Cedar Rapids flood relief gavel challenge boosts local businesses
Residents and businesses joined a flood recovery contest, CRGavelChallenge, to spur spending. Participants posted photos with the hashtag and queued up events across NewBo and downtown Cedar Rapids, boosting sales, drawing hundreds into venues like Kickstand Bike Bar and Popoli Sullivan’s.
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Murphy
Bottleworks Lofts
Goldfinch Cyclery
NewBo
Cycling Advocate
Shack Tavern
Old River Rd
Cedar River
Corbett
Tourism Bureau Go
Cedar Rapids
PGA
Zach Johnson
U.S
Chuck Grassley
Steve Waller
Lucky’s
Brick’s Bar and Grill
NewBo City Market
Marie
Waller
Popoli Ristorante & Sullivan’s
Third Ave
Jude Villafana
Villafana
Third St. SE
Jessica Nanke
F. Miller
the Gazette
Mike Fertig
Popoli Ristorante & Sullivan
Third Avenue
Key Iowa Senate races to watch in 2016 election
Iowa faces a high-stakes Senate battle as Republicans must flip three Democrat seats to reach a majority. Districts spanning Linn Black Hawk Marshall Tama Cerro Gordo Chickasaw Floyd Bremer Buchanan Fayette Allamakee Clayton Winneshiek Muscatine Scott Pottawattamie mix voters with more Republicans than Democrats in several seats, though Obama carried all six districts in 2012. Incumbents include Liz Mathis Steve Sodders Mary Jo Wilhelm Brian Schoenjahn Michael Breitbach Chris Brase Mike Gronstal. challengers include Rene Gadelha Jeff Edler Waylon Brown Craig Johnson Jan Heikes Troy Hageman Mark Lofgren Dan Dawson. Campaign spending varied, signaling GOP optimism in multiple races.
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Senate
Chamber
Iowa
Barack Obama
Kos
Cerro Gordo
Chickasaw
Floyd
Howard
Mitchell
Winneshiek
Worth
Mary Jo Wilhelm
Cresco
Waylon Brown
St. Ansgar
Obama
Wilhelm
Black Hawk
Bremer
Buchanan
Fayette
Brian Schoenjahn
Arlington
Craig Johnson
Independence
Schoenjahn
Allamakee
Clayton
Michael Breitbach
Strawberry Point
Jan Heikes
Decorah
Troy Hageman
Calmar
Breitbach
Pottawattamie
Mike Gronstal
Council Bluffs
Dan Dawson
Gronstal
Statehouse
GOP
Dawson
Write-in McMullin and Sanders rise in Trump Clinton era
The article outlines write-in appeal for Evan McMullin and Bernie Sanders across many states, highlighting Utah as a strong ballot option. It notes volunteers canvassing statewide, online interest in Ohio and Arizona, and media-sparked search spikes while stressing write-in votes may not be counted in many places. It also covers Sanders discouraging protest votes, factional support, and failed Vermont write-in schemes.
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McMullin
Clinton
Utah
Salt Lake City
Google
Ohio
Arizona
Washington Post
Trump
Sanders
Evan McMullen
Bernie
Bernard Sanders
Senate
Guerin
Vermont
Indiana
Michael Sparks
Sparks
Jane
Jane Sanders
Ralph Nader
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Brian.morelli
Thegazette
Linn
Liz Mathis
Rene Gadelha
Marion
Mathis
TV News
Terry Branstad
Marshall
Tama
Steve Sodders
State Center
Jeff Edler
Sadders
Judiciary Committee
Muscatine
Scott
Chris Brase
Mark Lofgren
Brase
Lofgren
Iowa House
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