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Latham speaks publicly for first time about race against Boswell
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| Contributor | COSDem |
| Last Edited | COSDem Apr 28, 2011 08:37pm |
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| News Date | Friday, April 29, 2011 02:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The 2012 race pitting Republican Congressman Tom Latham against Democratic Congressman Leonard Boswell is already billed as one of the nation’s marquee contests.
The new congressional district lines were approved at the statehouse in mid-April. Latham quickly announced in a written statement that he would move into the new third congressional district rather than stay in Ames and face a race against Congressman Steve King, a fellow Republican who lives in the new fourth district.
“You know, I just believe for the future of the country that it’s extremely important that we get our fiscal house in order and for two of us to go against each other that have that as a goal I thought was not productive,” Latham told reporters today in Ames.
Latham and King had personal discussions about how to “work our way through” being paired in the same district, according to Latham. “I’m not going to get into personal conversations with somebody else, but I’m excited about where I’m going to be running and the opportunities that are there and I feel very, very good about it,” Latham said. “We’re going to work our tails off. We’ll be out everywhere.” |
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