Cedar Rapids mayor, Ron Corbett, says Iowa has "come to the close of the Branstad era", and he's asking Republicans to nominate him for Governor.
He said he would push to simplify Iowa's tax code by reducing rates while eliminating deductions, revitalize Iowa's once top-ranked public schools by improving teacher pay and seek to implement a sales tax increase that was supported by voters in 2010 to fund environmental programs.
President Donald Trump is about to hold a rally in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Corbett announced plans Tuesday to run as a Republican in next year's primary, challenging Iowa's new governor, Kim Reynolds.
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Trump's rally on Wednesday will also serve as a send-off for his newly minted USA ambassador to China, former Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, who leaves for Beijing this week, said Michael Glassner, executive director of Trump's campaign committee.
"This primary will leave the Republican nominee out of touch and weakened in 2018", party chairman Derek Eadon said.
"This was the leader we needed to turn ourselves around", she said. To find tickets, head to Register for Cedar Rapids Rally . Corbett, who is 56 years old, is a native of Pennsylvania who attended Cornell College in Mount Vernon and made the city his home after graduation. He later worked for the Cedar-Rapids based trucking company CRST International.
Watch Political Director Dave Price's thoughts on what he found in Cedar Rapids. Corbett has won praise for helping see through major building projects that have transformed the city's downtown. "This is just starting".
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