IOWA LIBERTARIANS NOMINATE CANDIDATES AT STATE CONVENTION

Cooper Nominated Governor; Vows to Get Major Party Status

Ed Wright, Chairman of the Libertarian Party of Iowa, announces the 2010 nominees of the Iowa Libertarian Party selected today, April 24 at the Libertarian State Convention at the Gateway Hotel and Conference Center in Ames.

Candidates selected at the convention were:

Eric Cooper, Nominee for Iowa Governor

Nick Weltha, Nominee for Iowa Lt. Governor

Gary Sicard, Nominee for U.S. House District 2

Rob Petsche, Nominee for U.S. House District 1,

Campbell DeSousa, Nominee for Iowa Senate

Tyler Pauly, 20, Nominee for Iowa House

Karen Tegtmeyer, Nominee for Polk County Attorney,

“Under Iowa law, the Libertarian Party can gain major party status if our governor candidate gets 2% of the vote in the general election. My goal in this election is not to win, but to get the 2% we need for major party status,” said Eric Cooper, the party’s gubernatorial nominee.

“The message of liberty, of smaller government is sounding in the hearts and minds of more Americans. The Libertarian Party is gaining favor with voters and the media. We welcome this opportunity,“ said Ed Wright, Chairman of the Libertarian Party of Iowa.

The Libertarian Party of Iowa had three members run in Tuesday's election:

• Nick Taiber-Cedar Falls City Council At-Large
• Bill Lynn-Davenport 5th Ward Alderman
• Roger Fritz-Roland Mayor

The Unofficial Results:

Taiber Will Face Winterhof in a December 1st run-off.

Roland Mayor

Total Votes 81

Roger Fritz 68 83.95%

Write-in Votes 13 16.05%

Source:  Story County Auditor [4]

Davenport 5th Ward
-- 5 of 5 precincts reporting (100%)

Source:  KWQC [5]

Dr. Eric Cooper was recently interviewed by KASI Radio about his campaign for Iowa Governor. 

You can listen to the interview by clicking here [7].  (If you click on the link and it does not play, right click and choose "save as" to save the file to your computer and open it from there)

The Cooper/Weltha website can be found here [8].

By Mike Malloy
AmesNewsOnline
 (Sept. 30, 2009 – 8:30 p.m.) Eric Cooper, an Iowa State University associate professor in psychology and neuroscience, will run for governor next fall as a Libertarian.

Click here to read full story [10]

Other Articles:

Libertarian Strategy Monthly [11]-Eric Cooper To Run For Iowa Governor

From KCRG:

State auditors released a report on Tuesday on the Iowa Industrial New
Jobs Training Program, which is run by the state's community colleges.

The
program has borrowed $38.5 million on behalf of businesses who promised
to move to Iowa or expand their operations in the state.

The audit shows that the companies either closed, went bankrupt or failed to create more than 15,000 planned jobs.

Click here to read full article [13]

Source:  KCRG

"According to SurveyUSA, 42% of Iowans approve of the job Governor Culver is doing. That's a new low for Governor Culver.

50% of Iowans polled disapproved of Governor Culver's work. That ties a high since Culver took office, set in April 2008."

Click here to read full story [15]

PGPF Citizens Guide 2009 [17]

According to an article, U.S. News and World Report [24] ranks Iowa as the second worst state to start a business.

Chris Edwards, director of tax-policy studies at the Cato Institute recently gave, Iowa Governor, Chet Culver an F rating, and a score of 31 which ranked 44th out of 46 Governors. The rating was based on fiscal responsibility while in office.

From the report:

LPIA Chair, Ed Wright recently had his letter regarding Russ Gibson's exclusion from an editorial board published in the Des Moines Register. Gibson is the Libertarian Party of Iowa's candidate for Iowa House District 60.

You can read Ed's letter to the editor here [27].