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47of74

(18,470 posts) Wed Mar 2, 2016, 10:01 PM Mar 2016

Kroeger ends campaign for the US Rep 1st district seat [View all]

The field narrowed;

The Democratic field vying for Iowa's First Congressional District seat narrowed today.

Gary Kroeger, of Waterloo, announced he is ending his campaign for the seat held by U.S. Rod Blum, a Republican from Dubuque.

The announcement leaves Monica Vernon, a former Cedar Rapids City Council member, and Pat Murphy, a former state lawmaker from Dubuque, to square off in the Democratic primary. Murphy bested Vernon for the party's nomination in 2014 but lost to Blum in the general election.

Personally I'd like to see Murphy with the nomination but either him or Vernon would be a thousand times better than Blum.

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Kroeger ends campaign for the US Rep 1st district seat [View all] 47of74 Mar 2016 OP

I am not in you district but have met Vernon a couple of times rurallib Mar 2016 #1

Gary Kroeger is now running for Iowa House 60 Cairycat Mar 2016 #2