Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul held a news conference in late April in Des Moines, formally revealing three of the members of the Iowa GOP’s state central committee were joining the Ron Paul campaign team. Today, another member of the state central committee — Jeremiah Johnson, a native of Dubuque — has committed to Paul.
There are 17 voting members on the Iowa GOP’s state central committee, five from each of the five congressional districts in Iowa, plus the two Iowans who serve on the Republican National Committee. (The state party has redone its website. The names of the central committee members are not featured on it of I’d link to it.)
Paul made a stop in Dubuque late this morning, en route to New Hampshire for tonight’s debate. Drew Ivers, another member of the state central committee, is leading Paul’s Iowa campaign, as he did in 2008. Ivers says about 175 people were at the Dubuque event.
About O.Kay Henderson
Kay is a founding member of the Radio Iowa network newsroom. In 1994, she became the network’s news director. She’s a featured reporter and commentator on Iowa Public Television’s “Iowa Press,” and the 2002 recipient of the Shelley Award.
For what it’s worth, the names and email addresses of the central committee members can be found at this link: http://iowa.theconservativereader.com/2011/05/19/rpi-central-committee-campaign-involvement-follow-up/