Ross Wilburn of Ames vows to make the party reach out to working class and rural Iowans
Author: Daniel Finney (WOI)
Updated: 6:22 PM CST January 23, 2021
DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa Democratic Party members selected State Rep. Ross Wilburn, D-Ames, as their state party chairman in a virtual meeting of Saturday afternoon, making him the first Black person to lead the Iowa Democratic Party.
Wilburn, 56, represents central story county in the Iowa House. He works for Iowa State University as associate director for community economic development and diversity officer in the school’s extension service. Wilburn said he plans to resign from ISU and take a salary from the Iowa Democratic Party.