The foot doctor walks away

The foot doctor walks away


The Republican candidate for Iowa secretary of state is ending his campaign, a top party official said Wednesday.

Chuck Allison, a Des Moines podiatrist who won the Republican nomination in June, is expected to make an official announcement as early as today, throwing the race into disarray...

Sounds like the real issue is he's being sued by a former business partner.

The GOP now has about three weeks to get it together and get a new candidate, which I think - need to check the code - would require a new state convention.

Krusty beats me to the story and immediately gets behind primary loser Bob Dopf. (How did Allison win the primary in the first place?) Based on Dopf's stands in the primary, it doesn't change the eseential dynamic, the essential issue of the race: Mike Mauro wants to help people vote, the GOP wants to keep people from voting.