Former Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett officially ended his Republican campaign for governor Thursday morning. A judge refused to order Corbett’s name be placed on the Republican Primary ballot. The judge sided with a state panel that ruled last week Corbett fell eight signatures short of what he needed on his nominating petitions.
Corbett says Governor Kim Reynolds has not spoken with him, but Corbett says he has no “ill will” toward her and is backing her candidacy.
Corbett served two terms as Cedar Rapids mayor. He’d previously served in the state legislature, rising to the position of Speaker of the House in the late 1990s.
