Hart and Hubbell stump in Clinton County

CLINTON — In sweltering noon-day heat at a park in Clinton, about 100 people showed up for the newly minted Democratic ticket for governor. And the man at the top of the ticket, Fred Hubbell, confessed he may not be the main attraction.

Not here. Not today.

"I am smart enough to know you're not all here to see me," the retired Des Moines businessman said.

Indeed. Hubbell's selection of state Sen. Rita Hart, a Wheatland Democrat, over the weekend to be his running mate has charged up Clinton County Democrats.

Dozens of them showed up at the kickoff for the new ticket, crowding into the party's small headquarters before they had to move across the street to a park.

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