(Cedar Falls, IA) The Walt Rogers Congressional Campaign today announced its first round of county chairs. The list consists of 14 county chairs, including chairs for all three major metro areas in the district.
“I am excited to have such a great group of people from across the district on board with this campaign,” Walt Rogers said. “Grassroots activists are a major key to building a campaign, and I believe these volunteers will be a great foundation for us to build on.”
| Allamakee- Lori Hesse Benton- Ken Popenhagen Black Hawk- Maj. Gen. Curly Hultman (ret.) Bremer- Bob Brunkhorst Buchanan- Kelly Lange Delaware- Terry Griffith Dubuque- Craig Takes |
Howard- Neil Shaffer Jones- Lloyd Eaken Linn- Joni Scotter Marshall- Jane Jech Poweshiek- Scot Wilson Tama- Gabe Zimmerman Winneshiek- Mike Klimesh |
The only Republican state legislator currently serving from Black Hawk County, Walt Rogers was first elected to the Iowa House of Representatives in 2010 by defeating an incumbent Democrat. Elected by his colleagues as an Assistant Majority Leader during his freshman term in office, Rogers was also chosen as one of only 15 state legislators nationwide to GOPAC’s Emerging Leaders Class of 2012; this year Rogers was named one of four co-chairs of their Emerging Leaders Summit.
Rogers serves on the Appropriations, Economic Growth, Education, and Transportation committees and is the Vice Chair of the Administration and Rules Appropriations Committee.
Rogers represents Iowa House District 60, which is comprised of much of west Waterloo and southernCedar Falls, Hudson, and southwestern rural Black Hawk County.