How healthy is the relationship between House Democrats and the labor movement?
Though HD90 does not have a huge labor presence, statewide labor groups will have to decide whether to divert resources to the race like they usually do for Democratic candidates. But after a second disappointing legislative session in which Democrats failed to deliver on key labor priorities, they may not be in such a helpful mood. Which party is at fault for the struggling economy? Without an incumbent on the ballot, there is no obvious person for voters to blame for their problems — not that Whitaker’s (virtually uncontested) 2008 campaign had much of a problem with that. But now that Democrats control federal and state government, conventional wisdom says they could find themselves where the GOP found itself in 2008. That could hurt Hanson, or, if voters still blame the GOP for lingering economic woes, it could hurt Burgmeier. Which party has a stronger campaign apparatus in place between election years? Though state Rep. Chris Rants (R-Sioux City) was ousted as minority leader aft
