I missed the opening of Lucas County Democratic Party headquarters last week, so was happy to be able to stop in late Saturday afternoon to meet two intrepid campaigners --- Charlotte Hubbell (above), representing gubernatorial candidate Fred Hubbell, and Ann Fields (left), candidate for the Iowa House District 28 seat, representing herself.
The Hubbells, who met while students at the University of Iowa College of Law, have been married for 42 years and have three adult children. I'm really looking forward to having a Democrat in the governor's office again.
Fields is running in a district that includes eastern Lucas County, but not Chariton. Chariton falls in House District 27, currently represented by Republican Joel Fry of Oskaloosa. Richard Foster is the Democratic candidate in District 27.
The race this year in District 28 is an open one --- Republican incumbent Greg Heartsill is not seeking re-election. Fields' opponent in that party is John Thorup.
Fields certainly has one of the most inspiring backstories in Iowa politics at the moment. She didn't enroll at Iowa State University until age 40 after farming and raising two children, then went on to earn both master's and Phd degrees. After joining the faculty at William Penn University, Oskaloosa, she worked her way up to the presidency and served four years --- that institution's first woman president --- then returned to full-time teaching in 2014. She retired from the William Penn faculty in May of this year. She and her husband live on an organic farm south of Knoxville.
You've got to admire anyone sufficiently committed to seek public office --- and work hard to earn votes. Ann, for example, has been knocking on doors in the district four hours a day come rain, shine (or snow flurries) since winning the nomination.
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