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Former state rep., presidential appointee Gary Blodgett dies at 83


Former Republican presidential appointee and state representative Gary B. Blodgett, 83, of Clear Lake, died early Wednesday.
The longtime Mason City orthodontist’s name was virtually synonymous with north Iowa Republican causes and campaigns for decades.
Gary Blodgett, from 2013
Beginning in 1972, when he assisted with President Richard Nixon’s re-election, Blodgett was extensively involved in politics. In 1976, he raised funds for President Gerald Ford’s campaign; between 1980-92, he was actively engaged in the presidential campaigns of Ronald Reagan and the first President Bush. Until 2014, when Alzheimer s finally slowed him down, he raised money for Gov. Terry Branstad and was a mainstay in GOP circles. ....

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