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(Atlantic) We are just one week away from the 2012 November 6th election and candidates are making a final push to get their message out to the voters. U.S. Congressman Tom Latham is no exception, as he made a stop in Atlantic today. The nine-term Republican Congressman is making a bid for re-election to the U.S. Congress in the newly drawn 3rd Congressional District of Iowa.

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Recycled Privatization Lies Used in Desperate Attempt to Confuse, Scare and Trick Iowa Seniors

Tom Latham visits with seniors in Iowa assisted living facility to

Latham: “It is a convenient way to make sure my vote counts while avoiding possible long lines, inclement weather or other last minute issues that come up in our busy lives”

Longtime Congressman Boswell’s Middle Class Tax Increase Comes on Heels of Pledge to Raise Gas Taxes In Recent Debates

DES MOINES, IA – Coming on the heels of his calls for an increase in the nation’s gas tax, longtime Congressman Leonard Boswell is now calling for an increase on the taxes of all Americans – with an emphasis on the middle class.
 

Partners In Spending & Debt: “Mr. Washington” Hoyer Visits Iowa’s “Mr. Gone Washington” Boswell

Democrat Whip Hoyer’s April message to Iowans was that Democrats & Boswell "put each one of you very deeply in debt. And you ought to be angry about it”

Des Moines, IA - With his latest move, Iowans are rightfully asking if longtime Congressman Leonard Boswell’s campaign for re-election is desperate, disorganized – or both.

Des Moines Register

For the entire parade through Beaverdale this fall, Tom Latham speed-walked back and forth across the street, shaking the hand of every adult and child he could reach.

Perched on a stool in the bed of a pickup truck, in the parade line-up directly in front of Latham, was his opponent, Democrat Leonard Boswell.
Des Moines, IA - Following a number of requests for comment by media outlets regarding the accusations by former Iowa State Legislator Ed Fallon of bribery by Congressman Boswell's office and the subsequent lawsuit filed by Congressman Boswell, Latham for Congress released the following statement Tuesday evening by campaign manager Annie Kelly.

 

When Jana Rhoads, a mother in her mid-forties, approached GOP Rep. Tom Latham, he and his two staffers looked a little tense. The group was stuck at a table inside a Hy-Vee supermarket in Ankeny, Iowa with nowhere to go. 

And no lawmaker in the midst of what could be the closest congressional election in the country likes to be ambushed by a constituent while a reporter is around. 

9/18/2012 Washington Notebook 

Rep. Tom Latham, R-Iowa, has put his name on what is known as a discharge petition for a new five-year farm bill.

It’s a procedural move used to force a vote on legislation when House leaders won’t bring it up themselves.