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Iowa GOP resolves nomination fight, could face fractured party
Des Moines, Iowa (CNN) – An effort to force Iowa’s Republican gubernatorial nominee Terry Branstad to choose a formal rival as his running mate failed Saturday but exposed a rift in the GOP that could...
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Surprise player in Iowa GOP primary revealed
This mailer attacking Iowa gubernatorial candidate Terry Brandstad was sent to voters by the Democratic Governors Association–during the republican primary. (CNN) - Beginning in May, a group called...
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Vander Plaats declines to endorse Branstad in Iowa
Bob Vander Plaats has declined Friday to endorse Terry Branstad for governor in Iowa. (CNN) - Iowa Republican gubernatorial nominee Terry Branstad learned Friday that he won't face an independent...
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Don't mess with the Iowa Caucuses, Gov. says
Washington (CNN) - Don't mess with Iowa. That's the message Republican Gov. Terry Branstad is delivering to potential presidential candidates who may be tempted to take a pass when it comes to...
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Iowa governor: 2012 caucuses will move if Florida refuses to budge
Washington (CNN) - As Florida Republicans threaten to disrupt the presidential nominating calendar by holding their 2012 primary date in January instead of later in the year, Iowa's Republican governor...
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Iowa's governor on caucuses: Iowa is 'wide open'
(CNN) - Iowa's Republican governor has a message for his party's presidential candidates: Come to Iowa more often. "This is a state where you can effectively launch a campaign and it's not too late,"...
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Iowa governor surveys the Republican field
Salt Lake City, Utah (CNN) - Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad said Friday that Rick Perry, his Texas counterpart, is "seriously considering" entering the Republican presidential race. While he has not yet...
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Iowa governor says Romney making 'big mistake'
(CNN) - Iowa's Republican governor says he thinks Mitt Romney's making a mistake by not campaigning more in the state that kicks off the presidential caucus and primary calendar, but Romney's campaign...
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Iowa governor says Gingrich has work to do
Orlando (CNN) - Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, the Hawkeye State's top political handicapper, said Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich still has some serious spadework to do if he hopes to win...
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Iowa Republicans defend caucuses
Des Moines, Iowa (CNN) - Top Iowa Republicans, facing the very real possibility that Ron Paul could win the state caucuses on January 3, are defending their state's first-in-the-nation status against...
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Iowa guv delivers predictions but no endorsement
(CNN) - Iowa's Republican governor, Terry Branstad, predicted Rick Santorum would fall in the top three in his state's lead-off caucuses Tuesday. Appearing Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union,"...
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Ryan a better V.P. pick than Palin, top Iowa Republicans say
Des Moines, Iowa (CNN) - Two of Iowa's top Republicans Monday praised Mitt Romney's selection of Paul Ryan as his running mate and said the 2012 GOP ticket is more impressive than the one that went...
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Rubio to headline fundraiser for Iowa governor
(CNN) - Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida will headline a birthday fundraiser for Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad next week, a spokesman for the governor announced Thursday. The speaking gig will no...
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Rubio trip to Iowa stirring talk of '16
(CNN) - Word of Republican Sen. Marco Rubio's trip to Iowa next weekend has many people who cover campaign politics buzzing. The popular freshman senator from Florida will headline a birthday...
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Branstad questions viability of Iowa straw poll
(CNN) – Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad suggested it may be time to lay the idiosyncratic Iowa Republican tradition of the Ames Straw Poll to rest. Branstad said in an interview earlier Tuesday with the Wall...
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Discontent with Ames straw poll grows, Iowa GOP stands firm
(CNN) – The Iowa Republican Party is standing behind the Ames straw poll despite growing party discontent including the conservative National Review magazine calling for a quick end to the event. The...
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Growing heated, Iowa governor responds to firing of state employee
(CNN) – Republican Gov. Terry Branstad of Iowa grew animated during a press conference Thursday discussing a state criminal investigator who claims he was fired for reporting the governor's vehicle...
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Governors make college bowl bet to help feed the hungry
(CNN) – Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad have a lot riding on Wednesday's Outback Bowl between college football's University of Iowa Hawkeyes and the Louisiana State University...
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Jeb Bush to aid key early voting state governor
Washington (CNN) - Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush will make allies in the key early presidential voting state of Iowa without even going there. Bush will host a re-election fundraiser for Iowa Gov. Terry...
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2016 hovers over Christie Iowa trip
(CNN) - Chris Christie's jam packed swing through Iowa on Thursday is advertised as being all about the 2014 midterm elections. But the visit by the Republican governor of New Jersey and potential GOP...
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