Ames -
On a Saturday in August during an election year, the Republican Party holds the Ames Straw Poll in Iowa to see what candidate Iowa GOP voters support. Governor Terry Branstad is now calling for an end to the prominent straw poll.
Des Moines -
Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad has called for a a congressional investigation to determine who is behind what he dubs the pink slime "smear campaign" that is maligning the good name of healthy ammonia-treated finely textured beef.