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After yesterday's announcement that Rep. Bruce Braley was taking the first steps toward running for the US Senate seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Tom Harkin, one thing is clear: excitement is building about a Braley candidacy.
"I've known Bruce Braley since long before he came to Congress. He's a good friend, a great congressman, someone who fights passionately for the middle class, for veterans, and for Iowans." -Sen. Tom Harkin [The Hawk Eye, 2/8/13]
"The local Democratic Party, almost without exception, welcomes [Braley's] candidacy, was hoping he would run, thinks he would be the strongest candidate for the party. So we are very, very pleased. I think it takes some of the disappointment away from the Harkin announcement." -Greg Guelcher, Chair, Woodbury County Democratic Party [Sioux City Journal, 2/7/13]
"There appears to be a lot of support for Braley." -Ken Sagar, Treasurer, Iowa Democratic Party [AP, 2/7/13]
"[Braley] has a reputation for being smart, ambitious, and ready for higher office, Democratic insiders have said. In November 2012, he earned the most votes of any US House candidate in Iowa." [Des Moines Register, 2/7/13]
"The congressman enters the race to succeed retiring Sen. Tom Harkin as the frontrunner." [Politico, 2/7/13]
"Iowa Democrats have their man." [National Journal, 2/7/13]
"[Braley's] entrance into the race gives Democrats a top-tier candidate to hold the seat of retiring Sen. Tom Harkin..." [Roll Call, 2/7/13]
After yesterday's announcement that Rep. Bruce Braley was taking the first steps toward running for the US Senate seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Tom Harkin, one thing is clear: excitement is building about a Braley candidacy.
"I've known Bruce Braley since long before he came to Congress. He's a good friend, a great congressman, someone who fights passionately for the middle class, for veterans, and for Iowans." -Sen. Tom Harkin [The Hawk Eye, 2/8/13]
"The local Democratic Party, almost without exception, welcomes [Braley's] candidacy, was hoping he would run, thinks he would be the strongest candidate for the party. So we are very, very pleased. I think it takes some of the disappointment away from the Harkin announcement." -Greg Guelcher, Chair, Woodbury County Democratic Party [Sioux City Journal, 2/7/13]
"There appears to be a lot of support for Braley." -Ken Sagar, Treasurer, Iowa Democratic Party [AP, 2/7/13]
"[Braley] has a reputation for being smart, ambitious, and ready for higher office, Democratic insiders have said. In November 2012, he earned the most votes of any US House candidate in Iowa." [Des Moines Register, 2/7/13]
"The congressman enters the race to succeed retiring Sen. Tom Harkin as the frontrunner." [Politico, 2/7/13]
"Iowa Democrats have their man." [National Journal, 2/7/13]
"[Braley's] entrance into the race gives Democrats a top-tier candidate to hold the seat of retiring Sen. Tom Harkin..." [Roll Call, 2/7/13]
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