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As in other southern states, in the late 20th century, white conservatives began to shift from the Democratic Party to the Republican one, especially after national Democratic leaders supported the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. White conservatives first voted for Republican presidential candidates.
She was a staunch advocate of the Equal Rights Amendment. In 1995, Iowa State University established the Mary Louise Smith Chair in Women and Politics in her honor, [3] [4] and numerous other awards and recognitions are named for her throughout the state. Smith died of lung cancer in Des Moines at age 82.
Gregg Nunziata, executive director, Society for the Rule of Law, Federalist Society member, Chief Nominations Counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee, policy counsel to the Senate Republican Policy Committee, general counsel to Sen. Marco Rubio, attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division [249] [250]
Four Democrats are seeking the nomination to succeed longtime Rep. Ako Abdul-Samad in Des Moines' House District 34. One Republican is also running. Four Democrats, one Republican running to ...
Anti-war and civil rights movements. ... Public Service Commission: 3rd since 2023 current member, endorsee [110] Former (1) ... Des Moines Iowa: City Council ...
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Three candidates so far are seeking the at-large Des Moines City Council seat formerly held by now-Mayor Connie Boesen. Voters will choose the new member in a special election on March 19.. The ...
North Carolina Republicans benefited from a round of redistricting that was conducted in 2011 and used in the 2012 election. The redistricting process was upheld by a three-member panel of state judges in early July 2013, and is expected to be appealed.