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I like Iowa. I know Iowa. I've spent some time in Iowa. Good people in Iowa. It's a great state.

I come from Des Moines. Someone had to.

I'm from Iowa, we don't know what cool is!

God had a plan for everything. I never knew I'd come to Iowa, but now I love Iowa. Everything is so great about it - the people, the environment, education. I'm so proud to say I'm an Iowan. I'm living the dream.

I am proud to have been born in Iowa. Through the eyes of a ten-year-old boy, it was a place of adventure and daily discoveries - the wonder of the growing crops, the excitements of the harvest, the journeys to the woods for nuts and hunting, the joys of snowy winters, the comfort of the family fireside, of good food and tender care.

In Iowa, we take care of people. That's all I think I need to say.

What is it about Iowa? I'm the shortest guy in the state.

I grew up in southwest Iowa, on a farm north of Stanton, Iowa, which is a tiny little town, a farming community. I went to Iowa State University and joined Army ROTC while I was there and just have had such a phenomenal life. I am a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

I started with California, and I did not like it. I flew over to Seattle, and I did not like it much. I felt like Iowa is the place - I like the people and the environment.

When you tell an Iowan a joke, you can see a kind of race going on between his brain and his expression.