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A recently introduced bill could have far-reaching impact on the U.S. sugar industry, including American Crystal Sugar, a farmer-owned cooperative that locked out 1,300 Midwest workers on Aug. 1.
The chairman for Herman Cain’s Iowa effort says the campaign “relied more on the word of farmers than Washington regulators” in deciding to run an ad containing claims the Environmental Protection Agency says are false.
The Iowa Senate will remain under the control of a slim 26-25 Democratic majority when it reconvenes in January 2012.
Barack Obama picks up two legislators and Hillary Clinton gains one in our latest Democratic legislative endorsement update. The newest donkeys on the chart:
The latest endorsements pull Obama to within one legislator of Clinton’s lead.
Below the fold: the roll call.
| Total | Senate | House | |
| Clinton | 19 | 10 | 9 |
| Obama | 18 | 7 | 11 |
| Biden | 14 | 2 | 12 |
| Edwards | 10 | 2 | 8 |
| Dodd | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Richardson | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Kucinich | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gravel | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Uncommitted | 19 | 7 | 12 |
| Total | 83 | 30 | 53 |
| Name | District | Home County | Endorsement | 2004 Endorsement |
| Sen. Herman C. Quirmbach | Senate District 23 | Story | Biden | none |
| Sen. Dr. Joe M. Seng | Senate District 43 | Scott | Biden | none |
| Rep. McKinley Bailey | House District 9 | Hamilton | Biden | new |
| Rep. Doris Kelley | House District 20 | Black Hawk | Biden | new |
| Rep. Roger Thomas | House District 24 | Clayton | Biden | Kerry |
| Rep. Polly Bukta | House District 26 | Clinton | Biden | Dean |
| Rep. Dick Taylor | House District 33 | Linn | Biden | Kerry |
| Rep. Lisa Heddens | House District 46 | Story | Biden | Kerry |
| Rep. Bruce Hunter | House District 62 | Polk | Biden | Dean |
| Rep. Kevin McCarthy | House District 67 | Polk | Biden | Lieberman |
| Rep. Jim Lykam | House District 85 | Scott | Biden | none |
| Rep. Mary Gaskill | House District 93 | Wapello | Biden | Kerry |
| Rep. John Whitaker | House District 90 | Van Buren | Biden | Gephardt |
| Rep. Mike Reasoner | House District 95 | Union | Biden | Lieberman |
| Sen. William A. Dotzler, Jr. | Senate District 11 | Black Hawk | Clinton | Gephardt |
| Sen. Roger Stewart | Senate District 13 | Jackson | Clinton | Kerry |
| Sen. Michael Connolly | Senate District 14 | Dubuque | Clinton | Kerry |
| Sen. Wally E. Horn | Senate District 17 | Linn | Clinton | none |
| Sen. Rob Hogg | Senate District 19 | Linn | Clinton | none |
| Sen. Dennis H. Black | Senate District 21 | Jasper | Clinton | Kerry |
| Sen. Dick L. Dearden | Senate District 34 | Polk | Clinton | Gephardt |
| Sen. Staci Appel | Senate District 37 | Warren | Clinton | new |
| Sen. Becky Schmitz | Senate District 45 | Jefferson | Clinton | new |
| Sen. Gene Fraise | Senate District 46 | Lee | Clinton | none |
| Rep. Roger Wendt | House District 2 | Woodbury | Clinton | Kerry |
| Rep. Mark Kuhn | House District 14 | Floyd | Clinton | Gephardt |
| Rep. Todd Taylor | House District 34 | Linn | Clinton | none |
| Rep. Swati Dandekar | House District 36 | Linn | Clinton | Kerry |
| Rep. Paul Bell | House District 41 | Jasper | Clinton | Kerry |
| Rep. Beth Wessel-Kroeschell | House District 45 | Story | Clinton | new |
| Rep. Mary Mascher | House District 77 | Johnson | Clinton | Kerry |
| Rep. Vicki Lensing | House District 78 | Johnson | Clinton | none |
| Rep. Cindy Winckler | House District 86 | Scott | Clinton | Dean |
| Sen. Jeff Danielson | Senate District 10 | Black Hawk | Dodd | new |
| Sen. Tom Hancock | Senate District 16 | Dubuque | Dodd | new |
| Rep. Ray Zirkelbach | House District 31 | Jones | Dodd | new |
| Rep. Bob Kressig | House District 19 | Black Hawk | Edwards | new |
| Sen. Daryl Beall | Senate District 25 | Webster | Edwards | Dean |
| Sen. Keith A. Kreiman | Senate District 47 | Davis | Edwards | Edwards |
| Rep. Wes Whitead | House District 1 | Woodbury | Edwards | Gephardt |
| Rep. Andrew Wenthe | House District 18 | Fayette | Edwards | new |
| Rep. Ro Foege | House District 29 | Linn | Edwards | Edwards |
| Rep. Art Staed | House District 37 | Linn | Edwards | new |
| Rep. Geri Huser | House District 42 | Polk | Edwards | Edwards |
| Rep. Nathan Reichert | House District 80 | Muscatine | Edwards | new |
| Rep. Kurt Swaim | House District 94 | Davis | Edwards | Edwards |
| Sen. Steve Warnstadt | Senate District 1 | Woodbury | Obama | Kerry |
| Sen. Rich Olive | Senate District 5 | Story | Obama | new |
| Sen. Bill Heckroth | Senate District 9 | Bremer | Obama | new |
| Sen. Robert E. Dvorsky | Senate District 15 | Johnson | Obama | Gephardt |
| Sen. Tom Rielly | Senate District 38 | Mahaska | Obama | new |
| Sen. Joe Bolkcom | Senate District 39 | Johnson | Obama | Dean |
| Sen. Frank Wood | Senate District 42 | Scott | Obama | new |
| Rep. Brian Quirk | House District 15 | Chickasaw | Obama | Kerry |
| Rep. Deborah Berry | House District 22 | Black Hawk | Obama | Kerry |
| Rep. Pam Jochum | House District 27 | Dubuque | Obama | Kerry |
| Rep. David Jacoby | House District 30 | Johnson | Obama | Kerry |
| Rep. Tyler Olson | House District 38 | Linn | Obama | new |
| Rep. Mark Smith | House District 43 | Marshall | Obama | Kerry |
| Rep. Donovan Olson | House District 48 | Boone | Obama | Kerry |
| Rep. Helen Miller | House District 49 | Webster | Obama | Gephardt |
| Rep. Janet Petersen | House District 64 | Polk | Obama | Kerry |
| Rep. Ako Abdul-Samad | House District 66 | Polk | Obama | new |
| Rep. Elesha Gayman | House District 84 | Scott | Obama | new |
| Rep. Marcella Frevert | House District 7 | Palo Alto | Richardson | Dean |
| Sen. John P. "Jack" Kibbie | Senate District 4 | Palo Alto | Kerry | |
| Sen. Amanda Ragan | Senate District 7 | Cerro Gordo | none | |
| Sen. Brian Schoenjahn | Senate District 12 | Fayette | new | |
| Sen. Matt McCoy | Senate District 31 | Polk | Kerry | |
| Sen. Jack Hatch | Senate District 33 | Polk | Kerry | |
| Sen. Thomas G. Courtney | Senate District 44 | Des Moines | Gephardt | |
| Sen. Michael E. Gronstal | Senate District 50 | Pottawattamie | none | |
| Rep. Dolores Mertz | House District 8 | Kossuth | none | |
| Rep. Tom Schueller |
House District 25 | Jackson | new | |
| Rep. Pat Murphy | House District 28 | Dubuque | none | |
| Rep. Jo Oldson | House District 61 | Polk | Kerry | |
| Rep. Wayne Ford | House District 65 | Polk | Edwards | |
| Rep. Rick Olson | House District 68 | Polk | new | |
| Rep. Mark Davitt | House District 74 | Warren | Kerry | |
| Rep. Eric Palmer | House District 75 | Mahaska | new | |
| Rep. Dennis Cohoon | House District 88 | Des Moines | Edwards | |
| Rep. Philip L. Wise | House District 92 | Lee | Lieberman | |
| Rep. Paul Shomshor | House District 100 | Pottawattamie | Lieberman |
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