Comment on National populist group endorses Cathy Glasson for Iowa governor

CEDAR RAPIDS — A day after formally entering the race for the Democratic nomination for governor, Coralville nurse and union president Cathy Glasson has been endorsed by the Progressive Change Campaign Committee.Glasson is an “authentic, gut-level economic populist who is instinctively on the side of working people,” Progressive Change Campaign Committee co-founder Stephanie Taylor said in the endorsement.The Progressive Change Campaign Committee describes itself as the “Elizabeth Warren wing of American politics and advocates for populist priorities like expanding Social Security, debt-free college, Wall Street reform and universal health care.Glasson “is one of the top bold progressives running for governor this cycle,” Taylor said.