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Iowa Rep. Boswell Might Get Rematch

By Roll Call Staff
Posted June 7, 2009 at 3:49am

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Leonard Boswell (Getty)

Republican Michael Mahaffey once lost a very close open-seat House race to Democrat Leonard L. Boswell in Iowa’s 3rd District, and he has been waiting patiently for the right opportunity to pursue a rematch.

Very patiently.  

Mahaffey, who lost an open-seat race to Boswell in 1996, told CQ Politics that he is thinking of giving it another go next year — 14 years after their original showdown.  

Mahaffey said he plans to make a decision about the 2010 race by Labor Day.

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