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West DM Lawyer to Run for State Senate

By on November 9, 2012

(AP)  THE REPUBLICAN PARTY SAYS A SPECIAL NOMINATING CONVENTION HAS CHOSEN CHARLES SCHNEIDER TO RUN IN A SPECIAL ELECTION FOR SENATE DISTRICT 22 IN SUBURBAN DES MOINES.

THE NOMINATING CONVENTION CHOSE SCHNEIDER IN THE SECOND ROUND OF BALLOTING THURSDAY NIGHT.  SCHNEIDER IS A LAWYER WHO SERVES ON THE WEST DES MOINES CITY COUNCIL.  HE WILL RUN AGAINST DEMOCRAT DESMUND ADAMS, A CLIVE RESIDENT WHO OWNS AN EXECUTIVE RECRUITING AND HUMAN RESOURCES FIRM.

A SPECIAL ELECTION WILL BE HELD DEC. 11 BECAUSE INCUMBENT REPUBLICAN STATE SEN. PAT WARD DIED OCT. 15 OF BREAST CANCER.