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Iowa Senate leadership plots amid early speaker fight
Des Moines reports outline jockeying among Iowa lawmakers as Wallace Arney of Marshalltown is set for reelection as president pro tem of the senate. The piece notes efforts to unite factions for speaker, potential supports for Harrington, McFarlane, Wormley, and Finley, and mentions new and returning members shaping caucus alignments amid a crowded pre-caucus stage. It lists several veteran lawmakers and their terms, and hints at shifting loyalties in the Thirty-seventh general assembly context.
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Des Moines
Wallace H. Arney
Marshalltown
Senate
Arney
Emily
Iowa
House
Arci
Ww. McFarlane
Waterloo
Nan
Mekuarlane
F.S. Finley
Weary County
Lewis J. New
Pottawaitamie
Marrington
Harrington
Elwood-McFarlane
Jawa House
George
Allyn
Arr
M. L. Temple
Osceola
J. C. Lockin
Charokee
General Assembly
W. W. Saylor
Bre Jer County