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Midwest Week: Branstad Ends One Career to Start Another

WVIK, Quad Cities NPR | By Herb Trix

Published June 2, 2017 at 8:00 AM CDT

As the longest serving governor in US history prepares to leave Iowa for China, a former county treasurer and state senator takes his place.

On Midwest Week, Herb Trix's guest is Kathie Obradovich, political columnist for the Des Moines Register.

You can also hear Midwest Week on WVIK Fridays at 6:20 pm during All Things Considered.

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Herb Trix

A native of Detroit, Herb Trix began his radio career as a country-western disc jockey in Roswell, New Mexico (“KRSY, your superkicker in the Pecos Valley”), in 1978. After a stint at an oldies station in Topeka, Kansas (imagine getting paid to play “Louie Louie” and “Great Balls of Fire”), he wormed his way into news, first in Topeka, and then in Freeport Illinois.

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