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DES MOINES — Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Zach Wahls this week announced a slate of 40 new endorsements, including union and city and county government leaders.

“In my years of public service, I’ve learned to recognize leaders who will actually fight for their constituents rather than just talk about it,” Winneshiek County Supervisor Shirley Jenkins Vermace said in a press release from the Wahls campaign.

“Zach has proven he’ll take on powerful interests — whether it’s greedy out-of-state companies threatening Iowans who live in mobile homes or pharmaceutical companies driving up drug costs,” Jenkins Vermace said. “Winneshiek County and all of Iowa needs that kind of fighter in the U.S. S

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