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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.
Responding to criticism from a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, Iowa Democratic Party Chairman Michael Kiernan reiterated that the party will not endorse or support any candidate before the primary.
Fairfield Democrat Bob Krause blasted Kiernan for statements he made on IPTV’s “Iowa Press” about another candidate the IDP chair promised was going to enter the race to unseat U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley. Kiernan called the candidate a “a first-round draft pick” that would give Grassley “the race of his life.”
Krause said he felt making those types of statements would lead Iowans to believe the Democratic nominee for the U. S. Senate is being picked by “a small elite inner circle.”
Kiernan said Monday that his statements should not be taken as an endorsement of the “mystery candidate.”
“My goal as chairman of the Iowa Democratic Party is to recruit the best possible candidates at every level to run for office,” Kiernan said in a statement. ” The party has remained neutral in this primary. I am absolutely certain the party will have a very strong nominee with a real chance to be elected to the U.S. Senate. I am excited about that.”
In addition to Krause, Tom Fiegen and Sal Mohamed are also candidates in the Democratic primary. During the “Iowa Press” broadcast, Kiernan praised the “amazing candidates” already running, saying they are “good people, they’re running, and they’re doing a great job out there.”
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