Michael Kiernan as IDP Chair? Sounds like it!

[Debi]

http://learfield.typepad.com/radioiowa/2009/01/kiernan-as-party-chair.html#more


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Democratic sources confirm to me Michael Kiernan is expected to be "elected" the new chairman of the Iowa Democratic Party this Saturday. Of course, the State Central Committee elects the chair Saturday. But Governor Chet Culver more than has his say in this. And apparently he has had his say."

Kiernan was elected to the Des Moines City Council in May of 2004. His current term ends in January, 2010. That means both he and Culver are up for reelection in 2010. While Kiernan and his wife (WHO-TV anchor Erin Kiernan) live in the historic Sherman Hill Neighborhood of Des Moines, Kiernan is an "at large" member of the city council; rather than representing a specific district or "ward" of the city, he represents all Des Moines citizens.

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[pstans]

1. Kiernan has a history working with Culver and Judge

I wrote on my blog yesterday and posted this quote from Radio Iowa...

As a young adult, Kiernan worked behind the scenes in Iowa politics. Kiernan served as newly-elected Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Patty Judge's communications director, but he had a very brief tenure in the IDALS (Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship). Judge, as you may know, is Culver's lieutenant governor. Kiernan managed Culver's 1998 campaign for Iowa Secretary of State. Kiernan had previously managed one of former Des Moines Mayor Preston Daniels' successful campaigns.

http://commoniowan.blogspot.com/2009/01/kiernan-to-be-named-iowa-democratic.html

[Debi]

2. I don't know him well but I've known him since I married Mr. Debi

I can't think of a reason for him NOT to be Chair :shrug: