Partisanship
Linn County Reg. (Active Aug. 1, 2003): Rep. 32,944 (28.05%)  Dem. 33,997 (28.95%)   NP 50,508 (43.00%)   Total: 117,449.
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
Linn County Democratic Elected Officials

State Senators  (Linn County encompasses Senate Districts 17, 18, 19 and part of District 15) 17 - Wally Horn of Cedar Rapids 15 - Robert Dvorsky of Coralville

State Representatives (Linn County encompasses House Districts 33-38 and part of District 29) 36 - Swati Dandekar of Marion  38 - Robert Hogg of Cedar Rapids 33 - Dick Taylor of Cedar Rapids  34 - Todd Taylor of Cedar Rapids  29 - Roe Foege of Mt. Vernon

All county wide elected officials are Democrats:
Supervisor James M. Houser
Supervisor Linda Langston
Supervisor Lu Barron
Auditor Linda Langenberg
Attorney Harold Denton
Recorder Joan McCalmant
Sheriff Don Zeller
Treasurer Michael A. Stevenson
 

Linn County Democratic Party Linn County Democratic Party County Chair: Joel D. Miller First Vice Chair: Heather Kramer Second Vice Chair: Norm Sterzenbach County Treasurer: Diane Hoffman County Secretary: Melissa Hubbard	.	Useful Links Cedar Rapids Area Convention & Visitors Bureau Cedar Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce Hawkeye Labor Council Kirkwood Community College Cornell College

Media
The Gazette (Cedar Rapids)
KCRG-9 (ABC-Cedar Rapids)
KGAN-2 (CBS-Cedar Rapids)
WMT-AM 600 (Cedar Rapids)
 

The Campaigns In Linn County
Dean for America -- Corner of 1st Avenue and 2nd Street SE, Suite 310 (the American building), Cedar Rapids.   ...Luke Quandt
Edwards for President, Inc.  -- 1056 5th Avenue, SE, Cedar Rapids   ...Natalie Botsch, Brian Salkin
Gephardt for President, Inc. -- 222 Prospect Place, Cedar Rapids   ...Becky Pearcey, Kelly Moura (Vijay Uppal)
John Kerry for President, Inc.  -- 1117 First Avenue S.E., Cedar Rapids   ...Danielle Black, Michael King
Kucinich for President -- 2333 Blairs Ferry Road, NE, Cedar Rapids    ...Kathleen Lane, Maggie Anderson, Frederick Jones
no longer competing in Iowa
Joe Lieberman for President, Inc. -- The Coventry Gardens Mall, 215 1st, SE, 2nd Floor, Cedar Rapids   ...Kombiz Lavasany
former candidate
Bob Graham for President, Inc. -- 1630 First Avenue NE, Cedar Rapids   ...Nora Wilson, Brian Salkin, Ratnayaka Manjusri

Key Supporters
Titles and affiliations are listed for identification purposes only.
Howard Dean
Marcia Rogers - businessperson; serves on the board of directors of the Iowa Department of Economic Development, Cedar Rapids. part of Dean's statewide leadership team (Sept. '03)

Supervisor Lu Barron   ...Sept. 19, 2003
Former State Rep. Kay Halloran  ...Sept. 19, 2003

Labor Support (Aug. 28, 2003)
Jerry Stych - President of UAW Local #1024 Retirees, Cedar Rapids  ...initially announced Aug. 5, 2003
Loran Garland - IBEW Local #405, member of the PAC committee, Cedar Rapids  ...initially announced Aug. 5, 2003
Mike O'Donnell - President of Bricklayers Local 3, Cedar Rapids  ...initially announced Aug. 5, 2003
Lauri Shebek - IBEW Local #1634 Cedar Rapids   listed twice
Tad Gusta, IBEW, Eleventh District Int'l Rep., Cedar Rapids
Linda Kowalsky, President of IBEW Local  #1362, Cedar Rapids
BJ Durgin, IBEW Local #405, resident unit vice chair, Cedar Rapids
Richard Sundermeyer, IBEW Local #405, Cedar Rapids
Regina Roberts - Teamsters Local #238, Lisbon
Marv Schlichte - BCTGM Local #10G, Cedar Rapids
Sean Nelly, ISEA, Cedar Rapids
Dave Hogan, President of UBC Local #308, Cedar Rapids

Cornell Students for Howard Dean
Student Co-Chairs:
Sarah Goldman, Ryan Taugher, Ashley Flanagan
Kirkwood Community College - Krista Cousins
 

John Edwards
(April 4, May 29 and Aug. 22 releases)
Rep. Roe Foege of Mt. Vernon      Aug. 22, 2003
Joel D. Miller - Linn County Democratic Party Chair    Jan. 12, 2004

Melissa Adams - activist, Cedar Rapids    Aug. 22, 2003
Nathan Adams - activist, Cedar Rapids    Aug. 22, 2003
Keith Arrington - activist, Cedar Rapids    Aug. 22, 2003
Dave Baker - activist, Cedar Rapids    Aug. 22, 2003
Ann Bergren-Poe - activist, Cedar Rapids     May 29, 2003
Sunshine Bliss - activist, Cedar Rapids     Aug. 22, 2003
Michael Bliss - activist, Cedar Rapids     Aug. 22, 2003
Betty Bowers - activist, Marion     Aug. 22, 2003
Bob Brown - activist, Cedar Rapids     Aug. 22, 2003
Gina Brown - activist, Cedar Rapids     Aug. 22, 2003
Bill Calloway - activist, Cedar Rapids       May 29, 2003
Carol Calloway - activist, Cedar Rapids        Aug. 22, 2003
Ken DeWitt - activist, Cedar Rapids        Aug. 22, 2003
Charles Hammes - activist, Marion        Aug. 22, 2003
Linda Hansen Robbins - activist, Cedar Rapids        Aug. 22, 2003
John Hedgecoth - former State House candidate and former Treasurer of Linn County Democrats, Cedar Rapids    April 4, 2003
Deb Hughes - attorney, Cedar Rapids      April 4, 2003
Stephen Jackson, Sr. - activist, Cedar Rapids        Aug. 22, 2003
Donald Johnson - activist, Cedar Rapids        Aug. 22, 2003
Leanne Johnson - activist, Cedar Rapids        Aug. 22, 2003
Diana Johnson - activist, Cedar Rapids        Aug. 22, 2003
Dawn Kousheh - activist, Cedar Rapids        Aug. 22, 2003
Heather Kramer - First Vice Chair of Linn County Democratic Party, Cedar Rapids    May 29, 2003
Pat Lahr - activist, Cedar Rapids        Aug. 22, 2003
Andrew Leisieur - activist, Cedar Rapids        Aug. 22, 2003
Marilyn McConkey - activist, Cedar Rapids        Aug. 22, 2003
Norma Meewes - activist, Cedar Rapids        Aug. 22, 2003
Laurel Merrick - activist, Cedar Rapids        Aug. 22, 2003
Steve Merrick - activist, Cedar Rapids        Aug. 22, 2003
Ray Potts - activist, Cedar Rapids         May 29, 2003
Steve Reed - activist, Cedar Rapids          May 29, 2003
John Ricollo - attorney, Cedar Rapids     April 4, 2003
Peter Riley - activist, Cedar Rapids        Aug. 22, 2003
William Rosberg - activist, Marion       Aug. 22, 2003
Harvey Ross - former candidate for State Senate, Cedar Rapids     Aug. 22, 2003
Robert Schneider - activist, Mount Vernon       Aug. 22, 2003
Timothy Semelroth - activist, Cedar Rapids        Aug. 22, 2003
Chris Shimone - activist, Marion        Aug. 22, 2003
Vernon Squires - activist, Cedar Rapids        Aug. 22, 2003
Tom Wertz - attorney, Cedar Rapids     April 4, 2003
Barb Wihlm - activist, Cedar Rapids        Aug. 22, 2003
Jim Williams - activist     Aug. 22, 2003
 

Dick Gephardt
Kirkwood Community College - Janelle Hayslett
 

John Kerry
Rep. Swati Dandekar of Marion     (State Co-Chair Oct. 9, 2003)
Rep. Dick Taylor of Cedar Rapids

More State Leadership (Oct. 9, 2003 release)
Linda Langston - Linn County Supervisor
Bob Rush - attorney, two-time congressional candidate
Steve Sovern - former state Senator
Peggy Whitworth - executive director of Brucemore

Linn County Chair, Veterans for Kerry
DE Pat Kane - Cedar Rapids   ...Navy.  VFW Post 788; DAV Post 10.

Labor Support (Aug. 18, 2003 release)
Roger Blietz - RWDSU Local 110
Raymer Brogan - Business Agent, Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 125
Charles "Chip" Davis - Plumbers & Pipefitters Local 125
Ray Dochterman - President Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Building Trades    (also on Oct. 9, 2003 list)
Guy Geinzer - Sheet Metal Workers Local 263
Steven Schroeder - RWDSU Local 110
Justin Shields - President, Hawkeye Labor Council and Past President RWDSU Local 110   (State Co-Chair Oct. 9, 2003)
Tom Zehme - Shop Steward, RWDSU Local 110
 

Dennis Kucinich
Rank and File Iowa Labor for Kucinich (Sept. 1, 2003)
David Osterberg - AFT Local 716, Mt. Vernon
Axel Petersen - Sheetmetal Workers Local 263 retired, Cedar Rapids
Sylvia Popelka - ISEA, Cedar Rapids
 

Joe Lieberman
Muriel and Stan Rogers - Cedar Rapids activists.