Professor Loebsack goes to Washington!

Cornell politics professor Dave Loebsack, making his first run for public office, was elected to Congress in Iowa’s 2nd District on Tuesday. Democrat Loebsack defeated 15-term incumbent Republican Jim Leach. Loebsack has taught at Cornell since 1982, specializing in international relations. For more … Des Moines Register Iowa City Press-Citizen Cedar Rapids Gazette Loebsack for Congress Chris Carney '81 elected to Congress Another Cornellian politics professor, Christopher P. Carney '81, was also elected a U.S. Congressman. Carney will represent the 10th Congressional District of Pennsylvania. Carney is an associate professor of political science at Penn State Worthington-Scranton, where he has taught since 1992. He lives with his wife, Jennifer, and their five children in Dimock Township, Susquehanna County, in Pennsylvania. For more ... Carney for Congress