Incumbent Polk County Treasurer Mary Wells: Voting 'will defeat efforts to negate our power as a community'

Black Iowa News is interviewing Black candidates across the political spectrum about why they're running for office and what they hope to accomplish.

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Get to know Iowa's Black candidates. Black Iowa News posed questions via email to Polk County Treasurer Mary Wells. The Polk County Board of Supervisors unanimously appointed Wells to the county treasurer position a year ago to fill a vacancy after the death of former county treasurer Mary Maloney. Wells, who has worked in both public and corporate sectors and the military and non-profits, is president of Investing in My Future, a nonprofit organization that provides programs that assist African American children in understanding the value of an education and preparing them to take their rightful place as future leaders, according to its website.

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