Tag Archives: republican

• Politics

  Illinois GOP chair resigns

  Illinois Republican Party Chairman Pat Brady resigned, citing a handful of reasons including an ongoing struggle with the state GOP over his support for same-sex marriage.
• News

  Report: Republican Sen. Collins will support Manchin-Toomey gun compromise

  The second Republican senator not directly involved in negotiating a bipartisan background check measure is supporting a gun compromise.
• Politics

  Transportation Secretary LaHood is stepping down

  Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, the lone Republican in President Barack Obama’s Cabinet, is leaving the administration.
• Politics

  Kirk makes emotional return to Senate after stroke

  Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Illinois) made a triumphant return to the Senate Thursday, following a year’s recuperation from a stroke.
• Photo Galleries / Politics

  Photos: Mitt Romney visits Davenport

  Photos from Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s visit to Davenport, Iowa Monday, October 29, 2012.
• News / Politics

  Trial starts in liberal bias lawsuit against former University of Iowa law dean

  A trial is underway in the case of a conservative Republican who says she wanted to teach law at the University of Iowa, but was blackballed because of her politics.
• Politics

  Iowa Senator Pat Ward loses battle with cancer

  State Senator Pat Ward has died after losing her battle with breast cancer.
• Politics

  Arlen Specter — ‘one of the few truly wild cards’ — dead at 82

  Former U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, who embodied a vanishing breed of liberal Republicanism before switching to the Democratic Party, died Sunday.
• News / Politics

  Schilling and Bustos both pleased

  MOLINE – Both Congressman Bobby Schilling and challenger Cheri Bustos say they were pleased with the way they performed Thursday….
• News

  Election Day Is One Month Away

  It’s exactly one month until Election Day.  On Saturday, October 6th, Republicans and Democrats in Iowa joined together for the…
• Politics

  Watch: One-on-one interview with Paul Ryan

  News 8 anchor Jim Mertens speaks one-on-one with Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan.
• Politics

  Ryan campaigns in Iowa

  PHOTOS INSIDE | The day before the first presidential debate, Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan is campaigning in our area.