A North Iowa legislator, one of the Republican leaders in the State Senate, is resigning. .
Waylon Brown of Osage is a farmer and construction company who’s been a state senator since 2017. He’s been the majority whip for Senate Republicans, too. In a written statement, Brown said his “departure” from the Iowa Senate would be effective on Wednesday (07.10), but offered no other explanation for his resignation.
Brown had been running for reelection in a district that covers all of Cerro Gordo, Mitchell and Worth Counties and a small part of Floyd County.
Doug Campbell, a former Mason City school board member, finished about five points behind Brown in the June Primary when he made opposition to the carbon pipeline project a main issue in his campaign.
Under state law, Republicans in Brown’s state senate district may hold a convention and nominate someone to run for the seat.
