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Iowa Ethanol Group Rolls Out the Un-Welcome Mat for Ted Cruz
The leader of the Republican presidential pack in Iowa gets a “bad” rating from a group backing corn-based alternative fuels.
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As Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz prepares to launch a bus tour of Iowa next week, one influential state organization is working to ensure the U.S. senator from Texas isn't welcomed in the state's cornfields.
In its final candidate scorecard before Iowa kicks off the 2016 presidential race with its Feb. 1 caucuses, America's Renewable Future, an ethanol-advocacy group, reserved its harshest words for Cruz, describing the Republican who is leading Iowa's polls as a threat to the corn-based alternative fuel that has been a boon the state's economy.