Thursday, October 04, 2007

Huckabee Gets First Legislative Endorsements But Romney Leads

Huckabee Gets First Legislative Endorsements But Romney Leads

Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee picked up his first three Iowa legislative endorsements yesterday.  But Mitt Romney, who leads in most polls of Iowa Republicans, also has a commanding lead in legislative endorsements.

Sixteen of the state's 63 Republican legislators, including House Minority Leader Christopher Rants, are backing Romney.  That's double the number of his nearest rival, Sen. John McCain of Arizona.  And as McCain's support has slipped, he's also suffered some defections from former supporters.


A year ago this month, McCain's Straight Talk America PAC announced a 13 member "Iowa Legislative Advisory Team."  The day after that announcement, one member, Rep. Dave Heaton of Mt. Pleasant, announced that he had not made an endorsement and did not plan to.  Since that time, three of the remaining 12 -- Rich Anderson, Dave Tjepkes and Doug Struyk -- have switched to Romney.  (Switching sides wasn't a first for Struyk, who jumped ship from the Democratic Party in 2004.)  Another ex-McCain supporter, Sen. Mark Zieman, is one of two Sam Brownbackers in the Legislature.


Three senators have endorsed Rudy Giuliani.  All three -- Jeff Angelo, Thurman Gaskill and Mary Lundby -- are leaving the Legislature after next year.


Late starter Fred Thompson has yet to get formal backing from an Iowa legislator.  Tom Tancredo, Duncan Hunter and Ron Paul are also batting oh-fer thus far.

Since it's baseball playoff time, a box score is in order.


 TotalSenateHouse
Romney16412
McCain835
Giuliani330
Huckabee312
Brownback220
Uncommitted (so far)35728
Total672047


And you can't tell those players without a scorecard.


LegislatorDistrictHome CountyEndorsement
Sen. Mark ZiemanSenate District 8AllamakeeBrownback
Sen. Nancy J. BoettgerSenate District 29ShelbyBrownback
Sen. E. Thurman GaskillSenate District 6HancockGiuliani
Sen. Mary LundbySenate District 18LinnGiuliani
Sen. Jeff AngeloSenate District 48UnionGiuliani
Sen. David HartsuchSenate District 41ScottHuckabee
Rep. Dwayne AlonsHouse District 4SiouxHuckabee
Rep. Carmine BoalHouse District 70PolkHuckabee
Sen. John PutneySenate District 20TamaMcCain
Sen. Larry McKibbenSenate District 22MarshallMcCain
Sen. Pat WardSenate District 30PolkMcCain
Rep. Mike MayHouse District 6DickinsonMcCain
Rep. Bill SchickelHouse District 13Cerro GordoMcCain
Rep. Steven LukanHouse District 32DubuqueMcCain
Rep. Rod RobertsHouse District 51CarrollMcCain
Rep. Walt TomengaHouse District 69PolkMcCain
Sen. Dave MulderSenate District 2SiouxRomney
Sen. David JohnsonSenate District 3OsceolaRomney
Sen. Brad ZaunSenate District 32PolkRomney
Sen. James F. HahnSenate District 40MuscatineRomney
Rep. Dave DeyoeHouse District 10StoryRomney
Rep. Tami WiencekHouse District 21Black HawkRomney
Rep. Chuck SoderbergHouse District 3PlymouthRomney
Rep. Ralph WattsHouse District 47DallasRomney
Rep. Dave TjepkesHouse District 50WebsterRomney
Rep. Christopher RantsHouse District 54WoodburyRomney
Rep. Jodi TymesonHouse District 73MadisonRomney
Rep. Linda MillerHouse District 82ScottRomney
Rep. Steven OlsonHouse District 83ClintonRomney
Rep. Rich AndersonHouse District 97PageRomney
Rep. Greg ForristallHouse District 98PottawattamieRomney
Rep. Doug StruykHouse District 99PottawattamieRomney
Rep. Royd ChambersHouse District 5O'Brien-
Sen. Jerry BehnSenate District 24Boone-
Sen. Steve KetteringSenate District 26Sac-
Sen. Ron WieckSenate District 27Woodbury-
Sen. James A. SeymourSenate District 28Harrison-
Sen. Larry NobleSenate District 35Polk-
Sen. Paul McKinleySenate District 36Lucas-
Sen. Hubert HouserSenate District 49Pottawattamie-
Rep. Henry RayhonsHouse District 11Hancock-
Rep. Linda UpmeyerHouse District 12Hancock-
Rep. Chuck GippHouse District 16Winneshiek-
Rep. Pat GrassleyHouse District 17Butler-
Rep. Dan RasmussenHouse District 23Buchanan-
Rep. Kraig PaulsenHouse District 35Linn-
Rep. Dawn PettengillHouse District 39Benton-
Rep. Lance HorbachHouse District 40Tama-
Rep. Polly GranzowHouse District 44Hardin-
Rep. Gary WorthanHouse District 52Buena Vista-
Rep. Dan HusemanHouse District 53Cherokee-
Rep. Clarence HoffmanHouse District 55Crawford-
Rep. Matt WindschitlHouse District 56Harrison-
Rep. Jack DrakeHouse District 57Pottawattamie-
Rep. Clel BaudlerHouse District 58Adair-
Rep. Dan CluteHouse District 59Polk-
Rep. Libby JacobsHouse District 60Polk-
Rep. J. Scott RaeckerHouse District 63Polk-
Rep. Jim Van EngelenhovenHouse District 71Marion-
Rep. Rich ArnoldHouse District 72Lucas-
Rep. Betty De BoefHouse District 76Keokuk-
Rep. Jeff KaufmannHouse District 79Cedar-
Rep. Jamie Van FossenHouse District 81Scott-
Rep. Tom SandsHouse District 87Louisa-
Rep. Sandy GreinerHouse District 89Washington-
Rep. Dave HeatonHouse District 91Henry-
Rep. Cecil DolecheckHouse District 96Ringgold-

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