Republican Rep. Polly Granzow is Retiring

Republican Rep. Polly Granzow announced on Friday that she will be retiring from the Iowa House following this session. Granzow, from Eldora, represents district 44 which includes Hardin County, a large portion of Marshall County, and part of Franklin County. Granzow has served in the Iowa House since 2002.

Granzow is the second retirement in the area after State Senator Larry McKibben announced he would not be running in Senate District 22 either. That leaves area Republicans scrounging to find candidates to run for the 2 closely contested seats.

Running for the seat in House District 44 on the Democratic side is Tim Hoy, who lost to Granzow by less than 300 votes in 2006. Hoy is a former mayor of Eldora. He and his wife own and operate Eldora Valu-Rite Pharmacy and Ahoy Fountain.