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URBANDALE — Iowa County Supervisor Abigail Maas said she is ready to translate her horse roping and riding skills to reining in taxpayer dollars and property taxes as state auditor.

Speaking to attendees at the Westside Conservative Club meeting at the Machine Shed restaurant in Urbandale on Wednesday morning, Maas, 33, who is running as a Republican for Iowa state auditor, said her experience authorizing county department funds and tracking taxpayer dollars as county supervisor makes her a strong contender for the role.

“There's not a lot of people that wake up excited to crunch numbers or bale hay at 4 in the morning, but that's me, and I have cowgirl grit,” Maas said. “I have horses. Obvio

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