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Democrat
Bruce Braley
Bruce Braley was born in Grinnell, Iowa in 1957 and grew up in nearby Brooklyn, Iowa. Bruce applied for his first job when he was in third grade and has been working ever since. He delivered newspapers, mowed yards, bailed hay, detassled corn, did janitorial work, worked at a grain elevator, and drove a dump truck. To help put himself through college and law school, he built roads and bridges for the Poweshiek County Roads Department.
Bruce moved to Waterloo in 1983 where he practiced law for 23 years, representing people who lost their jobs due to corporate downsizing and employees who challenged dangerous safety standards.
Rep. Braley was first elected to the US House in November 2006.
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PO Box 390
Waterloo, IA 50704
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Republican
Benjamin M. Lange
Ben grew up in a working class family in Quasqueton, IA, a small rural town in Eastern Iowa, population 499. As the son of a blue-collar meat plant worker, Ben learned the value of fiscal discipline and the dignity of an honest day’s work. Growing up in rural Iowa, Ben also learned the value of family, local communities, and local decision-making – pillars of the Iowa conservative ethic.
Ben’s boyhood home was a stone’s throw away from a local baseball field. When he was not in school, Ben could be found at that field – rain or shine – chasing his dream of playing major league baseball. After graduating from East Buchanan High School, he chased his dream all the way to Georgetown, TX, where he played college baseball for Southwestern University. Ben went on to earn his Bachelors’ degree in political science and became the first member of his family to earn a four-year college degree.
Three years later, Ben blazed another trail when he earned a law degree from Hamline University. During school, he served as policy advisor to U.S. Congressman John Kline, a from Minnesota and a former military advisor who carried the nuclear launch codes for President Reagan.
It was also during school that Ben’s courtship with a girl from Masonville, IA began. Ben married Kelly Dolan on November 27, 2004. In 2007, with the birth of their first baby girl, Addison, the Langes moved home to Buchanan County to raise a family and be closer to the grandparents. Ben and Kelly welcomed their second baby girl, Emelia, into the world in 2008. Ben now owns a small business in Independence, IA and Kelly works at a local community college.
In January 2010, Ben announced his candidacy for the United States Congress in his home district – Iowa’s 1st Congressional District. This district was represented by a Republican for 30 years until Rep. Jim Nussle vacated the seat in 2006 to run for governor. Independent voters account for 40% of all registered voters in the district, the single largest voting bloc.
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