Rita Hart announces a run in Ia-02
email from Rita Hart campaign:
You may have heard the whispers, and now I'm excited to officially say it out loud: I'm running to represent Iowa's 2nd district in Congress!
Dave Loebsack has served our district so well for over a decade, and I have been proud to call him my representative. Now that he's retiring, our community needs someone who will continue his hard work and legacy, and serve as a strong voice for the interests of working Iowans.
When I was growing up on a farm outside of Charles City, my mother didn’t have a voice. Before I was born, she went into heart failure, and the months she spent in the hospital on oxygen left her voice at barely a whisper. The doctors told her she wouldn’t live past 25 -- well she did, and she had seven more children, including me. Though her voice never did come back, she was a fighter for her whole life.
I learned a lot of things from my mom -- how to fight, how to defy expectations others set for me -- but mostly, I learned how to listen. I’ve spent my life standing up for people who weren’t being heard, as my mother’s daughter, a former educator, and most recently, a State Senator. Now, I want to serve as your voice in Congress.
I’m running for Congress to be a voice for Iowans who don’t have one and to bring those people to the table to solve our toughest challenges: Making sure health care is affordable for all of us, helping families crippled by student loan debt, and growing our economy with stable, good-paying jobs.
I know that the people we should be listening to aren’t always the ones with the loudest voices. Iowa’s hardworking men and women deserve a resounding voice in Washington who will listen to their needs and then put those needs first, every single time.
That’s why I’m asking you to join my team from the very beginning and help us keep this seat in the hands of hardworking Iowans. The fight for our future starts today.
Talk soon,
-Rita