DUBUQUE 39 precincts
Dubuque County County Seat: Dubuque
More Cities and Towns: Asbury, Balltown, Bankston, Bernard, Cascade, Centralia, Durango, Dyersville, Epworth, Farley, Graf, Holy Cross, Luxemburg, New Vienna, Peosta, Rickardsville, Sageville, Sherrill, Worthington, Zwingle.
 
Population, July 2002 est.: 89,387.    - 3.04% of total IA population of 2,936,760.
Registered Democrats (Active Aug. 1, 2003): 21,843.    - 4.15% of Democratic statewide total of 526,207.

Partisanship
Dubuque County Reg. (Active Aug. 1, 2003): Rep. 11,974 (22.06%)  Dem. 21,843 (40.23%)   NP 20,472 (37.71%)   Total: 54,290.
Total IA Reg. (Active. Aug. 1, 2003): Rep. 580,252 (32.45%)   Dem. 526,207 (29.43%)  Grn. 135   NP 681,394 (38.11%)  Total: 1,787,988.

Representation
Dubuque County Democratic Elected Officials
State Senators 
(Dubuque County encompasses Senate District 14 and parts of District 13 and 16)
14 - Mike Connolly of Dubuque
13 - Roger Stewart of Preston
State Representatives
(Dubuque County encompasses House Districts 27 and 28 and parts of 25, 31 and 32)
27 - Pam Jochum of Dubuque
28 - Pat Murphy of Dubuque 
25 - Bob Osterhaus of Maquoketa
Supervisor Eric Manternach
Supervisor Donna Smith
Supervisor Jim Waller
Auditor Denise Dolan
Recorder Kathy Flynn Thurlow
Sheriff Leo Kennedy
Attorney Fred McCaw
Treasurer Eric Stierman
 
Dubuque County Democratic Party
Dubuque County Democratic Party
County Chair: Jason Stecklein
1st Vice Chair: Jerry Pregler
2nd Vice Chair: Rick Baumhover
Treasurer: Kathy Flynn-Thurlow
Secretary: Walter Pregler
. Useful Links
Dubuque Area Chamber of Commerce
Loras College

Media
Telegraph Herald (Dubuque)
 

The Campaigns In Dubuque County
Dean for America -- 1086 Main St., Dubuque   ...Jason Springer, J.D. Berry
Edwards for President, Inc.  -- 1592 Central Avenue, Dubuque   ...Matt Lydon and Angie Siecker
Gephardt for President, Inc. -- 1111 Bluff Street, Dubuque
John Kerry for President, Inc.  -- 249 West 1st Street, Dubuque   ...Jake Braun
Kucinich for President -- 663 Fenelon Place, Dubuque   ...Marcos Rubenstein

Key Supporters
Titles and affiliations are listed for identification purposes only.
Howard Dean
Dubuque4Dean (local supporters' site; webmaster Connor Anderson)

Labor Support (Aug. 5, 2003 release/Aug. 28, 2003)
Jim Healy - retired UAW Local 94, Dubuque
 

John Edwards
(April 4, May 29 and Aug. 22 releases)
Rod Bakke - Vice Chair of Dubuque County Democrats, Dubuque     ...April 4, 2003
Charles Baule - activist, Dubuque     ...May 29, 2003
Dan Chatfield - activist, Dubuque    ...Aug. 22, 2003
John Goodman - activist, Dubuque     ...Aug. 22, 2003
Robert Guthrie - activist, Dubuque     ...Aug. 22, 2003
Patrick Hickson - activist, Dubuque    ...Aug. 22, 2003
Dan Klein - activist, Dubuque    ...Aug. 22, 2003
Hank Suverkrup - activist, Dubuque    ...Aug. 22, 2003
 

Dick Gephardt
Loras College-Scott Roland
 

John Kerry
State Legislators (Sept. 8, 2003)
Sen. Mike Connolly of Dubuque
Rep. Pam Jochum of Dubuque
also Rep. Bob Osterhaus of Maquoketa

More State Leadership (Oct. 9, 2003)
Teri Goodmann - Development Director for the National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium    (State Co-Chair)
Rick Dickinson - former State Representative, President of Greater Dubuque Development Council
Eric Manternach - Dubuque County Supervisor
Terry Stewart - member IAFF Local 16

Dubuque County Chair, Veterans for Kerry (Aug. 26, 2003)
Tom Howe - Dubuque   ...Marine Corps, Vietnam.

Labor Support (Aug. 18, 2003 release)
Keith Hartman - President, Carpenters & Joiners Local 2704
Brian Martin - Business Agent, Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 125
Tom Reisdorf - Past President, National Association of Letter Carriers Branch 257   (also on Oct. 9, 2003 list)
 

Dennis Kucinich
Rank and File Iowa Labor for Kucinich (Sept. 1, 2003)
Bruce Clark - President, APWU Local 2339; President, Iowa Postal Workers Union, Dubuque
 

Joe Lieberman
Frank Krauf - local labor leader in Dubuque.

See Also:
David Maraniss.  "The Life of the Party: Democratic Activist Keeps Campaigns--and Process--Alive"  Washington Post.  December 26, 2003.
 
August 14, 2003 photos.

 

Telegraph Herald
Ownership: Woodward Communications, Inc., Dubuque, IA
Publisher: Tom Yunt  ...since Feb. 1993
Executive Editor: Brian Cooper  ...since May 1986
Circulation: Reaches 29,206 households (34,787 on Sundays)
 
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