The former 3rd District Representative garnered 55 percent, while Pate lagged far behind at 14 percent. David Oman held 7 percent of the respondents votes. Lightfoot, of course, seized the opportunity to get back at Paul Pate for a February incident in which Pate allegedly used push polling techniques while contacting voters. According to campaign manager Troy Bishop, the manipulation of results is still going on. No offense to the Lightfoot campaign, but there's only one thing being proven here.
Name recognition is the key to success early on.
The fur is already flying in the 2nd District congressional race between four-term Republican incumbent Jim Nussle and challenger Rob Tully of Dubuque. According to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission, political action committees donated 59 percent of Nussle's campaign funds. Ahh, the pleasantries of politics. But Tully's donor profile elicits similar skepticism. The site is full of information about Boswell, his office and his issues, not to mention a picture of the Davis City farmer flanked by the strategically placed Stars and Stripes.