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FILE - In this April 2, 2010 file photo is former Iowa congressional candidate Jim Gibbons in Des Moines, Iowa. Iowa Secretary of State Matt Schultz, a Republican running for Congress as a budget-cutting conservative, decided in May 2012 to cut the office's chief deputy position held for 17 months by Gibbons. But rather than let Gibbons go within weeks as he did four career workers laid that summer, Schultz took unusual steps that kept his political appointee on the payroll through the end of the year. (AP Photo/The Des Moines Register, Rodney White) ** MAGS OUT, TV OUT, ONLINE OUT, NO SALES, MANDATORY CREDIT **
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Deliylah stands after winning the best dressed dog award at the 35th annual Drake Relays Beautiful Bulldog Contest, Monday, April 21, 2014, in Des Moines, Iowa. The pageant kicks off the Drake Relays festivities at Drake University where a bulldog is the mascot. Deliylah is owned by Tressa Yeggy, of Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
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This photo taken on Monday, April 7, 2014, shows the Grand Avenue bridge in downtown Des Moines. replacement of a downtown bridge matches the arched appearance of other nearby bridges. (AP Photo/The Des Moines Register, Kelsey Kremer) MAGS OUT, TV OUT, NO SALES, MANDATORY CREDIT
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Seward Johnson's American Gothic-inspired statue is on display at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa., on Jan. 19, 2014. The 25-foot-tall replica of the farmer and daughter shown in the painting will remain at the fairgrounds in east Des Moines for the next six months. Peter Cownie, executive director of the Iowa State Fair Blue Ribbon Foundation, said his father, Jim Cownie, and central Iowa businessman Bill Knapp paid $30,000 to lease the sculpture. (AP Photo/The Des Moines Register, Rodney White) MANDATORY CREDIT
