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Defining Results – Disappointed, But Not Discouraged

Managing Editor — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 15:51:27 +0000

We didn’t get our two percent last night.

So what!

The reasons I ran for governor haven’t changed. Iowa has still lost two Congressional seats in the past 20 years. Our education system is still in real trouble. Poverty in urban and rural Iowa is still unacceptably high.

And last night, corruption prevailed over accountability.

I’m going to take a few days off to rest, go see my daughter’s performance at UNI, take care of some housekeeping duties literally and figuratively, eat some food that’s bad for me.

And then ...

What lesson can a penny teach us?

Managing Editor — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 01:40:35 +0000

A small group of disciplined, principled and dedicated Americans can bring about the change required to live in a free and open society, where justice and liberty prevails. On Feb. 28, 1854, a movement was born in Ripon, Wisconsin when about fifty abolitionists gathered with the expectation they would change a nation. They faced a formidable foe, lacked the technology we possess today, and were most important, unincumbered by the excuses that so often paralyze us when facing opposition – great and small. Six years after they gathered they elected the ...

WHO-TV “3 Minutes in the Chair” Airs

Managing Editor — Mon, 27 Oct 2014 21:08:32 +0000

October 27, 2014 | Des Moines, Iowa – WHO-TV’s, Dan Winters interviews Jonathan Narcisse and asks, is someone telling him to run (More inquiry into the rumor that Branstad is funding Jon’s campaign), what the purpose of the Iowa Party is (Accountability!), and what does he say to those who call him a conspiracy theorist when Jon re-asserts that the main party race for governor is “inside baseball” due to the fact that Branstad’s number one donor, Board of Regent’s chair Bruce Rastetter is Branstad’s ...

Iowa Party Governor Candidate Reaches Voters And Provides Solutions in all 99 Counties

Managing Editor — Sat, 25 Oct 2014 22:06:03 +0000

For the Iowa Party Platform: Ultimately, Each County Knows How to Best Pursue “Industry and Improvement” Iowa Values Common Sense Solutions: Eliminating Corruption & Welfare Dependency Growing Our Own Food & Creating Jobs Retaining Young Iowans Debt Free Re-Legalizing Hemp & Marijuana Reforming Tax Code & Saving Iowans Billions

October 25, 2014 | Jonathan Narcisse, the independent candidate for governor completed his 2014 campaign tour of all 99 counties in Iowa at Charles City located in Floyd County on Thursday, October 23rd. The Iowa Party gubernatorial candidate will be campaigning in Iowa’s urban ...

Publication: Iowa Values, Common Sense Solutions

Managing Editor — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 01:44:58 +0000

The Narcisse for Governor campaign published its literature drop piece and is making a pdf of the 8 page publication available online as a downloadable PDF. IowaValues8PageTab2014.11×11. It covers the legacy of Narcisse and quotes supporters like former Branstad Chief of Staff Gretchen Tegeler, Iowa State Board of Education member Greg McLain. The promotional piece, which will be distributed door to door by volunteers in the last two weeks of the election campaign, includes sections that summarize Narcisse’s white papers on Restoring Iowa’s World Class Education ...

Reader: Iowa Party Potent Tool

Managing Editor — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 00:41:51 +0000

[Published in River Cities’ Reader, Oct 16th 2014]

A Potent Tool for Reform: Narcisse and The Iowa Party

If you’re an independent candidate for governor in Iowa, you know you’re getting traction when your message earns the support of county chairs from both major parties across the state. Your campaign must be striking powerful chords when you get endorsements from both conservative talk-radio hosts and liberal-activist leaders alike.

Jonathan Narcisse is running for governor again. (I have volunteered for and contributed to his campaign.) And if he garners ...

Poverty Cannot Be Addressed Without Accountability

Managing Editor — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 03:55:15 +0000

Davenport, Iowa – Oct 12, 2014 | Jonathan Narcisse, the Iowa Party candidate for Governor, provides opening statements to the Quad Cities Progressive Action for the Common Good forum at Bethel Church in Davenport, Iowa. Organizers invited all candidates to address poverty in Scott County.

“At the end of the day, all the ideas about what others ought to do for us are meaningless, in a culture that is controlled by powerful vested and corrupted elements.”

Jonathan touches on doing for oneself and not seeking solutions ...

Narcisse Qualifies for November Governor’s Race in Iowa

Managing Editor — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 23:48:38 +0000

As an independent, if the candidate wins only 2% of ballots cast, this election will launch the state-wide Iowa Party

For Immediate Release Contact: 515-770-1218 or email Info at NarcisseForGovernor dot com

Des Moines, Iowa | July 29, 2014 – Jonathan R. Narcisse was certified by the secretary of state’s office this morning for the November 4th General Election Gubernatorial contest as the Iowa Party candidate.

Narcisse ran for governor as an independent in 2010. Against an incumbent Culver and returing Branstad, and spending less than $50,000 ...

Week Two of the Primary Campaign

Managing Editor — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 20:04:00 +0000

It is amazing how much we learn from experience. We had a really good plan to blitz western Iowa. And it was a good plan. Experience, however, helps us to recognize opportunity and take advantage of the moment.

Yesterday at our first stop a truck driver recognized me so we taped a brief interview with him. It was very encouraging and got us off to a good start. Next we went to Webster City where the reporter ended our extensive interview with taking us to a near ...

Iowa’s Entitlement Program Exploits Poverty Rather Than Empowering People

Managing Editor — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 17:54:00 +0000

“We don’t end poverty through entitlement. We end poverty through empowering people to understand their own self worth. We do it through unity, through dignity and work. This is how we address it. Not by exploiting it, in the name of compassion. But, by creating paths to opportunity. I’m tired of making people rich in the name of compassion, while we pay for it.”