Boston Trip Reinforces Small’s Commitment To Serve

The Iowa Delegation to the Democratic National Convention
this evening at the start of the convention
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BOSTON – During the first day of the Democratic National Convention, Art Small, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, met with Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and the Iowa Delegation for breakfast, had lunch with labor leaders, and had a conference with Sen. Jon Corzine (D-New Jersey), chair of the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee.

The palpable excitement of Iowa delegates, candidates and elected officials bodes well for the week’s events, Small said.

“We’re all having an excellent time,” he said. “The weather is absolutely wonderful and the city has just gone out of its way to be hospitable.”

Small said being in Boston also reinforced his commitment to creating opportunity for ordinary Americans and to his campaign to defeat Sen. Charles Grassley this November.

“I was looking over the city this morning from the terrace of my room, and I could see the Beacon Hill monument – where the American Revolution started – and I could see the convention center,” he said. “Then I saw the wharves and it reminded me of my grandfather. He was a mate on a ship and fell ill. Because of that, my father had to quit school to support the family. For some time, he drove a cab in Boston. Now, here I am, riding in cabs in Boston as a U.S. Senate candidate on my way to the Democratic National Convention.”

“I’ve come a long way from being the son of a traveling salesman,” Small said. “I want all Iowans to have that same opportunity.”

Small said because his father, a smart and hard working man, had not finished high school, most careers weren’t open to him.

Art Small worked his way through college and attended graduate school on the G.I. Bill. His personal experience has motivated him to work for an opportunity society -- where everyone has a genuine chance to secure a quality education, hold a job, take care of a family and live in dignity.

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