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LET’S TALK [LOCAL] POLITICS WITH NICK MILLER WORDS BY MATTHEW DEIKE │ PHOTOS COURTESY OF MILLER FOR IOWA
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ick Miller is a junior at Drake University who is running against Chris Hagenow in Iowa’s 19th legislative district. He sat down with the Drake Political Review to discuss issues about his campaign. Q: Your campaign’s core values are to invest, educate, and sustain. Why did
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you choose these values to be the center of your campaign? A: My mother was a public high school teacher for about 16 years and I grew up in a public school district as well. I am a huge advocate for entrepreneurship, and in particular, entrepreneurship in young professionals. I see this as an opportunity,
over the course of the next few decades, to really reshape the American economy. We start to see these bigger businesses begin to move online, and the mom-andpop shops are starting to be left behind by priorities from the state level. They prioritize those companies over these smaller companies that are helping
