Republican delegates from southwest Iowa will gather this (Tuesday) evening in Corning, for a Special Nominating Convention. The event begins at 6:30-p.m. at the Corning Opera House. At least four Republican candidates…Tom Moore of Griswold, John Hartkopf of Atlantic, Ian Barris, of Atlantic and Doug Borkowski of Elliott…have expressed an interest in filling the Iowa House District 21 seat left vacant by the death of State Rep. Jack Drake of Griswold.

The Democratic Party Nominating Convention will be held this 6-p.m. this Thursday, Nov. 12th, 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.

House District 21 covers portions of Pottawattamie and Cass Counties and all of Adams and Union Counties.