Looks like it will be a Nussle - Vander Plaats ticket
There have been rumors swirling around Iowa blogdom the past month or so that Bob Vander Plaats is going to drop out of the governor’s race and become Nussle’s Lt. Governor. Those rumors intensified over the weekend and today the Des Moines Register, Radio Iowa, Cedar Rapids Gazette came out with stories.
From the Des Moines Register…
Republican Bob Vander Plaats is expected to end his bid for governor Wednesday and become rival Jim Nussle’s running mate, top Iowa Republicans confirmed today.The decision by the Sioux City business consultant, who ran unsuccessfully for the 2002 GOP nomination, seals the ticket three months before the June primary and allows Nussle to marshal his war chest for the general election campaign.
Here is the story from Political Forecast with more links.
- noneed4thneed
February 20th, 2006 at 6:40 pm
Sounds like this unholy alliance may have just sewed up the Pella vote?
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