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Tim Albrecht

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Kim Reynolds Announces New Administration Staff

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds announces that Jake Ketzner, Tim Albrecht, Ryan Koopmans, Catherine Huggins, and Brenna Smith will join her staff.

Young Leads Mowrer in New Iowa 3rd Congressional District Poll

Congressman David Young (R-IA) leads Democratic challenger Jim Mowrer by 15 points in a new Simpson College/RABA poll in Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District.

Five Observations About the 2016 Iowa GOP 50 Most Wanted List

Shane Vander Hart offers five observations the Des Moines Register’s Top 50 Republicans list for the 2016 Iowa Caucus complied by Jennifer Jacobs.

Iowa GOP Establishment Loves Jeb Bush

If you just heard from establishment Republicans you’d hear how everybody loves…

Iowa GOP Announces Experienced Communications Team

DES MOINES—The Republican Party of Iowa (RPI) has hired a team of…

Albrecht Leaving Branstad Administration for Private Sector

Des Moines, IA – Tim Albrecht, who has served as Gov. Branstad’s…

What Message is TheBeanWalker.com Sending to Social Conservatives?

Exactly what message is TheBeanWalker.com sending to social conservatives and evangelicals after a successful event hosted by The FAMiLY Leader?

Education Reform: Iowa House Republicans Outmaneuver Senate Democrats

The Iowa Legislature conference committee meeting on education reform was a shining moment for House Republicans to standing firm on educational freedom.

2014 Iowa Governor’s Race: A Chet Culver–Terry Branstad Rematch?

Former Iowa Governor Chet Culver is keeping an eye on 2014. Is it possible that we’ll see a rematch with Governor Terry Branstad?

Media Bias and Defending A.J. Spiker

Some Iowa Republicans are quick to judge A.J. Spiker for what they see as political failures, but are mum on Governor Branstad’s policy failures.

Terry Branstad: No Health Exchange Until We Have More Information

Iowa Governor Terry Branstad said that he needs more information before he can proceed with an Iowa-based health insurance exchange in a letter to HHS.

My Top Ten Predictions for 2012

Looking back at my predictions for last year I actually did get…

Should Iowa Do Annual or Biennial Budgeting?

Ok, admittedly this isn’t a sexy topic, but disagreement on this topic…

Branstad announces key transition team and administration appointments

(URBANDALE) – Today, Iowa Governor-elect Terry Branstad made the following appointments to…

Branstad/Reynolds Campaign Helping “Targeted” Iowa House and Senate Candidates

Responding to yesterday’s post about Kim Pearson and Dave Funk not receiving…

More Fallout From the Branstad Meeting

I have some bones to pick with a couple of different people…