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Sanders Lands 1st Iowa Legislative Endorsement With Ft. Madison's Kurtz
On July 12, 2019 By elizabeth-meyer
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Fort Madison State Rep. Jeff Kurtz today became the first Iowa lawmaker to endorse Sen. Bernie Sanders, calling him a politician that “has been consistent through his entire career on the issues that matter to the 99%.”
Though Kurtz is the Vermont senator’s first Iowa legislative endorsement, last month his campaign released a list of other prominent Iowa supporters, including LULAC state director Nicholas Salazar, Kate Larson, a member of the Dubuque City Council, and IDP Central Committee member Emma Schmit.
Before he was elected to the Legislature, Kurtz worked 41 years as an engineer with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen.
“Wage stagnation has been a big thing with me because of what is going on down here in southeast Iowa,” Kurtz said, referring to a region where household wealth often lags behind the state average. “If people don’t have economic power, I don’t care how they identify themselves — straight, gay, black, Latino or a white-haired, old guy like me — if you don’t have economic power, you don’t have much power.”
Kurtz said he discussed the issue of wage stagnation with Sanders, and felt “Bernie is probably the best on that issue, as far as I’m concerned.”
https://iowastartingline.com/2019/07/12/sanders-lands-1st-iowa-legislative-endorsement-with-ft-madisons-kurtz/
