You really must check out Laura Belin’s interview with Iowa Senator-elect Nikhil Wagle on flipping Iowa Senate District 47, in Scott county, including Bettendorf, Eldridge, Le Claire and parts of Davenport. Iowa needs a committed advocate for health care, public service and public schools in the Iowa Senate.
A physician and school board member, Wagle shares that Iowa’s public education drew him to Iowa. He discusses the effects the school voucher system and privatization of Medicaid have had on patients. He shares how he was able to defeat the Republican incumbent, and when and why he left the Republican party.
“I want to be the best state senator that Bettendorf has ever had because I want to be available and I want to be engaged…If I’m going to run and I’ve been elected by the people to do the job, my only responsibility is to make sure that I am engaged with them and helping them out. If I’m not going to be available then I shouldn’t even be running for the job.” – Nikhil Wagle
Belin: Did Senator Webster call you to concede?
Wagle: He did not.
