Iowa governor race: Hubbell ad defends Younkers claims from Reynolds campaign [View all]
Democrat Fred Hubbell is taking to the airwaves to defend his record at Younkers, the department store chain he headed in the mid-1980s and early ’90s.
The move comes in response to a recent television ad from Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds that criticizes his tenure there.
Hubbell is challenging Reynolds this year in the race for governor, and the argument over his stewardship of the Younkers chain, which he led from 1985 to 1992, has become a prominent part of the campaign.
Republicans have already criticized the retired Des Moines businessman for closing stores. But a new Reynolds ad says Hubbell also cut pay and benefits for Younkers workers in 1986, then gave himself a raise.
Read more: https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/government/governor-kim-reynolds-fred-hubbell-campaign-ads-attack-ads-younkers-iowa-november-2018-20180816
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