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THIS CASE, YOU’RE ASKED TO CALL CRIME STOPPERS. THIS WEEK, DEMOCRATS CHOSE THEIR CANDIDATE FOR THE SPECIAL ELECTION FOR STATE SENATE DISTRICT 16. THIS SEAT OPENED AFTER DEMOCRATIC STATE SENATOR CLAIRE CELSI DIED EARLIER THIS MONTH. NOW, WEST DES MOINES CITY COUNCILWOMAN RENEE HARDMAN IS RUNNING TO FILL CASEY ����vlog MARCUS MCINTOSH SAT DOWN WITH HARDMAN AND LEARNED WHY SHE BELIEVES SHE’S THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THE JOB. RENEE HARDMAN IS HOPEFUL THAT AT THE END OF DECEMBER, SHE’LL BE ELECTED TO REPRESENT STATE SENATE DISTRICT 16 IN THE IOWA STATE HOUSE. I’M EXCITED FOR THIS NEW OPPORTUNITY. YOU KNOW, I CERTAINLY WILL NOT TAKE ANYTHING FOR GRANTED. HARDMAN KNOWS WITH A LITTLE MORE THAN TWO MONTHS BEFORE THE SPECIAL ELECTION, SHE NEEDS TO HIT THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL AT FULL SPEED. ALL OF MY LIFE, I’VE BEEN A FIGHTER AND A FORCE FOR CHANGE. I’VE WORKED WITH MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES, AND IT’S JUST EXCITING TO BE ABLE TO TAKE MY SERVICE LEVEL SERVICE TO TO THE NEXT LEVEL. THAT NEXT LEVEL IS STATE SENATE DISTRICT 16, HELD BY THE LATE SENATOR CLAIRE CELSI, WHO HIRED HIM AND CALLS A FRIEND. CELSI WAS HER FIRST CAMPAIGN MANAGER WHEN SHE RAN FOR WEST DES MOINES CITY COUNCIL ABOUT A DECADE AGO. SO SHE TAUGHT ME EVERYTHING. SHE TAUGHT ME HOW TO DOOR KNOCK. SHE TAUGHT ME ABOUT HOW TO FILL OUT QUESTIONNAIRES. SHE WAS THERE. SO CLAIRE WAS A FIGHTER AND CLAIRE FOUGHT FOR FOLKS THAT NEEDED A VOICE. BIG SHOES TO FILL. SENATE DEMOCRATIC LEADER JANICE WEINER IS CONFIDENT RENEE HARDMAN IS THE RIGHT PERSON TO KEEP STATE SENATE DISTRICT 16 BLUE. SHE HAS EIGHT YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT, AND AS SOMEONE WHO CAME FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENT MYSELF, I UNDERSTAND HOW WHAT AN IMPACT THAT HAS, NOT JUST BECAUSE SHE KNOWS ABOUT GOVERNANCE AND LOCAL BUDGETS AND ALL THE REST OF THAT, BUT SHE KNOWS THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF WORKING WITH PEOPLE AND GOVERNING. IF ELECTED, HARDMAN’S GOAL WILL BE TO ADVOCATE AND LEGISLATE FOR MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES AND THOSE IN NEED. SOMETHING SHE WILL DO WITH COLLABORATION. I LIKE TO LISTEN, LEARN AND LEAD IN THAT ORDER, AND THAT’S HOW YOU SOLVE PROBLEMS. I’M COLLABORATIVE. I’M A TEAM PLAYER. THE SPECIAL ELECTION FOR IOWA STATE SENATE DISTRICT 16 IS DECEMBER 30TH. IF ELECTED, WOULD BE HISTORIC FOR HARDMAN BECAUSE IT WOULD MAKE HER THE FIRST BLACK FEMALE ELECTED TO THE IOWA STATE SENATE. IN DES MOINES, MARCUS MCINTOSH ����vlog EIGHT NEWS, IOWA’S NEWS LEADER. AND BY THE WAY, THERE IS NO REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR IOWA’S SENATE DISTRICT 16. YET THE REPUBLICANS SPECIAL NOMINATING CONVENTION, WHERE THEY WILL CHOOS