WOODBURY suggestions to action08 at gmail dot com   updated November 24, 2007
The Campaigns in Woodbury County
Woodbury County
County Seat: Sioux City
More Cities and Towns: Anthon, Bronson, Climbing Hill, Correctionville
Cushing, Danbury, Hornick, Lawton, Moville, Oto, Pierson, Salix, Sergeant Bluff, Sloan, Smithland.
 

Media
Sioux City Journal
KMEG-14 (CBS)
KTIV-4 (NBC)
KCAU-9 (ABC)
KSCJ AM 1360

Useful Links
Siouxland Chamber of Commerce
Sioux City Tourism Bureau
Downtown Sioux City
Morningside College
 

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NEBRASKA
Woodbury
Ida
Monona
Crawford
POPULATION ESTIMATES (Census Bureau)
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
102,972
102,518
103,191
103,132
103,447
103,535
103,876

VOTER REGISTRATION (Nov. 1, 2007 Active)
Total (Active) Republican Democratic Non-Partisan
56,417 17,118 (30.34%) 17,489 (31.00%) 21,810 (38.66%)
2.95% of 1,912,197 active registered voters statewide.

44 precincts (2.47% of 1,784 precincts statewide)

Representation
Woodbury County Elected Officials
County Officials
Democrats
Auditor/Recorder Patrick Gill  Obama
County Attorney Patrick Jennings
Sheriff Glenn Parrett 
Supervisor George Boykin  Obama
Supervisor Larry Clausen 
Supervisor Mark Monson 
Supervisor Douglas Walish  Obama
State Senators 
1-Steve Warnstadt of Sioux City.  Obama
State Representatives
1-Wes Whitead of Sioux City.  Edwards
2-Roger Wendt of Sioux City.  Clinton
Republicans
Treasurer Bob Knowler 
Supervisor Bob Batcheller 
State Senators
27-Ron Wieck of Sioux City.
28-James A. Seymour of Woodbine (Harrison County).
State Representatives
54-Christopher Rants of Sioux City.  Romney
53-Dan Huseman of Aurelia (Cherokee County).
55-Clarence Hoffman of Denison (Crawford County).

Local Party Leadership
Democrats
Woodbury County Democratic Party
Chair - Teresa Wolff
Vice Chair - Eric Newhouse
Secretary - Karen Havlicek Obama
Treasurer - Kevin Beauvais Obama
5th District Democrats
Republicans
Woodbury County Republicans
Chair - Kevin Alons of Salix.
chair@woodburygop.com 
Co-Chair - Jacob Bossman of Sioux City.
Co-Chair - David Widman of Sergeant Bluff
Secretary - Linda Holub of Sioux City.
Treasurer - Tom Kleen of Sioux City.
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The Campaigns in Woodbury County  PHOTOS
DELEGATES TO THE STATE CONVENTION
68 of 2,500 (2.72%)
% of REGISTERED REPUBLICANS STATEWIDE
2.85% (17,118 of 600,572)
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BIDEN
Field Office:  4006 Morningside Dr., Sioux City, IA 51106 
Endorsements
Sioux City Democratic Activist Doris O'Brien 
Sioux City Public Defender Michael O'Brien 
 

CLINTON
Field Office:  700 Jennings Sioux City, IA   (712) 212-6683
Iowa Co-Chair (25 initially announced)  (6/30/07)
State Rep. Roger Wendt and former educator Anita Wendt (Sioux City) 
 

DODD
Field Office:  504 Nebraska Street, Sioux City  (712) 252-9805
County Chair: Rob Marqusee of Sioux City – Woodbury County Director of Rural Economic Development (9/18/07)
 

EDWARDS
Field Office:  600 4th St., Suite 124, Sioux City, IA 51101   515-288-0766 
County Chairs (6/12/07)
Mac Smith - attorney and former congressional candidate, Sioux City
Connie Richardson Smith - retired teacher, is also on the Women for Edwards leadership team, Sioux City
Al Sturgeon - former State Representative and former Woodbury County Democratic Party Central Committee Chair, Sioux City
Rural County Chair: Nancy Felts of Pierson (4/20/07)
Endorsement: State Rep. Wes Whitead (Sioux City)
 

OBAMA
Field Office:  1322 Pierce Street, Sioux City, IA  51101  (712) 255-5860
County Leadership: (9/12/07)
Chairs: Sen. Steve Warnstadt; attorney Tim Bottaro (former chair of Woodbury Democrats); Rick Mullin, member of the Iowa Democratic Party State Central Committee.
Supervisor George Boykin, Supervisor Douglas L. Walish, Auditor/Recorder Patrick Gill, City Councilman Jim Rixner; Woodbury Democrats Secretary Karen Havlicek, Woodbury Democrats Treasurer Kevin Beauvais, Angi Wittrock; Dave Bernstein, Patricia Hammerstrom, Rick Arnold, Corey Munson; Harlan "Curly" Salvatori, Kevin Pettit; Jerome Pierson, M.D., Rev. Floyd Brown; Wendy Lego, Jeanne Hecker; Adam Dinslage, Cassie Main; Mary Horton; Fr. Mike Larkin, Sr. Gwen Hennessey, OSF; Perla J. Alarcon-Flory, Julio Rodriguez; Bruce Lear, Greg Guelcher, Donna Walsh, Eric Juhnke, Anne James, Chris Jensen.  (release)
Sioux City for Obama
 

RICHARDSON
Field Office:  1410 Nebraska Street, Sioux City, IA 51105  (712) 258-4914 
 
 
 

former
VILSACK
Field Office:  427 Pierce Street 
Contacts: J.R. Starrett, Doug Perron 
 
 

STAFF
BIDEN
Sioux City/Far Northwest Iowa:  Wesley Song

DODD
Regional Field Director: Mario Piscatella

OBAMA
Regional Director:  Andy Wiese.    Field Organizers:  Adam Elkington, Justin Huck,
Nate Horning. 

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GIULIANI (6/11/07)
County Chair: Theresa Hammond
County Co-Chairs: Dennis Hill, Tom Ullrich
 

ROMNEY
Headquarters: 2020 Indian Hills Drive, Sioux City
Gov. Romney officially opened on Nov. 13, 2007
County Chair:  Debi Durham - President of the Siouxland Chamber Of Commerce since 1995; also President of the Siouxland Initiative, the economic development corporation serving the tri-state metropolitan area.  Republican nominee for Iowa lieutenant governor in 2002.  B.S. in Business Administration, Marketing and Management from Missouri Southern State University. (4/20/07) 

Member of Iowa Legislative Leadership Team:  House Minority Leader Chris Rants (early supporter...first announced as an advisor to the Commonwealth PAC on Sept. 27, 2006)

Morningside College Chair:  Casandra Young -Young is a native of San Luis Obispo, California and is a Political Science and Mass Communication major at Morningside College. Young was recently elected president of Morningside College Republicans for the 2007-08 year. Young participates in Morningside Volleyball and received Academic Athletic Honors. She has participated in volunteer work with the King for Congress Campaign, Nussle for Governor and President Bush's visit in Le Mars in 2006. (5/1/07)

Morningside College Co-Chair:  Kathryn Kotlik - Kotlik is a native of Bellevue, Nebraska and a junior Political Science and Spanish major at Morningside College.  Kotlik was elected as the Vice President of Morningside College Republicans for the 2007-2008 year.  Kotlik also participates on the Mock Trial team and the Mustang volleyball team.  Kotlik worked on the King for Congress and Nussle for Governor campaigns this past year. (5/1/07)
 

FTHOMPSON
County Chair: Michelle Ringgenberg - employed at Wells Fargo and has worked in the banking industry for ten years.  Volunteered on the Nussle/VanderPlaats campaign for Governor in 2006 and on Barbara Blanchard's campaign for Iowa Senate. (11/5/07)
 
 

former
BROWNBACK
Member of Iowans for Brownback Leadership Committee:
Phil Wieseler of Woodbury County—computer tech. and Republican activist (2/26/07)
 

T.THOMPSON
Morningside College Campus Chair:  Pete Olsen  (4/26/07)
 

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