Dexter attorney to challenge AG Miller

Dexter attorney Brenna Findley has announced she will seek the Republican nomination to challenge Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller.

“Iowa needs an attorney general who is a strong advocate for Iowa's economy and understands what it takes to create private sector jobs in every community and in every county,” Findley said. “My background and experience have given me the understanding about what it takes to ensure Iowa is a family friendly state where jobs, opportunity and prosperity can thrive in every community. Small business is the engine for job growth -- my office will be small business friendly.”

Raised on a farm near Dexter in southwest Dallas County, Findley, 33, attended Drake University in Des Moines and graduated with honors with majors in political science and history and minor in Russian.

She earned a law degree at the University of Chicago Law School. While there, she was Symposium Editor of The University of Chicago Law School Roundtable law journal and worked for small business clients in the Institute for Justice Clinic on Entrepreneurship. Upon graduation from law school, she worked in private practice.

In addition to her private practice, Findley has served as chief of staff and senior Judiciary Committee staff member to U.S. Rep. Steve King since 2003. In that, Findley said, she has dealt with many of the most pressing legal issues of the day.

Besides focusing on jobs, Findley says she will campaign on the need for Iowans to have a legal watchdog to hold state government accountable and enforce Iowa's laws and the principles in our Constitution.

“I will bring the work ethic I learned working on our farm in Dexter to the attorney general's office,” she said. “The office has been under one-party control since 1978. I want to serve as your legal watchdog and bring openness, accountability and transparency to our state government.”

Findley believes Iowans are looking for a fresh perspective. A conservative Republican, Findley says she offers a strong contrast with Miller and the current status quo and looks forward to traveling the state.

“Tom Miller has spanned four decades in the job and I think Iowans are ready for a new direction and a fresh perspective,” said Findley.

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www.FindleyforIowa.com