Saturday, December 22, 2012
The Point of Grace Church minister had appeared at events with Bachmann last year during her run for the GOP presidential nomination.
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Saturday, December 22, 2012
Editor's Note: As the year winds down, Waukee Patch is looking back at some of the stories that made you talk, cry, laugh or just scratch your head.This story originally ran on May 17. ________ Jeff Mullen, pastor of Point of Grace Church in Waukee and Republican state Senate candidate, received the endorsement of former GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann on Wednesday, according to the Des Moines Register. The Minnesota congresswoman was frequently in Iowa last fall and winter as she campaigned for the GOP presidential nomination. In an email blast to her political supporters, Bachmann called Mullen a “conservative you can count on” who would be “a champion for our shared conservative principles” if elected, the Register said. …
Saturday, December 15, 2012
State Sen. Pat Ward, who died in October after a three-year battle with breast cancer, won her race for Senate District 22. A special election was held Tuesday to fill the seat with Republican Charles Schneider winning.
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Saturday, December 15, 2012
Editor's Note: As the year winds down, Waukee Patch is looking back at some of the stories that made you talk, cry, laugh or just scratch your head. ______________________________ By Deb Belt and Jody Gifford A state senator admired by voters, fellow lawmakers and her opponent, died in October but was the top vote-getter on Nov. 6. Pat Ward, a Republican from Clive, had been seeking re-election in Senate District 22 when she died Oct. 15 after a three-year battle with breast cancer. Ward was running against Desmund Adams, an attorney from West Des Moines. According to unofficial results from the Polk County Auditor's office, Ward won that segment of the district, garnering 8,754 votes to Adams' 7,919. With 34 of 35 precincts counted (minus…
Thursday, December 13, 2012
The Point of Grace pastor challenged State Sen. Pat Ward in the June primary for the newly drawn Senate District 22 seat. Ward won, but died from breast cancer before the general election.
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Thursday, December 13, 2012
Editor's Note: As the year winds down, Waukee Patch is looking back at some of the stories that made you talk, cry, laugh or just scratch your head. ______________________________ By Beth Dalbey This story first published June 5. Sen. Pat Ward appears to have won the right to campaign for re-election in a new Iowa Senate district, winning a contentious primary against evangelical pastor Jeff Mullen, 1,732 votes to 1,350 votes, according to unofficial election results from Dallas and Polk County. Absentee ballots in Dallas County haven't yet been counted, but Ward told Patch she's confident she has prevailed. "I'm very humbled by the amount of support I've had," said Ward, who moved to District 22 after redistricting put her in a district …
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Democratic Senate District 22 candidate Desmund Adams, who lost his bid for the seat Tuesday to Republican Charles Schneider, posted his thoughts on the special election on his website today.
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Desmund Adams, the Democratic candidate in Tuesday's special election for the District 22 Senate seat, praised his clean campaign in a message on his website today. Adams, a Clive businessman, lost to Republican Charles Schneider of West Des Moines 5,367 votes to 4,117 votes, according to unofficial returns. The late Sen. Pat Ward died in October while running for the seat, which prompted the special election. Adams said he hopes to remain involved in the process as a new type of Democrat who understands both business and social issues. "I am most proud of the fact that during these past 20 months our campaign never, not once, went negative," he wrote. "This has always been a campaign driven by thought leadership, devotion to understanding…
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Voters in Waukee, and parts of West Des Moines, Clive and Windsor Heights went to the polls today to settle the last campaign of the 2012 election season.
Republican Charles Schneider of West Des Moines won the special Senate District 22 election today, it appears in unofficial returns. Schneider carried Polk County with 2,861 votes, compared with Democrat Desmund Adams' 2,712 votes. In Dallas County, Schneider tallied 2,506 votes to 1,405 for Adams. The late Sen. Pat Ward died in October while running for the seat, which prompted the special election. _______________________ Desmund Adams: 4,117 votes in Polk and Dallas Co. Charles Schneider: 5,367 votes in Polk and Dallas Co. _______________________ Schneider said leapfrogging from the West Des Moines City Council, where he was a year into his second term, to the Iowa Senate is “humbling.” “It’s a big step,” Schneider said. “No one knew …
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Members of the central committees from both Polk and Dallas counties met tonight at a special nominating convention to choose a Republican nominee in Senate District 22. The vacancy was created by Sen. Pat Ward's death last month.
West Des Moines City Councilman Charles Schneider has been named the new candidate for Senate District 22. Schneider was chosen from a pool of six candidates nominated at a special convention held Thursday night at the Republican Party of Iowa headquarters. Members of both the Polk and Dallas County GOP commitees were tasked with choosing a candidate to replace the late Sen. Pat Ward after she passed away Oct. 15 from a years-long battle with breast cancer. Among those nominated Thursday: Clive Mayor Scott Cirksena; West Des Moines Valley teacher Greg Hudson; former Waukee city councilman Isaiah McGee; Republican activist Connie Schmett; and John Ward, husband of the late Sen. Pat Ward. Schneider, counsel for the Principal Financial Group …
Members of the central committees from both Polk and Dallas counties will meet tonight at a special nominating convention to choose a Republican nominee in Senate District 22.
The general election might be over, but one statehouse seat remains to be filled in Iowa Senate District 22. The vacancy was left after the passing of Sen. Pat Ward, who died last month after a three-year battle with breast cancer. Ward was running against West Des Moines Democrat Desmund Adams for the newly-redistricted seat that includes Waukee, Clive, Windsor Heights and part of West Des Moines. Iowa code states that if a party loses a candidate within 88 days of an election, a replacement candidate must be found and a special election conducted to choose the person to fill the vacant seat. If Tuesday's general election was any indication, a majority of voters favor a Republican in that seat. Even in death, Ward garnered 19,019 votes …
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
State Sen. Pat Ward, who died last month after a three-year battle with breast cancer, won her race for Senate District 22. A special election will be held next month to fill the seat.
A state senator admired by voters, fellow lawmakers and her opponent, died last month but was the top vote-getter Tuesday night. Pat Ward, a Republican from Clive, had been seeking re-election in Senate District 22 when she died Oct. 15 after a three-year battle with breast cancer. Ward was running against Desmund Adams, an attorney from West Des Moines. According to unofficial results from the Polk County Auditor's office, Ward won that segment of the district, garnering 8,754 votes to Adams' 7,919. With 34 of 35 precincts counted (minus absentee ballots), Ward had 10,265 votes to Adams' 6,651 votes. The district includes Waukee, Clive, Windsor Heights and part of West Des Moines. A special election will be held Dec. 11 between Adams and…
Friday, November 2, 2012
With Sen. Pat Ward's death on Oct. 15 and her name still on the ballot, could she still be voted into office?
The late State Sen. Pat Ward, who died last month after voting began, could still be a winner in her last election. Ward passed away Oct. 15 after a three-year battle with breast cancer leaving voters asking what that means if she loses -- or wins. The answer: The votes for Ward and Democratic challenger Desmund Adams will be counted and released along with other race results on Tuesday. But, no winner will be declared and the election is void. The race for Senate District 22 -- covering Clive, Waukee, West Des Moines and Windsor Heights -- will instead begin again with a special election set for Dec. 11. According to Iowa Code, Ward's name remained on the ballot along with Adams' -- in fact, early voting meant votes were already cast for …
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Jeff Mullen, a pastor at Waukee's Point of Grace Church, says he will not seek the GOP nomination in Senate District 22 left open by the death of Sen. Pat Ward on Oct. 15. Mullen lost in the primary to Ward.
Former candidate for Senate District 22 and conservative pastor Jeff Mullen released a statement today saying he will not seek the GOP nomination in the Dec. 11 special election, which will choose a candidate to replace the late Sen. Pat Ward. "While I am not seeking this position, I will continue to be a voice for Iowa citizens," Mullen said in his statement. "By the end of the year I will have a very special initiative to announce." Mullen, a pastor at Waukee's Point of Grace Church, unsuccessfully challenged Ward for the Republican nomination for Senate District 22 in the primary election. Ward died on Oct. 15 after a three-year battle with breast cancer. According to Iowa Code, the Republican Party of Iowa must nominate a candidate to …
maxine weimer
10:41 pm on Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Win for the Republicans......woot, woot!! more ›