George Eichhorn, Sore Loser
June 7th, 2008 at 05:32pm Geraldine
In the Republican Senate Primary, former State Representative George Eichhorn was narrowly defeated by Christopher Reed to be the Republican standard bearer against Tom Harkin. Eichhorn should be quite used to losing at this point as he has lost his State House seat, as well as bids to be the Republican nominee for the State Senate in District 5 and member of the Republican State Central Committee all in the past two years. But Eichhorn is contesting the result and hoping to throw the Republican Senate primary to a convention by reducing Reed’s percentage to under 35%. While there is no way Eichhorn can be the leader in the votes, he is hoping that at the convention that delegates can overturn the will of a plurality of voters.
While this is grasping at straws, they are certainly straws that Eichhorn has the right to grasp at. The problem is his campaign is threatening an injunction against Iowa Press for conducting an interview with the winner, Christopher Reed. His campaign is afraid that the “airing of the interview could unfairly influence votes at the GOP convention.” It is unknown yet whether the Eichhorn campaign will seek a similar injunction against the Des Moines Register for giving Reed an unfair advantage by printing his name in the newspaper.
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3 Comments Add your own
1. desmoinesdem | June 7th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
I understand that he’s mad, but does he really want to fight that hard for the right to get his ass kicked by Harkin?
I guess he figures that will increase his name recognition, but I don’t get it.
2. Dean | June 7th, 2008 at 9:52 pm
since Fallon is no longer a threat, you can’t slander him anymore. now you’re searching for new people. sure, Eichorn probably won’t win, but it’s a little unfair to call him a sore loser. think about this: if you were running for a high profile office such as US senate and lost an election by 400 votes, there’s a possibility you might be reluctant to just say “oh well” and concede gratefully. this situation deserves a little due process, so to speak, and that’s all Eichorn is looking for.
3. Iowa Progress » Per&hellip | December 17th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
[…] George Eichorn, who has lost bids for State House, State Senate and U.S. Senate, has now announced that he’s running for Secretary of State in his bid to become the Howard Stassen of Iowa. His press release attacks Mike Mauro for costing the State of Iowa the staggering sum of $12,000 in federal funding and the support of intellectual and political heavyweights like Betty DeBoef. […]
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