Service to community is nothing new for Pat VanZante, Democratic
candidate for Iowa House District 71. Throughout her life she has
volunteered and worked for the betterment of both her immediate
community and the state at large. Being elected to serve in the state
legislature, she said, is a way she can continue what she's already
started and make a difference on a larger scale. Pride in the state
and a want for it to be the best it can be is ingrained in both her
and her husband, Arvin VanZante -- descendants of families that have
long made Iowa their home. "[Running for the Iowa House of
Representatives] is very exciting, but also a little scary," she
admitted.

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