Let the Investigation Begin

The Iowa Democratic Party formally lodged a complaint against the only Republican Gubernatorial candidate, Jim Nussle, last week with the Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board according to an article published by the Des Moines Register. Nussle is being accused of using funds from his federal campaign fund to pay for expenses incurred by his Gubernatorial campaign and not properly disclosing the transactions according to Iowa law. As stated in Iowa law, these types of transactions must be noted "as-kind" by the candidate in their disclosure report.

I am surprised that with only two months until the primary that the hard accusations towards either party are just getting under way. There was some talk earlier in March regarding Lt. Governor candidate Andrea McGuire in previous races ran as a Republican. McGuires response to these allegations was that sometimes candidates change their political affiliation and that she is not the first candidate to do so. We'll see what happens with the investigation hopefully before the primary.