Category: Iowa

Rural Pharmacist Talks Strain, Key Role Amid Pandemic

MANCHESTER, Iowa—Since the pandemic hit in March, the workload has greatly increased for the pharmacists and technicians at Brehme Drug in Manchester, a rural town of some 5,000 people in eastern Iowa. “They call you up and say, ‘Help! Explain this to me,’” pharmacist Cathy Lilienthal told The Epoch Times. She has worked at the…


Pelosi Says She Will Seat Iowa Republican Miller-Meeks Amid Tight Election Battle

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told reporters on Wednesday she will seat Iowa Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks on Sunday despite an ongoing challenge from her Democratic opponent, Rita Hart. The race was decided by just six votes. A spokesman for Pelosi, Drew Hammill, stated that regarding the Iowa race between Miller-Meeks and Hart, “every vote counts,…


Iowa Democrat Hart Asks House to Overturn Her Election Loss

Attorneys for Rita Hart, the Democrat who lost Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District race by six votes, claimed on Dec. 22 they had found enough uncounted ballots to reverse the election outcome. Hart told the House of Representatives in a petition filed under the Federal Contested Elections Act of 1969 that 22 uncounted curbside and absentee…


Democrat Says She Won Contested Race for US House Seat

Democratic congressional candidate Rita Hart filed a notice of contest Tuesday asserting she won a contested race for a U.S. House seat representing Iowa. Hart ran for the seat representing Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District. Iowa’s canvassing board certified Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks as the winner by 6 votes late last month. In the new filing, Hart alleges 22…