TERRY BRANSTAD — THE NATION’S LONGEST SERVING GOVERNOR — IS THE 26TH RECEIPIENT OF THE STATE’S HIGHEST CITIZEN HONOR.
IOWA GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLDS PRESENTED BRANSTAD WITH THE “IOWA AWARD” MEDAL THURSDAY DURING A CEREMONY IN THE CAPITOL ROTUNDA.
BRANSTAD, WHO IS 79, WAS A MEMBER OF THE IOWA HOUSE AND SERVED ONE TERM AS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR BEFORE HE WAS ELECTED GOVERNOR IN 1982.
HE SERVED MORE THAN 22 YEARS AS GOVERNOR — AND LEFT OFFICE IN 2017 AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP APPOINTED HIM U-S AMBASSADOR TO CHINA.
https://kscj.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/BRANSTAD1.mp3
BRANSTAD1 OC…….YOU VERY MUCH.” (FADE) :12
BRANSTAD PAID TRIBUTE TO HIS FAMILY AND INFLUENTIAL TEACHERS IN HIS HOMETOWN AS WELL AS LEGISLATORS AND STATE EMPLOYEES WHO SERVED DURING HIS FIVE-AND-A-HALF TERMS AS GOVERNOR.
https://kscj.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/BRANSTAD2.mp3
BRANSTAD2 OC……….THAT IOWANS APPRECIATED.” :22
GOVERNOR REYNOLDS, WHO BRANSTAD CHOSE AS HIS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR WHEN HE RETURNED TO OFFICE IN 2011, HAS ARRANGED FOR A 36 MILE SECTION OF HIGHWAY 9 TO BE NAMED IN HIS HONOR.
ITS MIDPOINT IS LELAND, IOWA WHERE HE WAS BORN AND RAISED.
THE D-O-T WILL INSTALL SIGNS THAT SAY THE 36 MILE PORTION OF HIGHWAY 9 IS “DEDICATED TO GOVERNOR TERRY BRANSTAD” AND REYNOLDS SAYS THE SIGNS SHOULD BE POSTED BY CHRISTMAS.
RADIO IOWA/PHOTO BY MASON MAURO
The post BRANSTAD HONORED WITH IOWA AWARD appeared first on KSCJ 1360.
