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Ex-U.S. Attorney Faces Two in Iowa Primary
By Stephanie Woodrow | March 19, 2010 5:43 pm

Roxanne Conlin (Roxanne Conlin & Associates)

Former Iowa federal prosecutor Roxanne Conlin (D) will have two challengers in the Democratic primary to see who will face off against Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) in the November election.

Friday marked the filing deadline for major party candidates with the Iowa Secretary of State. In addition to Conlin, who served as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa from 1977 to 1981, the other two Democratic candidates in the June primary are and former state Rep. Bob Krause and former state Sen. Tom Fiegen.

Engineer Sal Mohamed previously announced hiscandidacy for the Democratic nomination but did not file with the Secretary of State’s office.

Grassley is running unopposed in the Republican primary.

UPDATE: A previous version of this article stated that there were two Republicans running for the nomination. The Iowa Secretary of State has since corrected it’s list.

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