Article: Some farmers miffed about Harkin endorsement; Resolution: Dubuque County Farm Bureau opposes support

Politics can make for some strange alliances and sometimes for some unexpected divisions.

The Dubuque County Farm Bureau has broken ranks with the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation on which candidate to support in the U.S. Senate race this fall.

Earlier this month the state farm bureau's political action committee designated Democratic Senator Tom Harkin a Friend of Agriculture - the organization's stamp of approval for the upcoming November election. The designation is given to those candidates the committee believes support agriculture and farm bureau policy.

The incumbent Harkin is facing Republican challenger Rep. Greg Ganske in Iowa's U.S. Senate race this year.

Lindsey Larson, of ...

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