Julie Stauch answers Qs after filing for Iowa's primary ballot скачать в хорошем качестве

Julie Stauch answers Qs after filing for Iowa's primary ballot

Julie Stauch answered reporter questions shortly after filing her nominating papers as a Democratic candidate for governor of Iowa. To qualify for the ballot, candidates for governor need at least 3,500 signatures from eligible Iowa voters, including at least 100 signatures in at least 19 counties. She thought her campaign submitted 4,575 signatures. Asked about that process, Stauch said it was "a lot of work," and expressed gratitude to the county Democratic chairs who helped fill out petitions at the precinct caucuses in early February. "And then it was just those nineteen counties of 100—oy vey! That was quite a bit of work." Stauch said it was also a lot of fun helping to collect signatures, though she suggested the process in Iowa was "a little more overwrought than it needs to be" to get on the ballot. Stauch did not have a cushion of more than 19 counties where she collected more than 100 signatures. But she insisted that she is not like Abby Finkenauer, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate who nearly didn't qualify for the primary ballot in 2022. Asked about the main issues she's hearing about from voters, Stauch said clean water was number one, followed by public schools and several things related to health care: cancer rates, women's OB/GYN care, and nursing home care. Stauch is the underdog in the Democratic primary, because State Auditor Rob Sand has raised more than $10 million. Asked about her case for Democratic voters to choose her over Sand, she said, "I'm going to work for them. I'm not going in to be a career politician. I don't have my own agenda." She declined to be more specific about the case she will make to voters, saying, "When your opponent is making errors, don't tell them." She said plenty of people are coming to her because "they are frustrated with what's not happening in other campaigns." Sand has said he would try to reverse Medicaid privatization in Iowa. Would Stauch do the same? She said she would consider it. What's the best piece of advice she's gotten since she started running for governor? "Ignore the old rules. They're over." Stauch has worked on many campaigns since the 1980s, and she has a sign on her desk at home that says, in order to break the rules, you have to master them first.