Negative ads turn off voters in Eastern Iowa
Gazette interviews Cedar Rapids and Iowa City residents after voting day. Voters describe ads as harsh and issue avoidance, with several backing Clinton or Dole based on perceived honesty, education stance, and record. The report notes ad saturation influenced final choices.
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Gerald Chambers
Cedar Rapids
Clinton
Bob Dole
Cham
Bers
Erskine Elementary
Bill Clinton
Caroline Kucharski
Kucharski
Erskine
Dole
Peggy Chezum
Iowa City
Jim Ross Lightfoot
Lightfoot
Tammy Decker
Decker
Wilson School
Sean Jackson
Cole
Jackson
Nussle Wins Fourth Term in Iowa 2nd District
Republican Jim Nussle defeats Donna Smith to secure a fourth term in the U S House. Smith leads in Dubuque and Black Hawk counties early, but Nussle dominates rural counties as returns come in. Final tallies show Nussle with about 108,243 votes to Smith’s 94,214 with minor party candidates under 1 percent.
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Donna Smith
Dubuque
Waterloo
Black Hawk County
Nussle
Smith
Albert Schoeman
Libertarian Party
Peter Lamoureaux
Natural Law Party
Leslie
Iowa
Washington, D.C
Cedar Rapids
Congress
Delaware County
Eric Tabor
Nagle
Manchester
Leach Re-elected to Eleventh Term in Iowa’s 1st District
In Iowa's 1st District race, Jim Leach, a Republican from Davenport, led Bob Rush in early returns and appeared poised to win a 11th term. Leach carried Linn and Johnson counties late, with final figures showing Leach around 52 percent and Rush about 46 percent.
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Bob Rush
Washington High School
Cedar Rapids
Rush
Jim Leach
Iowa
Eette
Earorith
Davenport
Linn
Johnson
Leach
Michael Cuddehe
Natural Law Party
Thomas Isenhour
The
Gazette
Keith Breitbach
Linda Weeks
Tage
Linn County
Cuddehe
Isenhour
Johnson County
Bush
House of Representatives
House
Ganske and Latham win in Iowa races as Boswell leads in 3rd
In Iowa's 4th district Greg Ganske pulled away from Connie McBurney with 74 percent reporting 52 percent to 47 percent and 94 169 to 84 441 votes. Tom Latham led MacDonald Smith 66 to 33 with 65 percent in. The 3rd district saw Boswell cling to a narrow 49 to 48 percent lead over Michael Mahaffey with 88 percent counted.
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Associated Press
Rivere
U.S. House of Representatives
Iowa
Leonard Boswell
Greg Ganske
Connie McBurney
Ganske
McBurney
Smith
Latham
Congress
Latham Seed Co
Boswell
Michael Mahaffey
Mahaffey
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