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Podcast: Julie Gammack's Iowa Potluck
Episode: Josh Turek, Candidate for U.S Senate
Description: Iowa Writers’ Collaborative Holiday Party / Okoboji Writers’ and Songwriters’ RetreatJosh Turek, an Iowa state representative and Paralympic gold medalist, joins the podcast as a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate. He explains that he’s the first permanently disabled member of the Iowa Legislature and represents one of the reddest districts in the state, having overperformed Democrats there by about 14 points. He shares his origin story: growing up poor in Council Bluffs, relying on free lunch programs and credit cards for groceries, being born with spina bifida linked to his father’s Agent Orange exposure, enduring 21 surgeries...