I would like to announce that I have asked Judge to be my candidate for lieutenant governor.

I believe the governor has a role to play in expanding coverage and reducing health care costs until all Iowans' needs are met.

Despite what some candidates in this race have said, this action in South Dakota shows there's a chance a woman's right to make her own health care choices could be threatened.

People are not always as troubled by a position you take as they are troubled when you flip and you flop and you try to get every side of the issue. You have seen what I believe is an election-year conversion.

As a lifelong Iowan who has been a farmer, a registered nurse, a small businesswoman, a state senator and secretary of agriculture, Patty has spent her life devoted to her community and her state.