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CHALLENGE FILED AGAINST TWO NW IOWA GOP HOUSE CANDIDATES

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A STATE PANEL WILL MEET TUESDAY TO REVIEW CHALLENGES TO THE NOMINATING DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED BY TWO CANDIDATES RUNNING IN THE SAME NORTHWEST IOWA HOUSE DISTRICT.

RADIO IOWA’S O. KAY HENDERSON REPORTS.

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CANDIDATES FOR THE IOWA HOUSE MUST SUBMIT PETITIONS WITH THE SIGNATURES OF AT LEAST 50 ELIGIBLE VOTERS IN THE DISTRICT.

RECENTLY, THE THREE-MEMBER STATE OBJECTION PANEL HAS REVIEWED CHALLENGES RELATED TO THE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF PEOPLE WHO’VE SIGNED PETITIONS AS WELL AS WHETHER A POTENTIAL CANDIDATE’S NAME AND THE OFFICE THEY WERE SEEKING WAS LISTED ON EACH PAGE OF PETITION SIGNATURES.

IOWA SECRETARY OF STATE PAUL PATE, ATTORNEY GENERAL BRENNA BIRD — BOTH REPUBLICANS — AND DEMOCRAT ROB SAND, THE STATE AUDITOR, ARE THE THREE MEMBERS OF THE STATE OBJECTION PANEL THAT WILL MEET AT 10 A.M. TO REVIEW THE CHALLENGES TO THE G-O-P CANDIDATES IN HOUSE DISTRICT 13.

NO DEMOCRAT FILED TO RUN IN THE DISTRICT.

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