POWESHIEK suggestions to action08 at gmail dot com   updated December 11, 2007
The Campaigns in Poweshiek County
Poweshiek County
County Seat: Montezuma
More Cities and Towns: Brooklyn, Deep River, Grinnell, Guernsey, 
Hartwick, Malcom, Searsboro.

Media >
Brooklyn Chronicle
Grinnell Herald-Register
Montezuma Republican

Useful Links
Grinnell College
 
 

 

 
Marshall
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Iowa
Mahaska  |  Keokuk
POPULATION ESTIMATES (Census Bureau)
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
19,007
18,923
18,995
18,946
18,854
18,898
18,845

VOTER REGISTRATION (Nov. 1, 2007 Active)
Total (Active) Republican Democratic Non-Partisan
12,528 3,706 (29.58%) 4,186 (33.41%) 4,636 (37.01%)
0.66% of 1,912,197 active registered voters statewide.

10 precincts of 1,784 precincts statewide

Representation
Poweshiek County Elected Officials
County Officials
Democrats
Recorder Bev Malloy 
Supervisor Lamoyne Gaard  Edwards
Supervisor Doug Shutts  Edwards
Supervisor Ellie Snook  Edwards
State Senators 
38-Tom Rielly of Oskaloosa (Mahaska County).  Obama
State Representatives
75-Eric Palmer of Oskaloosa (Mahaska County).
Republicans
Auditor Diana Dawley 
County Attorney Mike Mahaffey 
Sheriff Tom Sheets 
Treasurer Lana Taylor 
State Senators
State Representatives
76-Betty De Boef of What Cheer (Keokuk County). 

Local Party Leadership
Democrats
Chairman - Don Smith of Grinnell.  smithd@grinnell.edu 
Co Chair Sara Adams of Grinnell.  641-236-5864  adamss@grinnell.edu
Republicans
Chairman - Harry Meek of Montezuma.
641-623-5288   powgop@netins.net

The Campaigns in Poweshiek County
DELEGATES TO THE STATE CONVENTION
17 of 2,500 (0.68%)
% of REGISTERED REPUBLICANS STATEWIDE
0.62% (3,706 of 600,572)
.
DODD
Co-Chairs (11/28/07)
Sarah Adams - former chair, Poweshiek County Democrats Central Committee 
Delores Mulvihill - former memeber, Iowa Democratic Party Central Committee
 

EDWARDS
Field Office: 808 Fifth Avenue Plaza, Grinnell, IA 50112   641-831-2211
announced Dec. 11, 2007
County Chair: Ellie Snook, Poweshiek County Supervisor, Montezuma  (6/12/07)
Rural County Chair: Rita Ferneau, Malcom  (4/20/07)
Member of  Iowa Statewide Steering Committee: Doug Shutts, Poweshiek County Supervisor, Grinnell  (8/15/07)
Additional Endorsement: Lamoyne Gaard, Poweshiek County Supervisor, Grinnell  (11/27/07)
 

OBAMA
County Leadership Committee  (9/27/07)
Lindsay Ayling, Students for Obama, Grinnell
Alice Breemer, Chair of Poweshiek County Women for Obama, Grinnell
Hannah Garden-Monheit, Students for Obama, Grinnell
Kevin Kolbe, School Board Member, Grinnell
Bev Rens, Democratic County Vice Chair and School Board Member, Brooklyn
Jose Pablo Silva, Grinnell College Professor, Grinnell
Travis Solem, School Board Member, Brooklyn
Anne Marie Stephens, Democratic Central Committee Member, Brooklyn
Bill Stephens, Democratic Central Committee Member, Brooklyn
Gregory Swanson, Students for Obama, Grinnell
Byron Worley, City Council Member, Grinnell


FTHOMPSON
County Chair: John Tomasek of Grinnell  (11/5/07)
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