LINN COUNTY — Two Linn County public schoolteachers will meet in a Nov. 4 rematch of the 2012 race that earned Republican Quentin Stanerson a seat in the Iowa House of Representatives.Not surprisingly, both Stanerson and his Democratic opponent, Kristi Keast, believe state investments in public education will help build a strong economy.Stanerson, who teaches social studies at North-Linn Community Schools, defeated Keast, a music teacher at Mount Vernon schools, by 200 votes two years ago to represent House District 95, which includes most of rural northern and eastern Linn County and the southeast corner of Buchanan County.Stanerson, speaking at an Oct.
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