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Boswell Benefits From Republican’s Travails
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| Contributor | COSDem |
| Last Edited | COSDem Aug 23, 2010 06:02pm |
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| News Date | Tuesday, August 24, 2010 12:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Iowa Republicans have sunk a lot of time and resources into defeating longtime Democratic Rep. Leonard Boswell, and with winds at the GOP’s back, this could be the year it pays off. But state Sen. Brad Zaun wasn’t Republicans’ top choice, and after having trouble harnessing national and state momentum in his district, he has suffered a few costly stumbles.
On Thursday the Des Moines Register reported that in 2001 while Zaun was mayor of Urbandale, a suburb of Des Moines, police had to ask him to leave an ex-girlfriend alone. The article alleged that Zaun, who was divorced then but is now married again, came to the woman’s home after midnight and pounded on her windows, calling her names. When he followed up with a phone call, a police officer answered and asked him not to contact her again.
The article could not have come at a worse time. On the same day, Zaun took his previously scheduled turn on the Iowa State Fair’s soapbox and was forced to offer a mea culpa in a press conference afterward. |
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