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  Vander Plaats declines to endorse Branstad in Iowa
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News DateFriday, August 6, 2010 06:30:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionVander Plaats declines to endorse Branstad in Iowa
Posted: August 6th, 2010 12:33 PM ET

From CNN Political Producer Peter Hamby

(CNN) – Iowa Republican gubernatorial nominee Terry Branstad learned Friday that he won't face an independent challenge from his former GOP primary opponent Bob Vander Plaats.

But the leftover hard feelings from the contentious primary - Branstand won the nomination on June 8 by nine points - were barely concealed as Vander Plaats took to the steps of the Iowa Judicial Building in Des Moines and broke a lengthy silence about his political future.

Vander Plaats, whose bid was fueled by social conservatives, said he would not seek the governorship as an independent and announced an effort aimed at unseating Iowa Supreme Court justices who legalized same-sex marriage in the state.
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