CEDAR RAPIDS, IA- U.S. Senator Sam Brownback announced a new addition to his Iowa campaign. Emma Nemecek has been hired to serve as Southeast Iowa Field Representative. Nemecek, a Linn County Resident, ran for the Iowa House of Representatives against Ro Foege in 2006. She is Filipino native, born into poverty in Basilan City, Philippines, an area fraught with political and religious conflict under the dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos.
After fleeing the
post-Marcos Philippines, Nemecek made her way to the United States. She is
chair of the Iowa chapter of the National Federation of Filipino American
Republicans and former president of the Cedar Rapids Filipino American
Association. Nemecek is also a member of the Iowa Federation of Republican
Women. She currently lives in Mount Vernon with her husband Terry, a life-long
resident of Linn County and owner of Nemecek Electric. Nemecek will work with
the Iowans for Brownback Political Director and statewide Field Director to
build grassroots support for Brownback in the 15 counties of the Iowa Second
Congressional District.
