Posted on 10/26/2022 9:29:02 AM PDT by cotton1706
When Governor Kim Reynolds made news in May by pleading with supporters to help her get her "own" attorney general and a state auditor who wouldn't scrutinize her actions, Republican Party of Iowa state chair Jeff Kaufmann defended the appeal. In a written statement, Kaufmann said the governor "should be promoting Republican candidates up and down the ticket," because "Iowans know how worthless our current state auditor, state treasurer and attorney general have been."
But since Mary Ann Hanusa (the insiders' pick for state auditor) unexpectedly lost the GOP primary in June, top Iowa Republicans have done virtually nothing to support the party's nominee Todd Halbur. He goes into the home stretch of the campaign with little money or media exposure. Meanwhile, the incumbent Rob Sand is on track to spend more than a million dollars on various forms of advertising.
Halbur did not respond to phone or email messages seeking comment on the lack of support from his party, and whether it's related to the whistleblower lawsuit he filed, naming one of Reynolds' appointees.
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My neighbor. He’s a good guy and uncovered shady business practices at the state liquor department he worked at.
Kind of cool to see your neighbor as a topic on a thread at FR!
That’s cool!
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