Democrats in the Iowa legislature are seizing on what they consider an olive branch from the new governor. Senate Democratic Leader Rob Hogg of Cedar Rapids attended the ceremony installing Republican Kim Reynolds as governor and he heard her first address.
Reynolds also listed renewable energy and education as priority issues and Hogg says Democrats are ready to work with her on those issues as well.
Republicans hold a majority of seats in both the House and Senate, which means the G-O-P decides what is debated. Reynolds said that party labels didn’t matter nearly as much as getting the jobs in the small towns where she’s lived. Hogg says the new governor’s promise of “bringing people together to work for Iowans,” is something he and other Democrats embrace.
