Democratic delegates from Dallas, Greene and Guthrie counties convened July 19 at Sportsman Park in Dawson to nominate Joe Shelly of Perry as their candidate to represent Iowa House District 47.
The district includes northwest Dallas and all of Greene and Guthrie Counties.
Shelly is a semi-retired union pipefitter and currently serves on the Perry city council and Dallas County Hospital board of trustees.
Orphaned early in life, he started down the wrong path of drugs and crime, but he discovered a path upward in a prison library in the state of Nevada. He earned a union apprenticeship as a pipefitter and began a successful career. “I’m running for the Iowa House to make life better for all Iowa families and to put people over politics”, Shelly said.
Convention chair Tom Walton, chair of the Dallas County Democrats, said, “We are proud to have Joe representing the Democratic Party in Iowa. He is a man of the people who turned his life around and continues to make a difference.”
Shelly has also been endorsed by Lanan Baccam, Democratic candidate for the Third Congressional District. Shelly’s opponent is Republican Carter Nordman. The election is Nov. 5, 2024.
