Iowa GOP to hold nominating convention for vacant Senate seat
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(ABC 6 News) — On Monday, north Iowa Republicans are heading to Mason City to hold a nominating convention for a newly vacated Senate seat.
Iowa Senator Waylon Brown of Osage resigned last month just after narrowly defeating challenger Doug Campbell in the June primary.
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Brown later revealed that he accepted a role as a policy advisor at a renewable energy non-profit.
Republicans will nominate someone else for the seat on Monday which covers Mitchell, Worth, and Cerro Gordo Counties as well as portions of Floyd County.