FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Feb. 16, 2005

CONTACT: Patrick Rynard, Drake Democrats, (573) 694-3024
Lisa Lacher, Drake University (515) 271-3119, lisa.lacher@drake.edu

CULVER TO SPEAK THURSDAY AS PART OF DRAKE DEMOCRATS WEEK

Iowa Secretary of State Chet Culver will speak to Drake University students about the Democratic Party and why he's a Democrat at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 17, as part of Drake Democrats Week. The speech, which is free and open to the public, will take place in the Pomerantz Student Union in Olmsted Center, 29th Street and University Avenue.

Culver, who holds a master's degree in teaching from Drake, is in his second term as secretary of state. He was first elected secretary of state in 1998 at age 33, making him the youngest secretary of state in the nation at that time. Prior to his election, Culver worked for more than 10 years in public service in Iowa as an educator at Hoover High School in Des Moines, an investigator in the Iowa Attorney General's Office and a youth advocate. He is son of John Culver, who served Iowa in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1965-1974 and in the U.S. Senate from 1974-1980.

For more information about Drake Democrats Week, visit the Web site of Drake Democrats at www.drakedems.com.

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