PoliTweeps: Election week round-up

Today’s Twitter lesson: The battle for the return of PoliTweeps will be waged by direct message, phone and e-mail, and will include not-so-subtle promises of beer and/or dark chocolate — a strategy, based on its effectiveness, that soon should be deployed by Iowa political campaigns (provided @EthicsBdCharlie approves, of course).

~ Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey, Republican

~ U.S. Sen. John Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat

~ Terry Branstad 2010 Gubernatorial Campaign, Republican

~ Chuck Grassley 2010 U.S. Senate Re-Election Campaign, Republican

~ Linn County Supervisor Brent Oleson, Republican

~ Johnson County Supervisor Janelle Rettig, Democrat

~ U.S. Rep. Jared Polis, Colorado Democrat

~ Iowa Rep. Steve Lukan, Republican

~ Don McDowell, communications aide to Iowa Sen. Paul McKinley

~ Norm Sterzenbach, executive director of the Iowa Democratic Party

~ Johnson County Auditor Tom Slockett, Democrat

~ Linn County Auditor Joel Miller, Democrat

~ Caleb Hunter, former executive director of the Republican Party of Iowa

~ Mariannette Miller-Meeks, GOP nominee for Iowa’s 2nd District

~ Matt Strawn, chairman of the Republican Party of Iowa

~ Iowa Rep. Renee Schulte, Republican

~ Iowa Rep. Tyler Olson, Democrat

~ Bob Krause, former Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate

~ Chet Culver & Patty Judge 2010 Gubernatorial Re-Election Campaign, Democrat

~ Clinton County Democrats

~ Dave Funk, former GOP Congressional candidate in Iowa’s 3rd District

~ Grant Young, conservative Iowa blogger & activist

~ Joe Stutler, Iowa Democratic activist

~ Andrew McDowell, Democratic candidate in Iowa House 59

~ U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley, Iowa Democrat

~ U.S. Rep. Jim Moran, Virginia Democrat