1. Jack Hatch was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Iowa in the 2014 election.
14 Facts About Jack Hatch
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Jack Hatch unsuccessfully ran for mayor in the 2019 Des Moines mayoral election, narrowly being defeated by incumbent mayor Frank Cownie in the runoff.
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Jack Hatch, who struggled with dyslexia as a child, was born in Hartford, Connecticut.
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Jack Hatch moved to Des Moines in 1968 as a freshman at Drake University.
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Jack Hatch's district includes much of the city of Des Moines.
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Jack Hatch served on the Appropriations committee; the Economic Growth committee; the Human Resources committee; the Labor and Business Relations committee;and the State Government committee.
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Jack Hatch chaired the Health and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee.
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Jack Hatch has primarily focused on issues relating to healthcare, education, children and families, and environmental proaction.
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Jack Hatch led the state's comprehensive health care reform establishing Hawk-i, Iowa's healthcare access program for young children.
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Jack Hatch's work reforming Iowa's healthcare system gained him national prominence when, in 2009, he was appointed chair of the White House Working Group of State Legislators for Health Reform.
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Jack Hatch was re-elected in 2006 and in 2010, running unopposed both times.
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In 1997, together with his wife Sonja, Jack Hatch founded Jack Hatch Development Group, a company that builds affordable housing in low-income neighborhoods.
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In 2013, Jack Hatch announced his candidacy for Governor of Iowa.
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Jack Hatch focused his campaign on raising the minimum wage in Iowa, expanding healthcare and education access to children and cleaning environmental resources across the state.