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TexasTowelie

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Thu Sep 21, 2017, 04:36 AM Sep 2017

Glasson 'all in' on campaign for governor

CEDAR RAPIDS — After a 100-day “Listening to Iowa” tour, nurse Cathy Glasson declared herself “all in for a better future for Iowa” and Tuesday officially joined the race for the 2018 Democratic nomination for governor.

She pledged to take on the Capitol political establishment and give working Iowans a reason to stand in line to vote.

Her campaign, Glasson said at her announcement at the DoubleTree Hotel & Convention Center in Cedar Rapids, is about “real Iowans … who feel ignored and left out, who fight to make it every day in an economy that’s rigged for the billionaires and the bosses, hardworking people who try to get ahead, but keep getting left behind.”

The movement, as Glasson called it, is about “stepping up for a bold progressive future, never backing down to the lobbyists and the CEOs (and) demanding that working people like us have a seat at the table.”

Read more: http://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/government/glasson-all-in-on-campaign-for-governor-20170919

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Glasson 'all in' on campaign for governor (Original Post) TexasTowelie Sep 2017 OP
Have yet to see her, but am very intrigued by her candidacy rurallib Sep 2017 #1

rurallib

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1. Have yet to see her, but am very intrigued by her candidacy
Fri Sep 22, 2017, 08:11 AM
Sep 2017

Have many good friends who are backing her. Problem is she is known in Iowa City but nowhere else.

Also have many good friends backing Nate Boulton big time. Should be an interesting race.

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