Loras College is a private Catholic college in Dubuque,Iowa. It has an enrollment of approximately 1,600 students and is the oldest post-secondary institution in the state of Iowa. The school offers both undergraduate and graduate degree programs. It is one of four four-year post-secondary institutions in the City of Dubuque,one of four Catholic colleges in the Archdiocese of Dubuque,and one of six Catholic colleges in the state of Iowa. The campus was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Loras College Historic District in 2020.
Norman DeValois Dicks is an American lawyer and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Washington's 6th congressional district,between 1977 and 2013. He is a member of the Democratic Party. His district was located in the northwestern corner of the state,and includes most of Tacoma. He retired at the end of the 112th Congress. He currently serves as Senior Policy Advisor at the law and public policy firm Van Ness Feldman LLP. He is the longest-serving member ever of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Washington.
James Allen Nussle is an American businessman and retired politician who has been president and chief executive officer of the Credit Union National Association from 2014 to 2024 and of its successor group America's Credit Unions since 2024. Nussle served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1991 to 2007 and was the Republican nominee for the 2006 Iowa gubernatorial election,losing to Democrat Chet Culver. He was then appointed director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in 2007 by President George W. Bush,an office he retained until 2009.
Thomas Hodge Allen is an American author and former politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives representing Maine's 1st congressional district,and the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2008 against Republican incumbent senator Susan Collins. Allen lost to Collins 61.5% to 38.5%.
Jonathan Christopher "Jon" Porter is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives,the first representative elected from the 3rd congressional district of Nevada.
Michael Thomas Blouin is an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1979,representing Iowa's 2nd congressional district. He was a candidate in the 2006 race for Governor of Iowa but lost in the primary to Chet Culver.
Thomas William Ewing is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives and the Illinois State House of Representatives. Ewing was a state representative from 1974 to 1991,and a U.S. Congressman representing the 15th district of Illinois from July 2,1991 until his retirement on January 3,2001. In January 1995 he was named a Deputy Republican House Whip. While a U.S. Congressman,Thomas Ewing was considered to be a Conservative,favoring a smaller,less intrusive government,but more on economic issues than on social ones.
David Keith McCurdy is an American lobbyist,lawyer,and former politician who was the Democratic U.S. Representative from Oklahoma's 4th congressional district,in office from 1981 to 1995. Described as a moderate or conservative Democrat,McCurdy was a chair the centrist Democratic Leadership Council. In 1994,he ran for the U.S. Senate,but lost to fellow Representative Jim Inhofe.
The Communications Opportunity,Promotion and Enhancement (COPE) Act of 2006 was a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives. It was part of a major overhaul of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 being considered by the US Congress. The Act was sponsored by Commerce Committee Chairman Joe Barton (R-TX),Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI),Rep. Charles Pickering (R-MS) and Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL).
Thomas John Miller is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 33rd Attorney General of Iowa from 1995 to 2023. After the defeat of West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw in 2012 when running for reelection,Miller became the longest serving State Attorney General in the United States.
James Robert Jones is an American lawyer,diplomat,Democratic politician,a retired U.S. Congressman from Oklahoma,and a former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico under President Bill Clinton.
William Frederick Kopp was a six-term Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa's 1st congressional district.
Michael Joseph Melloy is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
Charles William Isenhart is an American politician. A Democrat,he has represented the 72nd District in the Iowa House of Representatives since 2008.
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) is a non-profit public policy organization based in Washington,D.C. that addresses federal budget and fiscal issues. It was founded in 1981 by former United States Representative Robert Giaimo (D-CT) and United States Senator Henry Bellmon (R-OK),and its board of directors includes past heads of the House and Senate Budget Committees,the Congressional Budget Office,the Office of Management and Budget,and the Government Accountability Office.
Michael Edward Obermueller is a Minnesota lawyer and politician,a former member of the Minnesota House of Representatives. He represented District 38B in the southeastern Twin Cities metropolitan area from 2009 to 2011. In 2012 and 2014 Obermueller was the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party candidate for United States Congress in the second congressional district,challenging incumbent John Kline.
Bill Hager was an American politician from Florida. He served four terms in the Florida House of Representatives as a Republican,representing parts of coastal Palm Beach County from 2010 to 2018.
Joseph J. Welsh is an American politician.
The 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa were held on Tuesday,November 4,2014,to elect the four U.S. representatives from the state of Iowa,one from each of the state's four congressional districts. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including Governor of Iowa and United States Senate. Primary elections were held on June 4,2014. As no candidate won more than 35% of the vote in the 3rd district Republican primary,that nomination was decided at a party convention on June 21.
