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Franken enters Iowa Senate Race for Ernst's seat. Not Al [View all]
https://www.radioiowa.com/2019/08/26/retired-admiral-enters-race-for-us-senate-seat-ernst-holds/Radio Iowa
A Navy admiral who retired nearly two years ago has announced he’s running for the U.S. Senate seat held by retired Iowa National Guard soldier Joni Ernst.
“She serves special interests. She doesn’t serve Iowans,” Michael Franken said this morning during an interview with Radio Iowa. “Speak of the gun debate, I mean she’s central to what we don’t want on the hill.”
“My precepts of life and fair play and love for my fellow man and empathy aligned me much more closely with the Democratic Party,” Franken said.
and from a crap crafter:
The Iowa GOP’s chairman released a statement, saying Franken has joined a field of Democrats that’s “in a race to the far left, embracing the values of coastal elites
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