PRESS RELEASE from the Republican Party of Iowa

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MARCH 19, 2012     
CONTACT: IOWA GOP

DES MOINES--The Republican Party of Iowa (RPI) State Central Committee today approved the formation of a 17-member Iowa Caucus Review Committee and confirmed Chairman A. J. Spiker’s nominees to the committee.

The committee will be chaired by RPI Co-Chair Bill Schickel.  Iowa Secretary of State Deputy of Elections Mary Mosiman will serve as committee co-chair.

“My challenge to the committee is to bring back recommendations that will build upon the most open and transparent presidential preference process in the country,” Spiker said.

“The purpose of the committee is to conduct a full audit and review of the Republican Caucus,” said Schickel. “We’re going to review what went right and what went wrong. We will fix what went wrong and promote what went right.”

The committee will hold its first meeting at 10 A.M. Thursday, April 26 in Des Moines. Future meetings will be held in other communities across the state.

Committee members will be assigned to sub-committees on public relations, operations and training. A research subcommittee will gather data and background information for the committee.

The committee and each of the sub-committees will be asking for ideas and suggestions from experts and ordinary citizens alike throughout the state and nation, Schickel said.

“Although this will be a review of the Republican caucuses, we will be acting in consultation with our colleagues in the Democrat Party,” Schickel said.  “Having open, honest and transparent caucuses is in the interest of all Iowans.”

The members of the Iowa Caucus Review Committee are:

Chair Bill Schickel, Cerro Gordo County

Co-Chair Mary Mosiman, Story County

Chad Olsen, Guthrie County

David Chung, Linn County

David Fischer, Polk County

David Oman, Polk County

Gwen Ecklund, Crawford County

Judy Davidson, Scott County

Kathy Pearson, Linn County

Kim Lehman, Polk County

Randy Erickson, Buena Vista County

Rev. Jamie Johnson, Webster County

Richard Schwarm, Winnebago County

Sen. Nancy Boettger, Shelby County

Steve Grubbs, Scott County

Steve Scheffler, Polk County

Wes Enos, Polk County