Friday, June 22, 2012
The candidates, incumbents and issues that will be affecting Ames.
As we look ahead to November’s elections, Ames Patch is devoted to bringing you the information you need about every race in town. Here are five races that are already contested in Ames. President Barack Obama: Prognosticators call Iowa a battleground state in the presidential race, and two recent visits by President Obama to the Hawkeye State seem to bear that out. In April, Obama was at the University of Iowa to talk about the need to keep student loan interest rates down, then in May he stumped in Des Moines on the economy, abortion rights, gays in the military and his desire to lead the country forward. GOP Presidential Nominee Mitt Romney: The former Massachusetts governor has visited the state three times in the past month, usually …
Monday, March 12, 2012
The Iowa Representative officially announced that she will run for a fifth term.
Iowa Rep. Beth Wessel-Kroeschell, D-Ames; made her bid for District 45 official today. Wessel-Kroeschell said in a campaign announcement Monday that she's shooting for a fifth-consecutive term in office. Her district has been redrawn but still includes both the southern and east tip of Ames. The Ames native is a ranking member of the human resources committee and also serves on the environmental protection committee, the judiciary committee and the health and human services budget subcommittee, her announcement said. “I am proud of my record providing quality education for our young people, growing Iowa’s economic future, providing healthcare to vulnerable Iowans and keeping the state budget balanced without raising taxes on hardworking …
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Two Republicans said they will run against Democratic incumbents.
Ames voters will have races in both its Iowa House districts come November. Two Ames men announced their candidacy for Iowa House District 45 and 46. Both Dane Nealson and Stephen Quist will run on the Republican ticket against the current incumbent Democrats Beth Wessel-Kroeschell, (45) and Lisa Heddens (46), both of Ames. Nealson, 26, is a former Iowa State University student who works at Nucara Pharmacy in Nevada. He would face Wessel-Kroeschell in November if no primary round competition emerges. Quist, 22, president of the Iowa State University College Republicans and a periodic Ames Patch blogger made his announcement Thursday at Cafe Diem. A video of his announcement is attached to this story. Quist would face Heddens in November if…
