University of Northern Iowa UNI ScholarWorks Presidential Scholars Theses (1990 – 2006) Honors Program 1993 Reversal of fortune: Dick Clark, John Culver, and Iowa politics in the 1970s Clinton R. Boddicker University of Northern Iowa Let us know how access to this document benefits ouy Copyright ©1993 Clinton R. Boddicker Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pst Part of the Political History Commons, and the United States History Commons Recommended Citation Boddicker, Clinton R., "Reversal of fortune: Dick Clark, John Culver, and Iowa politics in the 1970s" (1993). Presidential Scholars Theses (1990 – 2006). 4. https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pst/4 This Open Access Presidential Scholars Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Honors Program at UNI ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Presidential Scholars Theses (1990 – 2006) by an authorized administrator of UNI ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. The University of Northern Iowa Reversal of Fortune: Dick Clark, John Culver, and Iowa Politics in the 1970s 96:19P Presidential Scholars Senior Thesis/Project Mr. Thomas G. Ryan Department of History By Clinton R. Boddicker #271103 Cedar Falls, Iowa March 1, 1993 1 I ntrod uctio n In January of 1975, Iowa Democratic Party activists and office holders could not have been happier. In the previous November's mid-term elections, Iowans had elected or reelected five of the six Democratic candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives, including newcomers Michael Blouin, Berkley Bedell, and Tom Harkin.1 In addition, Democrats now controlled both branches of the state legislature.