▼ Author Community Vote 86 days ago Tom Beaumont Conlin to file paperwork next week to seek U.S. Senate seat - — Des Moines lawyer Roxanne Conlin plans to file paperwork with the Federal Elections Commission next week to run for U.S. Senate next year, adviser Mark Daley said today. — Conlin, a Democrat, has said last month she is more likely … 97 days ago Tom Beaumont Register exclusive: Christie Vilsack says no to 2010 Senate bid - — Below is the statement of former Iowa first lady Christie Vilsack, who told The Des Moines Register via e-mail press release today she will not seek the 2010 Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. 116 days ago Tom Beaumont Pawlenty to headline Iowa GOP fundraiser Nov. 7 - — Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty plans to headline the Iowa Republican Party's Nov. 7 fall fund-raiser, setting up the presidential prospect's first foray into the leadoff nominating caucus state ahead of the 2012 election, Iowa GOP leaders announced today. 122 days ago Tom Beaumont Harkin: No place for GOP at Senate health-bill table - — Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin said today Republicans will not be at the table when the Senate merges the health-care bills from two committees before sending one to the floor. — Harkin, a Democrat and chairman of one of the committees … 173 days ago Tom Beaumont Boswell's lone health care event: 80 miles from DM - — You better gas up the beater if you want to catch U.S. Rep. Leonard Boswell in a room full of constituents talking about health care this month. — Boswell, a Des Moines Democrat, is holding one health care “listening post,” but it's in Sigourney, 80 miles east of Des Moines. 188 days ago Tom Beaumont Grassley to vote against Sotomayor confirmation - — Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley said today he planned to oppose the confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court when the Senate Judiciary Committee votes on her nomination Tuesday. — The vote, which Grassley announced …