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5 men seek to replace Jack Drake in House District 21

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November 6th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

In an update to our previous reports, four Republicans and one Democrat have so far announced their intentions to seek the Iowa House District 21 seat left vacant by the death of State Rep. Jack Drake of Griswold. The Omaha World-Herald says in the mean-time, the two political parties have announced the dates for their conventions to choose nominees to face off in a special election Dec. 8th.

The lone Democratic nominee so far is Tim Ellis, according to the Iowa Democratic Party. Ellis is vice chairman of the Adams County Democrats and ran for that seat last year. Republican candidates are Tom Moore of Griswold, John Hartkopf of Atlantic, Ian Barris of Atlantic and Doug Borkowski of Elliott.

House District 21 covers portions of Pottawattamie and Cass Counties and all of Adams and Union Counties. That seat has been vacant since Drake, 81, died Oct. 11th. The Republican nominating convention will be held Nov. 10 at the Corning Opera House at 6:30 p.m. The Democratic Party convention will be Nov. 12 at 6 p.m. at the Massena Public Library.

Delegates eligible for these conventions are the precinct committee members from Iowa House District 21 elected at the 2014 precinct caucuses or those elected by their county central committee after the caucuses.