A candidate for State Representative
I attended a Linn County Democratic Central Committee
meeting on February 27th and heard GRETCHEN RAE LAWYER announce her
intentions to run for Iowa State Representative – District 36 – a seat
currently occupied by Swati Dandekar, who is running for Iowa State Senator –
District 18 – a seat currently occupied by Mary Lundby, who is running for Linn
County Supervisor – District 4.
Four, eighteen, thirty-six – hike! Confused?
If you live in Cedar Rapids,
you will also have to remember which Council District you reside in, i.e.,
District 1-5 …but only during City Council election time.
By the way, IF you request a current voter registration card
– all of the districts will be printed on the card including your Supervisor District.
I don’t have much visibility into who is running for the
Legislature as they file with the Iowa Secretary of State (SOS). Reminder:
If you running for State or Federal offices, you need to file with the
SOS no later than 5pm on March 14th.
I assume all of Linn
County’s current legislators
are running for re-election with the exception of Senator Mary Lundby. Click here for information on Linn County's current legislators. If anyone knows of candidates I have not
listed, please notify me at auditor@linncounty.org
and I will post it on my blog. See yesterday's blog entry for a list of county candidates. --Joel @ 12:35pm
P.S. I will gladly
attend a Republican, Green, or Libertarian Central Committee meeting just as
soon as I receive an invitation. ###