Upmeyer only candidate to file in District 54

Longtime Iowa State Representative and House Majority Leader Linda Upmeyer (R-Clear Lake) announced she’s running for a seventh term last week.

     Upmeyer will run unopposed in District 54, which includes territory in portions of Cerro Gordo, Franklin and Butler counties. No other Republican or Democrat filed paperwork to get their names on the June 3 primary ballot. Upmeyer made her re-election campaign official on March 10, and said she was motivated by recent bipartisan progress in Des Moines.

     “That’s what makes us different from Washington, is that we enjoy working with each other,” Upmeyer explained. “We’ll continue working on some of the things we can agree on, but there’s always going to be times where we butt heads and have completely different perspectives.”

            Read the full article in the March 19 edition of the Chronicle.