by amandac | Sep 18, 2024 | Uncategorized
The Van Buren County Register published this letter from me in February. It summarizes one reason I’m running for Iowa House District 87. I’ll note that when this was published, the General Assembly hadn’t yet set the increase in state aid to...
by amandac | Sep 16, 2024 | Uncategorized
Republicans in the Iowa General Assembly and Gov. Kim Reynolds are determined to earn their culture war medals this winter with multiple bills attacking the phantom menace of transgender indoctrination. But perhaps the thorniest and most dangerous of these...
by amandac | Sep 16, 2024 | Uncategorized
So far this winter, Republicans have introduced multiple bills in the Iowa General Assembly designed to battle a fever dream of conservative buzzwords and bugaboos, most pumped with disinformation and exaggeration from politicians and pundits. The latest, education...
by amandac | Sep 4, 2024 | Uncategorized
A rural Keosauqua resident will be on the November 5 ballot for District 87 of the Iowa House of Representatives. Democratic delegates from Henry, Jefferson and Van Buren counties held a special convention via videoconference on August 20 to nominate Thomas O’Donnell....
by amandac | Aug 28, 2024 | Uncategorized
A southeast Iowa man announced his plans to run for a seat in the Iowa House of Representatives in November. Thomas O’Donnell, 65, was nominated by Democratic delegates from Henry, Jefferson, and Van Buren Counties via a special convention on a teleconference call...
