Linn Supervisor Stacey Walker considering U.S. Senate run
CEDAR RAPIDS — A Des Moines Democrat launched a campaign Monday to try to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, and a Linn County supervisor plans to decide this month whether to try also.
Des Moines businessman Eddie Mauro joins lawyer Kimberly Graham, also of Des Moines, in seeking the Democratic nomination in 2020.
“Washington remains broken and it’s time for a change, and I am the best candidate to take on and defeat Joni Ernst,” said Mauro, who in 2018 ran unsuccessfully for U.S. House in the 3rd District.
Also Monday, Stacey Walker, a member of the Linn County Board of Supervisors, confirmed he’s giving serious consideration to joining the race. Ernst, he said, has not lived up to her promise to “go to Washington to shake things up and drain the swamp.”
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