BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Veteran Democratic operative Mark Daley will manage Roxanne Conlin’s U.S. Senate campaign, Daley told The Des Moines Register today. Daley, an Urbandale political consultant since 2004, had been helping Conlin, a Des Moines lawyer and former nominee for governor, get her bid for the Senate underway. Daley, 32, is a former congressional [...]
Iowa Independent (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
A spokesman for Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Roxanne Conlin said accusations that the campaign is strong-arming elected officials for their endorsement are ridiculous. “We expect ludicrous allegations from Republicans, but not Democrats,” Conlin spokesman Mark Daley said. The claims were made Monday by Democrat Tom Fiegen of Clarence, who joins Conlin and Bob Krause of...
BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
A spokesman for Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Roxanne Conlin said accusations that the campaign is strong-arming elected officials for their endorsement are ridiculous. “We expect ludicrous allegations from Republicans, but not Democrats,” Conlin spokesman Mark Daley said. The claims were made Monday by Democrat Tom Fiegen of Clarence, who joins Conlin and [...]
Iowa Independent (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
... because of her implication that they owe her for past campaign contributions.” Conlin spokesman Mark Daley declined to respond to Feigen’s accusations. Fiegen was responding to news Monday that U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Waterloo, had formally endorsed Conlin’s candidacy. Conlin, Fiegen and Bob Krause will face off for the right to challenge Republican U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley in 2010....
Iowa Independent (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
... Iowa voters are going to have a hard time taking anything Conlin says seriously.” Conlin spokesman Mark Daley called the NRSC’s attack “bogus.” “Roxanne Conlin is running for the U.S. Senate, not the Iowa Senate,” Daley said. “Sen. Grassley’s leading contributors represent the insurance and gas industries. Big business has had the run of Washington for too long, it’s time Iowans...
BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
The Quad-City Times reports today that Roxanne Conlin is "in the midst of putting together a [U.S. Senate] campaign" and will file papers with the Federal Election Commission next week. She seems to have hired at least one campaign staffer already; the newspaper quotes Mark Daley as Conlin's spokesman. [...]
Swing State Project (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Democrats got their woman in Iowa, expanding the Senate playing field a bit: Des Moines lawyer Roxanne Conlin plans to file paperwork with the Federal Elections Commission next week to run for U.S. Senate next year, adviser Mark Daley said today. Conlin, a Democrat, has said last month she is more likely than not to seek the seat held by five-term Republican Chuck Grassley, but had to...
BlogNetNews.com/Iowa (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Des Moines lawyer Roxanne Conlin plans to file paperwork with the Federal Elections Commission next week to run for U.S. Senate next year, adviser Mark Daley said today. Conlin, a Democrat, has said last month she is more likely than not to seek the seat held by five-term Republican Chuck Grassley, [...]
Iowa Independent (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
The Associated Press broke the news Friday morning that an aide close to Des Moines attorney Roxanne Conlin confirms she will formally announce she will seek the Democratic nomination for Senate next week. The aide also confirms she will file paperwork with the Federal Election Commission next week. Later in the day, that aide was outed by The Des Moines Register as Mark Daley , longtime...
