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47of74

(18,470 posts) Mon Dec 19, 2016, 01:01 PM Dec 2016

CR Mayor Corbett plans to run for Governor.

Uh-oh

Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett says he will not run for reelection in order to prepare for a bid as a Republican for Governor.

Corbett made the announcement to WMT radio on the Simon Conway show and has a press conference planned for 10:30 am.

Corbett has been rumored to be planning a bid for Governor, especially when President -elect Donald Trump appointed current Governor Terry Branstad to ambasador to China.

Corbett also served seven terms in the Iowa House, including as Speaker from 1995-99. He left the legislature to lead the Cedar Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce (now Go Cedar Rapids) and later joined trucking firm CRST.

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CR Mayor Corbett plans to run for Governor. (Original Post) 47of74 Dec 2016 OP

Someone asked me about him today rurallib Dec 2016 #1

rurallib

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1. Someone asked me about him today

Reply to 47of74 (Original post)

Mon Dec 19, 2016, 08:44 PM

Dec 2016

- I know nothing of him.
Repubs today seem to all be cut from the same tea bag.

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