Palm Card, 4" x 9".

Governor Chet CULVER
High school teacher & coach
Iowa Secretary of State
Father and husband

Lt. Governor Patty JUDGE
Farmer from Southern Iowa
First woman elected Sec. of Agriculture
Nurse

www.ChetCulver.com
515.244.5151  PO Box 6068, Des Moines, IA 50309

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Record of ACCOMPLISHMENT
& Clear Vision for a Brighter Future

CREATING JOBS & FLOOD RECOVERY
Initiated I-JOBS to help create jobs, invest in 1600 infrastructure projects and speed up flood recovery -- all without raising taxes
 
RENEWABLE ENERGY & GREEN JOBS
Established the Iowa Power Fund to create the jobs of tomorrow and help Iowa become the renewable energy capital and Silicon Prairie of Midwest

SUPPORTING TROOPS & VETERANS
Helping our troops, veterans, and their families. First state to enact all 10 Dept. of Defense requests to help troops and veterans

GIVING EVERY CHILD A GOOD START
Expanding access to affordable health care insurance and providing preschool for every Iowa child

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The Culver/Judge Economic Record:
Don't just take our word for it! Here are independent verifiers that have ranked highly Iowa's economic strength, growth and position, and which prove the "doom and gloom" coming from the Branstad campaign is just outright false

1. Iowa has the 2nd lowest per-capita debt in the nation before I-JOBS and the 4th lowest after I-JOBS (Moody's Inves­tor Services, August 2010)

2. There is no budget deficit. Iowa has a balanced budget and a projected $275 million budget surplus (Legislative Services Agency, July 2010)

3. Iowa has the 2nd strongest fiscal situation and is ranked 2nd lowest for "risk of fiscal peril" of all states (Pew Center for the States, November 2009)

4. Iowa is the #6 top state for doing business (CNBC, July 2010)

5. Iowa's economic performance is 8th in the country; I-JOBS was cited as one of the factors (United States Chamber of Commerce, June 2010)

6. Moody's projects Iowa to be one of the first 11 states to recover from the recession (Moody's Investor Services, Oc­tober 2009)

7. Triple-A Bond Rating from all 3 major credit reporting agencies; 1 of only 9 states to achieve this rating

8. Iowa's unemployment is 9th low­est in the nation (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, June 2010)

9. Iowa one of 10 state with "ridiculously low" unemployment (Business Insider, August 2010)

10. Iowa ranks #2 for economic confidence. Iowans feel better about the economy than almost anyone else in the nation (Gallup, July 2010)


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11. Iowa has added an average of 3,500 new non-farm jobs each month so far in 2010, putting us on pace for the stron­gest annual rate of job growth since 1994 (Iowa Policy Project, June 2010)

12. Iowa has the 3rd best employ­ment outlook in the nation (Manpow­er Inc., June 2010)

13. Iowa is ranked #1 for the cost of doing business (CNBC, July 2010)

14. Des Moines is ranked #1 in the nation as the best place for business and careers (Forbes, June 2010)

15. Cedar Rapids is ranked #1 in the nation for projected job growth (Forbes, June 2010)

16. Dubuque is ranked #1 in the nation for projected job growth (Forbes, June 2010, Best Small Places)

17. Iowa City is ranked the 2nd best place in the nation for business and careers (Forbes, June 2010, Best Small Places)

18. Iowa is the #1 biofuels manufactur­ing and research leader in the nation (Business Facilities, August 2010)

19. Iowa farm values have risen more than 13% since the beginning of the year (Wallace's Farmer, May 2010)

20. Iowa's Leading Indicators Index has been climbing consistently for the past 9 months (Cedar Rapids Gazette, Au­gust 2010)

21. Iowa earns the top spot as the na­tion's wind energy manufacturing leader (Business Facilities, August 2010)

22. Cedar Rapids is ranked as the 13th best place for business and careers (Forbes, June 2010)

23. Iowa is recognized as the 2nd best in the nation as an alternative energy industry leader (Business Facilities, August 2010)

24. Iowa was awarded the largest flood prevention grant in the nation due to Culver's flood recovery and mitiga­tion work after the 2008 floods (Des Moines Register, August 2010)

25. Iowa's largest employers are con­fident about increasing sales over the next 6 months and many expect to step up hiring (Iowa Business Coun­cil, June 2010)


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