Leonard Boswell News

It cost Rep. Leonard Boswell more than $1 million to fight off a primary challenge from another Des Moines Democrat, records filed Tuesday with the Federal Election Commission indicate.

The Ye Ole Post Office at 206 N. Market St. has become a stronghold for Democratic politicians.

Cedar Rapids officials estimate the recent floods could cost the city as much $1.3 billion.

U.S. Rep. Leonard Boswell was recovering well Thursday from "corrective surgery" and will return to work soon, an aide to the five-term congressman said.

Rep. Leonard Boswell, D-Ia., is surrounded by family members as he recovers from surgery at Washington Hospital Center here, an aide said today.

KCCI has learned that U.S. Rep. Leonard Boswell of Iowa has been taken to a hospital in Washington, D.C. His spokesman told KCCI that he didn't know what made the congressman sick, but that he's "doing OK." ...

Hundreds of war veterans, friends and relatives fanned their faces Thursday against the afternoon sun and listened as various Iowa dignitaries spoke at length about what the Iowa Veterans Cemetery should mean ...

Iowa's 3rd District Congressman, Leonard Boswell, center, spent nearly one hour Wednesday morning with state Rep.

Thursday, July 03, 2008 Cook Upgrades Greenwald's Chances The Cook Political Report newsletter today changed its ratings in 27 U.S. House races, with every change being in the Democratic Party's favor.

Gov. Chet Culver doesn't talk a lot about his relative youth, at 42. But the subject came up during last weekend's Democratic state convention.

Two days before the June 3 Democratic primary in Iowa, I received an automated push-poll , followed the next day by a second robocall containing "important information" for me.

The Warren County Democrats will have its fourth annual summer barbecue from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, June 29, at Memorial Park, located at North G Street and West Euclid Avenue in Indianola.

Destructive storms and floods have caused damage throughout Iowa. A June 11 tornado south of Spencer destroyed multiple farm buildings.

The State Society of Iowa is joining with several Hawkeye State universities to host an Iowa Disaster Relief event this evening in Washington.

Scott Ourth, left, shakes hands with Congressman Leonard Boswell. Ourth, spokesman for Warren County, took a leave of absense from the county to work on Boswell's campiagn.

The Insiders John Bachman, Gordon Fischer and Doug Gross discuss the congressional race between Leonard Boswell and Ed Fallon, the presidential race, Scott McClellan's new book and more.

The Mahaska County Board of Supervisors canvassed the June 3 Primary Election results from Mahaska County Monday and certified the votes with no changes made.

The House on Wednesday narrowly defeated a Democratic attempt to give unemployed Americans an extra three months of jobless benefits after the White House threatened to veto the bill.

On June 3, incumbent Leonard Boswell was vindicated and won the Democratic primary.

Low voter turnout Tuesday in Iowa's Republican primaries was cause for concern among some leaders in Iowa's GOP, which has struggled this year with flat party registration.