Subject: Iraq vet Jim Mowrer running for Congress again
From: "Eric Schwerin" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>, "Alexander S. Mackler" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2015 09:54:17 -0400

Iraq vet Jim Mowrer running for Congress again

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2015/08/17/jim-mowrer-running-congress/31828103/

Iraq vet Jim Mowrer running for Congress again
Des Moines Register file
Democrat Jim Mowrer less

Iraq veteran Jim Mowrer, who lost a hard-fought challenge for the House of
Representatives against U.S. Rep. Steve King last year, is running for
Congress again — this time in the Des Moines area instead of northwest Iowa.

Mowrer, a former Pentagon aide who raised more than $2 million for his last
campaign but lost by more than 20 points, had no intention of running until
a few months ago, he told The Des Moines Register.

"I had a good friend who died. That was another reminder of how fleeting
life can be and we need to take action to change our world while we have
the opportunity to do so," he said.

Mowrer, 29, became close friends with Vice President Joe Biden's son Beau
while serving in a war zone together. Beau Biden died of brain cancer in
May at age 46.

Mowrer, who attended his friend's funeral in Delaware, declined to say
whether the vice president encouraged him to run for Congress again. Joe
Biden himself is weighing a repeat presidential bid, reportedly at the
urging of his late son.

"I'll keep any conversations between the vice president and I between him
and I," Mowrer said.

Another reason he wants to serve in Congress is because "we don't have Tom
Harkin any more," Mowrer said, referring to the retired longtime U.S.
senator. "We don't have a great champion for the underprivileged and people
with disabilities."

Mowrer was born and raised in Boone. Since last fall's election, he and his
wife Chelsey and their two young sons moved into a Des Moines home they
purchased in 2007.

The 3rd District can be a competitive district; independent registered
voters outnumber both Democrats and Republicans. Republican David Young won
his first term by more than 10 points in November 2014. President Barack
Obama, a Democrat, was successful in the district with 52 percent support
in his re-election bid in 2012.

Mowrer said he thinks he'd have a knack at navigating the partisanship that
too often causes gridlock.

"Congress isn't working. What we need is leadership willing to put Iowa's
middle class before parties and politics — that's exactly why I'm running
and what I'll do," he said.

Another Democrat, Desmund Adams, has also declared a candidacy for Iowa's
3rd District.

Mowrer said he already has strong support and endorsements from Democratic
influencers, including state Reps. Bruce Hunter of Des Moines and Charlie
McConkey of Council Bluffs; Polk County Treasurer Mary Maloney; the chairs
of the Democratic parties in Pottawattamie, Guthrie, Montgomery and Fremont
counties; and state central committee members Paula Martinez of Carlisle,
Jennifer Lunsford of Windsor Heights and Kimberly Boggus of Des Moines.

He has the backing of party influencers who live outside the district,
including Democratic National Committee Member Jan Bauer, former Iowa
Democratic Party chairwoman Sue Dvorsky, state Sen. Bob Dvorsky, state
Reps. Abby Finkenauer and Todd Pritchard, and others.

"I'm very confident we will put together a winning campaign and we will
have the resources to win," Mowrer said.

Eric D. Schwerin
[email-masked]

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