Roxanne Conlin

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In October 2009, she announced she was running in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in 2010 against Bob Krause and Tom Fiegen. In the primary, she was criticized for being unwilling to debate her primary opponents. [3] Conlin later criticized her Republican opponent in the general election for his unwillingness to debate her. [4] During the primary campaign, Conlin also faced criticism for avoiding questions about her stance on platform issues. Questioned in an April 28 live chat, sponsored by GazetteOnline.com, about disagreements with the Democratic party platform, Conlin answered she could not know the party platform because it would not be adopted until June 2010. When it was pointed out that the current party platform was ratified at the 2008 state convention and is the party platform until superseded, she had no response. [5] [6] [ failed verification ]

Conlin later lost the November 2010 general election against six-term Republican incumbent Chuck Grassley. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Roxanne Barton Conlin papers, 1969-1996". University of Iowa Collection Guides. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
  2. "Roxanne Barton Conlin". Roxanne Conlin & Associates, P.C. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
  3. Waddington, Lynda (2010-04-14). "Democrat senate hopefuls turn attacks to each other". Iowa Independent. Archived from the original on 2012-08-20.
  4. Boshart, Rod (2010-09-19). "Conlin stages debate alone, minus Grassley". The Quad-City Times. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
  5. Campbell, Lynn (2010-05-28). "Iowa Politics Roundup: Senate Candidate Conlin Attacked Over Ties to Lobbyist". River Cities' Reader. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
  6. "Replay: Live chat with U.S. Senate candidate Roxanne Conlin". The Gazette. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
  7. "Iowa - Election Results 2010 - The New York Times". www.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
Roxanne Conlin
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United States Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa
In office
June 6, 1977 January 17, 1981
Party political offices
Preceded by Democratic nominee for Governor of Iowa
1982
Succeeded by
Preceded by Democratic nominee for U.S. Senator from Iowa
(Class 3)

2010
Succeeded by