DAVENPORT — Tuesday’s Iowa primary made it official: It’ll be Fred Hubbell against Gov. Kim Reynolds this fall for the state’s top job.It wasn’t a terribly surprising result.Hubbell, former head of the Equitable of Iowa life insurance company, has been leading in the polls, and since state Sen. Nate Boulton’s exit from the race, most political analysts figured this was Hubbell’s race to lose.Now, the campaign moves to a new phase: the general election.In some ways, we’ve already seen a foreshadowing of what it will be like.Over the past few weeks, Hubbell has increasingly sounded less like someone in a primary scrap and more like he’s looking toward the general election.He’s appealed toward a broader middle, saying his party needs to reach across the aisle, including to Democrats who voted for Donald Trump in 2016.Republicans, meanwhile, have been softening the ground for a line of attack that focuses on Hubbell’s wealth.State GOP Chairman Jeff Kaufmann’s Twitter feed has been sprinkled with plenty of jabs about “Sir Frederick” or “Prince Frederick.”The idea is clear: That Hubbell is out of touch with ordinary Iowans.In her acceptance speech Tuesday night, the governor echoed that theme herself.Hubbell, who has been traveling the state extensively throughout the primary campaign, has brushed aside the attacks.
Fred Hubbell’s Victory Sets Up Showdown With Gov. Kim Reynolds In November
Ed Tibbetts, Quad-City Times, The Gazette (Cedar Rapids)
Tue, 06/05/2018 - 7:32pm
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Topics: Iowa Linn County Cedar Rapids
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