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Bleeding Heartland Tuesday, Jul 6 2021 Catching up on some news from before the holiday weekend: a competitive Democratic primary is shaping up for an open Iowa Senate seat covering part of Cedar Rapids. Four-term State Representative Liz Bennett confirmed on June 30 that she will run for the district that State Senator Rob Hogg has represented since 2007. Hogg won’t seek re-election in 2022, he announced last month. Iowa has yet to adopt a new political map, but this district will cover some...

Cedar Rapids community organizer drops Iowa Senate bid, enters Iowa House District 65 race CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KWWL) - Cedar Rapids community organizer and Democratic activist, Sami Scheetz is withdrawing his nomination for the Iowa Senate District 33 race. Scheetz will instead run for Iowa House District 65. Scheetz has offered Representative Bennett his full endorsement. “Representative Bennett has served the people of District 65 for eight years, and has been a...

Published date: 13 January 2021 21:47 UTC | Last update: 2 months 2 weeks ago When Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib famously called for impeaching US President Donald Trump in an expletive-laden quip shortly after being sworn into Congress, no one expected that it would happen twice. Still, on Wednesday, 13 months after Trump was impeached the first time, the US House of Representatives - Tlaib included - voted to impeach him for the second time over his ro...