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America's Renewable Future releases report card for presidential candidates

America’s Renewable Future has released its final report card for the Democrats and Republicans running in hopes of being the new president of the United States.
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The report card places each presidential contender into a good or bad category based on their support for the federal Renewable Fuel Standard. The organization will use the report card to let more than 50,000 pledged caucus-goers and Iowans know which candidates will protect the state’s economy or which will be job killers. The tactics used will be a combination of grassroots and paid efforts.

Sen. Ted Cruz and Sen. Rand Paul stand out as the bad candidates on the report card, while the rest of the candidates on both sides of the aisle are graded as good.

"Ted Cruz is dangerous to Iowa and thousands of Iowa jobs," said Eric Branstad, the organization's Iowa state director. "Our economy depends on a strong RFS and Iowans count on $5 billion in wages thanks to it, Ted Cruz wants to kill their jobs and we are going to make sure every Iowan knows that."

Indeed, in a new opinion piece published by the Des Moines Register newspaper this week, Cruz calls for doing away with the federal Renewable Energy Standard, insisting that lawmakers in Washington should stand aside and let the free market pick winners and losers in the energy sector.

 “By this point in the campaign, many readers will have seen the furious coordinated effort being waged by Democrats and big-money lobbyists, who are together spending hundreds of thousands of dollars trying to convince Iowans that I oppose ethanol,” Cruz writes. “Their charges are utter nonsense.”

The senator, who hails from Texas, declares that he's for "No Washington favoritism for oil and gas, for wind, for solar, or for anyone else.”

“We should phase out the Renewable Fuel Standard, end all energy subsidies, and ensure a level playing field for everyone,” Cruz says.

The report card released by America’s Renewable Future, an admittedly pro-ethanol group, designates a “good” candidate as one who has demonstrated support for the RFS and Iowa farmers and a “bad” candidate as one who has stood against Iowa farmers and the RFS.

The organization has gone after Cruz prior to the release of the report card on statewide radio for his hypocrisy on support for oil subsidies. The efforts will resume after the holidays.

In addition to paid media, the organization’s grassroots effort covers the state’s 99 counties with 17 field staffers who have organized over 1,000 events around the state.

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