Loebsack Works to Win Over Voters in the Quad Cities: Iowa City Daily News Links, Oct. 8

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Congressman Dave Loebsack is working to improve his re-election chances in his new district by visiting voters in new territory -- the Quad Cities.

Global Post reports that Democrats are utilizing early voting to great effect in Iowa.

Hayley Bruce of IowaWatch writes that most of Iowa's donors invest keep their money focused on state races.

An Iowa City man is transporting a piece of his artwork all the way to Nome, Alaska.

Some nice coverage of this weekend's Iowa City zombie march by the Iowa City Press-Citizen.

The Iowa City Press-Citizen's Best of the Area poll has begun if you want to head on over and give it a vote.

Jeff Charis-Carlson of the Press-Citizen examines the reach of Iowa City in the world via two influential figures in writing.

Adam Sullivan of the Press-Citizen writes that the University of Iowa is wary of how federal spending cuts will affect the university.

Daily Links Excerpt of the Day

For the people who have had Loebsack as their congressman for the past six years, the knowledge that he grew up in poverty in Sioux City, with a mother with mental health issues, might not be new.

But this year, Loebsack is having to introduce himself to a lot of new potential constituents, including in the Quad-Cities. So when he speaks to groups, he often touches on his upbringing — how an extended family helped to raise him, how he depended on Social Security survivor benefits to get through college.

It is, he says, a past that’s woven into who he is and why he fights to keep in place the new health insurance law that will mean coverage for millions of people. And it’s why he objects to the prospect of changes to Medicare and Social Security.

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