Cass County Democratic Party Chair Sherry Toelle reports Charlotte Hubbell, wife of gubernatorial candidate Fred Hubbell, spoke to 40 voters in Atlantic on Friday, September 28th. Mrs. Hubbell spoke about her husband’s top priorities for Iowa, which include: affordable health care coverage, increased funding for education, and developing good-paying jobs.

Charlotte Hubbell

Toelle says Hubbell has pledged to reverse the Iowa Legislature’s actions against worker’s compensation and collective bargaining. She said also, he is adamantly opposed to Iowa’s privatization of Medicaid and will take action on his first day in office to begin the transition to return privatized Medicaid back to the Iowa Department of Human Services. He also plans to place women’s health centers back into Iowa. Hubbell has also stated his intentions to recoup the more than $100 million in tax credits that are going to large corporations without proving Iowa with a return on those investments.

When asked what she would foresee happening in Iowa over the next few years if her husband were elected, Mrs. Hubbell remembered when the water and air were clean and when Iowa was among the top five states in education. Those restorations were part of her vision for Iowa. She drew spontaneous applause when she spoke of restoring collective bargaining rights to Iowa’s workforce and increasing family incomes. Environmental quality and support of veterans were also priorities for the Hubbell-Hart campaign.

(Press Release)