GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLDS SAYS IT’S MORE THAN LIKELY SHE’LL DECIDE WHO TO PICK AS IOWA’S NEXT LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AFTER THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.
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ADAM GREGG, WHO’D BEEN IOWA’S LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR SINCE MID-2017, RESIGNED IN EARLY SEPTEMBER TO TAKE THE TOP JOB AT THE IOWA BANKERS ASSOCIATION.
REYNOLDS SAYS SHE DIDN’T HAVE A LOT OF ADVANCE NOTICE ABOUT GREGG’S DECISION, AND THEN LEFT ON A 10 DAY TRADE MISSION TO INDIA. THE GOVERNOR INDICATED SHE AND HER STAFF ARE COLLECTING THE NAMES OF PEOPLE SHE MIGHT CONSIDER, BUT INTERVIEWS HAVE NOT BEGUN.
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REYNOLDS SAYS SHE’LL SIT DOWN WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE WHO SHE THINKS MIGHT BE A GOOD PARTNER.
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FORMER GOVERNOR TERRY BRANSTAD CHOSE REYNOLDS FAS HIS RUNNING MATE IN 2010 AND SHE TOOK OVER AS GOVERNOR WHEN HE RESIGNED TO BECOME U-S AMBASSADOR TO CHINA.
THE PERSON REYNOLDS CHOOSES AS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IS LIKELY TO BE HER RUNNING MATE IN 2026, IF SHE RUNS FOR REELECTION.
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