In Small Towns, Families Step Up To Run For Office

Politics often can become a family affair in small-town Iowa, though the impetus has more to do with the nature of small towns than with dynasties such as the Bushes, Clintons and Kennedys on the national stage.The clustering of extended families in small towns and the shortage of city office candidates help explain why the ballots in at least eight Eastern Iowa communities had more than one candidate with the same last name.

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