Eddie Mauro: "I am the best candidate to take on and defeat Joni Ernst"

[TexasTowelie]

Business owner, former educator, and community organizer Eddie Mauro made his U.S. Senate candidacy official this morning, saying his background makes him “the best candidate to take on and defeat Joni Ernst.” In a news release enclosed in full below, Mauro noted,

“I have grown up, worked, played and raised a family in Iowa along with the same people I will represent in the US Senate. I spent many summers on the family farm near Carroll, IA and taught and coached in Seymour, Iowa. My company supports small business owners in all 99 of Iowa’s counties. We need a United States Senator that will fight for Iowa’s middle-class families, our family farms, the small businesses on Main Street, protect and improve access to affordable healthcare for all Iowans and invest in our renewable energy economy to create jobs and combat the climate chaos and challenge before us.”

Carroll was Mauro’s first stop this morning; he had events planned in Fort Dodge, Ames, and Des Moines later in the day and a call-in town hall on the evening of May 20.

In a fundraising e-mail enclosed below, Mauro said he visited nearly 30 counties as he considered running for Senate. His campaign website lists endorsers including State Representatives Ako Abdul-Samad of Des Moines and Charlie McConkey of Council Bluffs.

Abdul-Samad was among Mauro’s well-known supporters during last year’s primary to represent Iowa’s third Congressional district. Mauro finished second to Cindy Axne in that race; you can view his television commercials and direct mail from that campaign here and here.

Read more: https://www.bleedingheartland.com/2019/05/20/eddie-mauro-i-am-the-best-candidate-to-take-on-and-defeat-joni-ernst/

[ProudMNDemocrat]

1. While having breakfast in Dubuque yesterday morning...

at the Sunshine Family Resturant, some men at the next table mentioned Joni Ernst and Mitch McConnell as "serving their King" (Trump), as well as farmers hurting, the Trump tariffs, and so forth. It was clear to me that these men were NOT Republicans.

That was an indication that not all Iowans are nuts for Trump and Ernst.

[progressoid]

2. While in the other corner of the state,

my Dad heard a couple of retired farmers at the bar saying they hoped Trump stayed the course with the tariffs. He's needs to finish what he started.