Dr. Mariannette Miller-Meeks formally announces in Marion/Cedar Rapids today for U.S. House ...

Pictured are Dr. Miller-Meeks and

Mrs. Grassley accompanying her

during the Marion/Cedar Rapids leg

of her "Let's Make History" tour.

Dr. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, the 2008 Republican nominee in Iowa’s Second Congressional District, formally announced her candidacy Monday, Nov. 30, for her party’s 2010 nomination and a rematch against Rep. David Loebsack.

Miller-Meeks, an Ottumwa ophthalmologist, will make a series of stops in the 15-county district in eastern and southern Iowa. She will be accompanied by Barbara Grassley, spouse of U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley. The schedule of her “Let's Make History” tour is as follows:

• 11:30 a.m. -- Quality Cobbler, Muscatine Mall, 1903 Park Ave., Suite 22, Muscatine;
• 2:00 p.m. -- Hames Homes, 640 Marion Blvd., Marion;
• 4:45 p.m. -- Big River Resources, 15210 103rd St., West Burlington;
• 7:15 p.m. -- Al-Jon Manufacturing, Industrial Airport, 14599 Second Ave., Ottumwa.