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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.
GOP gubernatorial candidate Terry Branstad maintains a dominant lead over Democratic incumbent Gov. Chet Culver in the lastest Rasmussen poll. Branstad leads Culver 52-36 percent, with a +/- 4.5 percent margin of error in the poll.
The results show a positive gain for Culver since the last Rasmussen poll, in which Branstad led by 26 percent. But that survey came immediately after Branstad won the Republican primary, which likely boosted his results. The new numbers are nearly identical to pre-primary polls, so Branstad’s drop looks to be a return to the general pattern rather than a true positive movement for Culver.
Since the conclusion of the primary election at the beginning of June, the two candidates have gone traded increasingly-negative ads. Even after running numerous ads attacking Branstad’s tenure as governor, Culver still can’t bring Branstad’s approval ratings below 50 percent support. Branstad only receives an unfavorable rating of 40 percent in the poll, compared to 60 percent who disapprove of Culver’s campaign.
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