15 Facts About Fred Hubbell

Frederick Shelton Hubbell was born on April 25,1951 and is an American attorney, businessman and politician.

Fred Hubbell was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Iowa in the 2018 election.

Fred Hubbell served as Acting Director of the Department of Economic Development of Iowa and as Chair of the Iowa Power Fund in the 2000s.

Fred Hubbell received a bachelor's degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Juris Doctor from the University of Iowa College of Law.

Fred Hubbell began working for Equitable of Iowa Companies in 1983.

In 1985, Fred Hubbell became Chairman of Equitable's Younkers retail department store subsidiary.

In 2009, Governor Chet Culver appointed Fred Hubbell as Acting Director of the Department of Economic Development of Iowa to help clean up hundreds of millions of dollars in waste related to a film tax scandal.

Additionally, Fred Hubbell served as Chair of the Iowa Power Fund Board of Directors from 2007 to 2010, tasked with investing $100 million in wind and renewable energy across Iowa.

In February 2019, Fred Hubbell was injured in a bicycle crash in Arizona, according to a statement from his wife Charlotte.

Fred Hubbell has worked and served with a large variety of nonprofits and philanthropic organizations.

Fred and Charlotte Hubbell helped Broadlawns Medical Center in Des Moines to expand their mental health facility, helping to increase their number of mental health beds by fifty percent and add two new psychiatrists.

On July 17,2017, Fred Hubbell announced his candidacy for Governor of Iowa.

Fred Hubbell was widely seen as a front-runner in the Democratic primary, polling at the top in the field and fundraising more than twice as much as his primary opponents.

The poll showed Fred Hubbell leading the field in favorability.

Fred Hubbell faced the Republican incumbent, Kim Reynolds and the Libertarian candidate, Jake Porter, in the general election, which was held on November 6,2018.