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The Des Moines Register touches on the race in the 4th District with a story on Selden Spencer and Tom Latham and Iraq. There isn't much information in it, except the basics. Here is snippet...
Spencer, a Democrat, trails Latham in fundraising and is also at a disadvantage because Republicans have a slight edge over Democrats in the number of registered voters in the district.Now, I have heard that the 4th District has slightly leans Democratic. Not sure if it went for Kerry by a slim margin in 2004 or it is wsa PVI. If anyone has any information on that please post it in comments section.
But Spencer said he believes he presents an alternative for voters concerned with the occupation in Iraq, the national debt and access to higher education.
"I feel Tom Latham and the Republican administration have failed the country," Spencer said.
Also, for more information about Dr. Selden Spencer, please visit the Spencer for Congress website.
2 comments:
The district has a PVI = +0.4, which means it voted slightly more than the national average for the Democratic candidates for president in 2000 and 2004. It was Bush 51/Kerry 49 in 2004, and Gore carried the counties in the 4th District in 2000.
There are 6000 more registerd Republicans than Democrats in the district, but a recent poll reported that respondents self-identify (with leaners) as 40% Republican, 48% Democrat and 12% independents.
Add in Latham's 40% job approval/42% disapproval, and Latham is vulnerable.
I wish that it were true that Latham were vunerable but, while I respect Dr. Spencer and support his run, he is too underfunded and poorly known to seriously challenge Latham. I think it is a shame that we do not have stronger challengers to Latham particularly this year when Republicans are vulnerable.
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