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Wednesday, November 06, 2002
Tom Vilsack (D, Incumbent)
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Republicans had a lock on Iowa's top job until Tom Vilsack came along in 1998. A former small-town mayor and state senator, Vilsack breezed to re-election over Doug Gross, an attorney who served in senior roles to former governors Robert Ray and Terry Branstad. During his first term, Vilsack focused on stanching the outward flow of Iowa's youth with incentives for college graduates who stayed in state and small businesses locating in Iowa. In 2001, he began efforts to encourage small towns to open their doors to refugees from other countries, including Afghanistan. Vilsack also established strong education credentials, signing into law more than $200 million worth of new school bills aimed at reducing class sizes.
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