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Iowa ophthalmologist Mariannette Miller-Meeks had come to Washington, D.C., many times since 2000 to talk to members of her state’s Congressional delegation about health care. But during an April 2007 visit, she caught a fever for Capitol Hill. Miller-Meeks and other doctors met with her new Congressman, Democrat Dave Loebsack, who upset longtime Republican Rep. Jim Leach in the 2006 election. Miller-Meeks, a Republican and a past president of the Iowa Medical Society, disagreed with her new Representative’s views on health care, and a thought occurred to her as she crossed to the Senate side with a group of Iowa...

Republican challenger Mariannette Miller-Meeks is accusing Democratic Congressman Dave Loebsack of “flip-flopping”on a key issue. Miller-Meeks says Loebsack has changed his position on the Bush-era tax cuts. “I would say a flip-flop is when in 2006 you say on television you would not have voted for the Bush tax cuts. Then you say that you would not have extended the Bush tax cuts — you say that when you’re in office, repeatedly,” Miller-Meeks says. “And then all-of-a-sudden this year while it’s not popular and the majority of Americans say that the Bush tax cuts should be extended, now you’re for...

A new poll shows the 2nd District U.S. House rematch between two-term Rep. Dave Loebsack and Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks to be a statistical dead heat. The poll by the Tarrance Group found Loebsack leading 41 percent to 40 percent with 13 percent undecided and Libertarian Gary Sicard getting 6 percent...

...Iowa Democratic Rep. Dave Loebsack is in a statistical dead heat with his Republican opponent in a new poll conducted for his opponent and the National Republican Congressional Committee. The Tarrance Group poll shows Loebsack at 41 percent, while repeat candidate Mariannette Miller-Meeks is at 40 percent. A Libertarian candidate, Gary Sicard, is at 6 percent, while 13 percent are undecided...

Dr. Miller-Meeks is continuing to gather momentum for the November Election. National Review Online notes today that Miller-Meeks should defeat Representative Loebsack in this highly democratic district with “luck or a wave”. The wave is an 18 point lead by the head of the Iowa ticket former Governor Branstad, and with this surgeon’s laser focus on victory, luck will follow her as it did with her overwhelming primary win. No one will out work this candidate. "Bill Delahunt’s open seat in Massachusetts, Mike Ross in Arkansas, Jim Costa in California, Loretta Sanchez in California, Jerry McNerney in California, Bob Filner...