Daily Reporter Staff

A candidate for Congress and one of the leaders in the Iowa Senate highlight the annual steak fry fundraiser Sunday for Clay County Democrats.

Social hour begins at 5 p.m. at the Oneota Park Shelter in the first block of 10th Avenue East in Spencer. The public is invited to attend, but asked to RSVP Sylvia Schoer at 262-5237.

Clay County Supervisor candidates H Schar and Tim Kehoe are expected to make remarks as part of the program.

Rob Hubler, a Council Bluffs Democrat, received his party's nomination for the seat currently held by U.S. Rep. Steve King of Kiron. He is scheduled to attend.

Hubler grew up as the son of a Presbyterian minister and graduated from Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln High School. He worked for a railroad company before enlisting in the U.S. Navy.

He received an honorable discharge, with a background in nuclear-powered submarines, in 1969. Hubler returned to Iowa and became a community leader in Fairfield. He also served as the Western Iowa Coordinator for U.S. Sen. Dick Clark and then-U.S. Rep. Tom Harkin. Clark kept Hubler on his staff after the senator gained office in 1972.

Hubler also has served as a political fundraising consultant for Rep. John Cavanaugh of Nebraska, Sen. Gary Hart for his presidential campaign and Sen. Paul Simon of Illinois.

Hubler left politics for the seminary and ministered to congregations in four states. He retired from being a full-time minister in 2000 to care for his father in Pasadena, Calif.

He moved back to Iowa in 2006 and was encouraged by friends to resume a career in politics.

Jack Kibbie of Emmetsburg has filed to run for another term in the Iowa Senate. He currently serves residents in District 4, which includes all of Emmet, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Humboldt and Pocahontas counties as well as Jackson, Deer Creek and Johnson townships in Webster county

Kibbie currently serves as President of the Iowa Senate and vice-chair of the rules and administration committee as well as co-chair of the Ethics committee, and on State Government, Agriculture committees.

Kibbie served in the Iowa House from 1961-1964 and the Senate from 1964-1968. He was re-elected in 1988 to the Senate. He also served on the Iowa Lakes Community College Board for 17 years, serving as president for 10 of those years.

Jack and wife, Kay, currently operate a family livestock and grain farm with his two sons.