CERRO GORDO

suggestions to action08 at gmail dot com   updated December 12, 2007 The Campaigns in Cerro Gordo County

Cerro Gordo County County Seat: Mason City More Cities and Towns: Clear Lake, Dougherty, Meservey, Plymouth, Rock Falls, Rockwell, Swaledale, Thornton, Ventura   Media Globe-Gazette KIMT-3 (CBS)  106.1 KLSS FM/KRIB KGLO AM 1300 Clear Lake Mirror Reporter   Useful Links Mason City Chamber of Commerce Mason City Convention & Visitors Bureau Clear Lake Area Chamber of Commerce North Iowa Area Community College

Winnebago Worth Hancock Cerro Gordo Floyd Wright Franklin Butler POPULATION ESTIMATES (Census Bureau) 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 44,384 44,594 44,794 45,235 45,330 45,733 46,338 VOTER REGISTRATION (Nov. 1, 2007 Active) Total (Active) Republican Democratic Non-Partisan 30,173 7,995 (26.50%) 9,438 (31.28%) 12,740 (42.22%) 1.58% of 1,912,197 active registered voters statewide. 26 precincts of 1,784 precincts statewide

Local Party Leadership

Democrats Chair - John Stone of Mason City. 641-423-3707	Republicans Chair - Jeff Mosiman of Nora Springs. 641-749-2217   j.mosiman@myclearwave.net  Co-Chair - Ivan Good of Clear Lake. Secretary - Bev Lunsman of Mason City. Treasurer - Susan Kennedy of Clear Lake.

The Campaigns in Cerro Gordo County   PHOTOS

DELEGATES TO THE STATE CONVENTION 46 of 2,500 (1.84%)

% of REGISTERED REPUBLICANS STATEWIDE 1.33% (7,995 of 600,572)

. BIDEN Field Office: 103 E State Street, Mason City, IA 50401   641-423-1418 Dec. 2007   CLINTON Field Office: 636 South Monroe Street, Mason City, IA 50401   319-610-0880 Grand opening May 5, 2007 with Tom Vilsack.   DODD Field Office: 208 1st Street NW, Mason City, IA 50401   (641) 423-3216  County Leadership Team Alan Steckman of Mason City – former State Representative candidate; former Postmaster of Mason City, Co-Chair and Member of Statewide Leadership Team  (11/28/07) Jerry Taylor of Mason City – Activist and Member, Cerro Gordo County Democrats Central Committee, Co-Chair   (9/18/07) Jay Urdahl – Chair, Cerro Gordo County Board of Supervisors; President of the Board of Directors, North Iowa Communty Action, Co-Chair  (11/28/07) Phil Dougherty – Cerro Gordo County Supervisor  (11/28/07) Michael Herman  – Former President of the North Iowa Nine Labor Council  (11/28/07)   EDWARDS Field Office:  122 N. Federal, Mason City, IA 50401   515-288-0766 County Chair/Co-Chair: (6/12/07)> Pat Steinfort of Mason City Chris Petersen, Iowa Farmers Union President, of Clear Lake Rural County Chair: Roger Hunt of Nora Springs. >   OBAMA Field Office:  503 South Federal Avenue, Ste. B, Mason City, IA 50401   641.423.1825  County Leadership Committee: (9/28/07)  Blake Dirksen, Mason City Mary Curtis, Clear Lake Dean Genth, Mason City Carol Iverson, Mason City, Cerro Gordo Democrats Central Committee Vice Chair Lisa Manning, Mason City Mario Rodriguez, Clear Lake Phil Sanchez, Mason City Sybil Soukup, Clear Lake   RICHARDSON Field Office:  29 1st St. N.E., Mason City, IA 50401  (641) 424-4602

. GIULIANI Chair: Roger Bang  - President of 1st Insurance in Mason City; with the agency since 1973. (6/11/07) Co-Chairs: (6/11/07) Peggy Bang John Schmaltz -  Instructor at North Iowa Area Community College.     McCAIN Leadership Team (6/7/07) De Byerly - North Iowa McCain Chair  Grassroots coordinator for Bob Vander Plaats' gubernatorial campaign (through Feb. 2006); grassroots coordinator for Bush-Cheney ’04 in Iowa;campaign manager for Bill Salier’s primary campaign for the U.S. Senate in 2002.   Past Iowa caucus experience includes work for both John Kasich and Steve Forbes' presidential campaigns.  Byerly also served as chairwoman of the Cerro Gordo County Republican Party and as a 2nd District representative to the Republican Party of Iowa's state central committee.  Candi Schickel - Cerro Gordo County McCain Chair  State Representative Bill Schickel  Clear Lake Mayor Nelson Crabb > OJ Tomson  Marti Rodamaker  Jean Groth  Gary Wattnem - Veterans for McCain Leadership Team  Gene Madson - Veterans for McCain Leadership Team  also Joe Alper   ROMNEY (3/14/07) Co-Chairs Bart And Jody Pals:  Having lived in Cerro Gordo County for 29 years, they are regular caucus attendees and have been active in the political process for the past 10 years.  Jody is a member of the Cerro Gordo County Republican Women.  Both are active leaders in the 4-H Club. Co-Chair Deb Hunt:  Active in politics since moving to Mason City in 1980, she is the past Secretary of the Cerro Gordo County Central Committee, and currently serves as Membership Chair of the Cerro Gordo County Republican Women.  She taught economics at North Iowa Area Community College for 13 years, and lives in Mason City with her husband, Dr. Sam Hunt, and has two grown sons, Ben and Bill.

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