Gorball – Chairperson – Worth County Republican Party
• Lanny Hustedt – Chairperson – Wright County Republican Party
• Jackie Maddy – Chairperson – Monroe County Republican Party

The media has emphasized that this is a Western Iowa Republican movement.  It started there, but has grown beyond our western third of the state.  You can join this movement as well – sign the petition, write letters to the editor, call in to local talk radio,  contact the Branstad campaign, post the following graphic using the code below to your blog or website, tweet it, Facebook it… just get the word out.

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