14 Iowa lawmakers endorse Clinton

[wyldwolf]

More Iowa lawmakers have endorsed Sen. Hillary Clinton than any other single Democratic candidate.

Since Clinton announced she’s running for president, 14 Iowa lawmakers have announced their support for her.

As of today, the state senators backing Clinton are: Staci Appel of Ackworth, Dennis Black of Grinnell, Dick Dearden of Des Moines, Bill Dotzler of Waterloo, Gene Fraise of Fort Madison, Wally Horn of Cedar Rapids, Becky Schmitz of Fairfield, and Roger Stewart of Preston.

The representatives are: Mark Kuhn of Charles City, Vicki Lensing of Iowa City, Mary Mascher of Iowa City, Roger Wendt of Sioux City, Cindy Winckler of Davenport and Paul Bell of Newton.

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070712/NEWS/70712028/1001

[BeyondGeography]

1. Schmitz AND Dotzler?

This fits with HRC's strategy to slowly lock up all Iowa politicians with "z's" in their surnames.

[William769]

2. Well you have to start someplace, why not with the z's?

[Alamom]

3. Wow, the list is growing. She picked up some more RI people today, too eom

[ISUGRADIA]

4. The endorsement record of Iowa Dem Legislators

for Governor didn't work out very well for the endorsee in 2006. 80% went for Michael Blouin who lost to Chet Culver.

We'll see how it goes in 2008.

[wyldwolf]

5. I'm certain you're hoping it doesn't work out now, too