Iowa Surrogate Activity and Other
Highlights
From
public schedules and the campaign. Not a complete list.
2004
-Rep. Jim Clyburn is scheduled
to campaign for Rep. Gephardt in Des Moines, Iowa on January 11, 2004.
He plans to host a meet and greet at Creative Visions Human Development
Center; join Gephardt for a pre-debate rally at Quality Inn & Suites;
and attend the Brown and Black Candidate Forum.
-House Minority Leader Nancy
Pelosi is scheduled to campaign for Rep. Gephardt in Iowa on
January 9, 2004. She plans to meet with Democrats at Greatest
Grains in Davenport; meet with Democrats at Drake Diner in Des Moines;
and hold a media availability at Sioux City Airport.
-The Alliance for Economic Justice, a coalition
of 18 unions backing Gephardt, put a significant independent investment
of money and people into Iowa. By January more than 500 activists
from the Alliance unions were in Iowa doing house calls, phone banking
and leafletting at plant gates. The Alliance held a number of rallies;
for example there was one at USWA Local 310 in Des Moines on the afternoon
of January 12, 2004 to mobilize for the final week. The Alliance
also ran some television ads in November and did some mailing. Most
active in the Alliance were the Teamsters, Steelworkers, Laborers and Ironworkers.
Brett Voorhies, who previously served as national legislative and political
coordinator for the United Steelworkers of America in Pittsburgh, directed
the effort starting around Labor Day.
2003
-Chrissy Gephardt visited
Iowa on October 30-November 1, 2003.
On October 30 she appeared
at Simpson College's Smith Chapel in Indianola, hosted by Simpson College
Students for Gephardt and Simpson College Democrats; appeared at Drake
University's Olmsted Center, hosted by Students for Gephardt and Drake
University Law Students; and toured Reggie's Place on Grand Avenue
in Des Moines.
On October 31 she toured,
then did a brown bag lunch with social workers and Iowa State University
students at Youth and Shelter Services on Kellogg Avenue in Ames; and appeared
at the Main Residence Hall at Grinnell, hosted by Grinnell Students for
Gephardt and Grinnell Stonewall Coalition.
On November 1 she did Iowan-to-Iowan
Canvass Kick-off at the Gephardt for President office on Broadway in Iowa
City; appeared at the Coffee Emporium in Cedar Rapids, hosted by Sen. Wally
Horn; appeared at Vibe Coffee House in Cedar Falls; and appeared at Boulevard
Jo in Dubuque, hosted by Ben Duehr.
-Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy
campaigned for Rep. Gephardt in Iowa on September 29, 2003.
He attended five Democratic receptions; one hosted by Sen. Wally Horn and
Rep. Todd Taylor at Machinists Local 831 in Cedar Rapids; one hosted by
Jeanie Conrads and Sen. Bill Dotzler at the Waterloo Performing Arts Center;
one hosted by Heather Vering in Waverly; one hosted by Bill and Ardis Hickey
in Independence; and one hosted by Ben and Merle Duehr at Julien Inn in
Dubuque.
-Chrissy Gephardt campaigned
in
Iowa on September 3-5, 2003. On the evening of September
3 she spoke to a meeting of Iowa State University College Democrats
in the Memorial Union, Ames. On September 4 she spoke at a Black
Hawk County Democratic reception at Tony's Restaurant in Cedar Falls; spoke
to College Democrats at UNI in Cedar Falls; and spoke at a Linn County
Democratic reception at the CSPS Building in Cedar Rapids. On September
5 she spoke at a Democratic reception at Red Avocado in Iowa City; and
appeared at a student and faculty reception in the Memorial Union at the
University of Iowa in Iowa City.
-Jane Gephardt visited Iowa
on August 23-24, 2003. On August 23 she attended the
Iowa Farmer's Union Convention at the Iowa Arboretum in Boone; attended
a house party at the home of Patrick & Mary Brooks in Marshalltown;
and attended a Dallas County Democratic reception at the Old Depot Building
in Adel. On August 24 she attended a house party at the home of Joyce
Kooker in Winterset; and attended a Polk County Democratic reception at
Brown Bag Deli in West Des Moines.
-Chrissy Gephardt visited
Iowa on
July 18-20, 2003. On the evening of July 18 she attended
a reception hosted by Iowa Stonewall Democrats at the Art House Restaurant
and Gallery in Des Moines. On July 19 she attended the Hockensmith
Family Picnic at Yellow Banks Park in Des Moines; and a reception at Coffee
Emporium in Cedar Rapids. On July 20 she attended a reception at
The Cottage in Iowa City.
-Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy
campaigned for Rep. Gephardt in Iowa on March 8-9, 2003.
His schedule showed on March 8 a coffee with Quad City Democrats at a private
home in Davenport and on March 9 attending Church Service at Resurrection
Church in Dubuque; coffee with Dubuque Democrats at Dubuque Best Western
Midway Motor Lodge; and coffee hosted by Black Hawk County Democrats Treasurer
David Odekirk in Waterloo.
2001-02 Iowa Activity by Gephardt's
Effective Government Committee
Gephardt's Effective Government Committee thoroughly
spread its wealth around in Iowa during the 2002 election cycle, particularly
in the closing weeks of the November 5, 2002 campaign. The EGC's
nonfederal pre-general report (covering Oct. 1-Oct. 16, 2002) showed the
PAC received two $100,000 contributions. EGC then turned around and
poured all of its contributions for the period, totalling $142,000, into
Iowa and New Hampshire races; $104,500 or over 73 percent of that amount
went directly to Iowa candidates. The nonfederal post-general report
(Oct. 17-Nov. 25, 2002) showed another $105,000, or about one quarter
of its total contributions for the period, went to Iowa candidates.
All told in 2001-02, the PAC put
over $300,000 behind Iowa candidates
and committees.
Contributions by the Effective Government Committee
|
IA Contribs. |
Total Contribs. ($) to Candidates
and Committees (#) in the Quarter |
| Year End 2001-July 10-Dec. 31, 2001 |
|
$105,000 to 28 |
10/30/01-Norris for Congress (prim.)
10/30/01-Norris for Congress (gen.)
9/13/01-McCoy for Congress |
$5,000
$5,000
$5,000 |
|
| Nonfederal-Year End 2001 |
|
$33,400 to 16 |
| Gifford for Iowa Senate |
$2,000 |
|
| Feb. 2002 monthly |
|
|
| -- |
|
|
| March 2002 monthly |
|
$7,500 to 2 |
| -- |
|
|
| April 2002 monthly |
|
$15,000 to 5 |
| 3/27/02-Julie Thomas for Congress |
$2,500 |
|
| Nonfederal-1st Quarter |
|
$10,000 to 4 |
Reeder for State Rep.
Ragan for Iowa Senate |
$2,500
$2,500 |
|
| May 2002 monthly |
|
$5,000 to 1 |
| -- |
|
|
| June 2002 monthly |
|
$10,000 to 2 |
| -- |
|
|
| July 2002 monthly |
|
$79,000 to 37 |
6/5/02-Julie Thomas for Congress
6/28/02-Boswell for Congress
6/28/02-It's Time for Ann Hutchinson |
$2,500
$5,000
$5,000 |
|
| Nonfederal-2nd Quarter |
|
$35,310.68 to 8 |
Working Families Coalition
Committee to Elect John Whitaker
Iowa Democratic Party-nonfederal |
$5,000
$1,000
$3,910.70 |
|
| August 2002 monthly |
|
$7,000 to 3 |
| -- |
-- |
|
| September 2002 monthly |
|
$5,000 to 1 |
| -- |
-- |
|
| October 2002 monthly |
|
$56,000 to 25 |
| 9/26/02-Julie Thomas for Congress |
$2,500 |
|
| Nonfederal-3rd Quarter |
|
$103,500 to 40 |
Iowans for Vilsack/Pederson
Committee to Elect Matt McCoy (State Sen.)
Iowans for Shearer (State Sen.)
State Legis. Cands. at $1,000: Campbell, John Whitaker,
Danielson , Atteberry, Mark Smith, Tom Fiegan, Courtney, Sinnott, Hedgecoth,
Reasoner, Zamora, Henderson, Riessen --$13,000 |
$25,000
$5,000
$2,000
$13,000 |
|
| Pre-General |
|
$32,000 to 10 |
| -- |
-- |
|
| Nonfederal-Pre-General |
|
$142,000 to 111 |
| 81 candidates for the Iowa General Assembly (House
and Senate) plus the candidates for statewide offices other than Governor
and U.S. Senate received contributions of $500 to $5,000 (average $1,290).
[see the report] |
$104,500 |
|
| Post-General |
|
$12,500 to 3 |
| -- |
-- |
|
| Nonfederal-Post-General |
|
$418,350 to about 250 |
| 39 candidates for the Iowa General Assembly for
various local offices received contributions of from $500 to $10,000.
[Contributions totalling more than $5,000 in this period went to Rep. Ro
Foege (Mt. Vernon) - $10,000; Rep. Jim Lykam (Davenport) - $10,000; and
Sen. Dennis Black (Grinnell) - $7,500]. |
$105,000 |
|
| Total |
$302,910.70 |
$1,076,560.68 |
And...
-Vijay Uppal, who worked in Gephardt's Washington office
for a year and nine months as staff assistant and then assistant to chief
of staff Steve Elmendorf, left Gephardt's staff in May 2002 and went to
Iowa to run several state legislative campaigns in Fairfield (Jefferson
County). Lacking experience with campaign work, he'd been wanting
to try it for a while. He interviewed with Iowa Democratic Party
legislative director Scott Goodstein and started work in Fairfield in June.
-Jama Adams, a staff assistant in Gephardt's Washington
office, left the staff around Memorial Day 2002 and went to work for the
IDP as one of five Polk County field organizers.
-Most of the presidential prospects had representatives
on hand for the IDP state convention June 15, 2002 in Des Moines: Sen.
Edwards appeared in person; Matt Rodriguez (Effective Government Committee)
was present as were Joe Eyer (ROCPAC), Mona Mohib (Leadership '02), Jonathan
Parker (DASHPAC), and Harry Bookey (a Kerry supporter).
-Mike Glover, Associated Press, reported that Gephardt
recorded an auto call to boost turnout at the Feb. 11, 2002 precinct
caucuses. |
Rep.
Dick Gephardt