Democrat Ed Fallon, who has been endorsed by the bloggers of EENR just received a huge boost to his campaign just days before the June 3rd primary. The Des Moines Register has thrown their support behind Ed Fallon, who is challenging blue dog Democrat Leonard Boswell for the Democratic nomination. Here's a snippet:
So voters face a difficult choice. As an incumbent, Boswell has greater name recognition, a lead in the polls and more money than Fallon. Returning him to Washington would further build his seniority and potential clout for Iowa through choice committee assignments.
But currently holding the job of congressman doesn't mean a candidate automatically deserves to be re-elected. After interviewing both candidates and reviewing their records, the editorial board can no longer embrace the congressman as the best person to represent Iowa in Congress. Fallon is running under the slogan "new energy for Iowa." On June 3, Democrats in the 3rd District should give Fallon a chance to unleash some of his ideas and energy in Washington.
At 1pm et or 10 am pt, Iowa state legislator and candidate for Congress Ed Fallon will be joining us for a live blog. Get your questions ready and let's get the conversation going! First, I'd like to tell you a little about who Ed Fallon is and why myself and my fellow EENR bloggers support him for Congress.
One of the first candidates the bloggers of EENR decided to endorse was state legislator Ed Fallon running for Congress in Iowa's 3rd c.d. It wasn't a difficult choice. Ed Fallon is a progressive's progressive. In his 14 years as a legislator in Iowa's House, he never accepted PAC/lobbyist money. Fallon had his values in place long before it was the progressive thing to do to refuse lobbyist/PAC money. Here's a statement from Fallon about why he's running for Congress:
Our country needs and wants change. I'm ready to take on the corporate interests who have corrupted our federal government. I'm ready to give working families and the poor a voice in national politics. I'm ready to do what I can to see that environmental issues are taken seriously inside the beltway. I'm ready to apply what I've learned during 23 years of public service in Iowa and be a part of the solution in Washington.
