(Radio Iowa) – Pastor Brad Sherman, a Republican from Williamsburg, says he’s running for governor because there’s been an erosion of constitutional rights in Iowa — including the business closures and other limitations Governor Reynolds ordered six years ago at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sherman says as governor he’d take executive action to reverse an Iowa Utilities Commission decision. If Summit Carbon Solutions gets permits from other states along the proposal pipeline route, the commission said Summit can seize properties from Iowa landowners who’ve refused to grant voluntary easements. Sherman says the pipeline is a private project and does not qualify for that eminent domain authority.
Sherman served one term in the Iowa House and is competing against four other Republicans for the party’s nomination for governor.
Sherman launched his campaign in February of last year.
