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Copyright 2020 by Pat Deluhery

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission of the publisher.

ISBN 978-0-578-58313-6 (softbound)

ISBN 978-0-578-58315-0 (e-book)

First published in 2020 by Patrick J. Deluhery.

629 Foster Drive

Des Moines, IA 50312

Front cover photo by Steve Dunn.

Cover design by Kirstin Martin, Rae Design, rae.design.

Book design by Kirstin Martin, Rae Design, rae.design.

Interior photos courtesy of Pat Deluhery.

Edited by Pat Deluhery, Mardi Deluhery, Steve Dunn, Dan Looker, Jeff Dunn, and Paula Barbour.

Printed and distributed by IngramSpark, ingramspark.com.

PAT DELUHERY
TIMELINE

1942	January 31, 1942: Born in Birmingham, Alabama to Frank and Lucille (Donovan) Deluhery.
1945	1945: Moves to Donovan family farm near Bernard, Iowa with family.
1947	1947: Moves to Davenport, Iowa with family.
1956	1956: Finishes elementary school at St. Paul the Apostle in Davenport.
1960	1960: Graduates from Davenport Assumption High School in Davenport.
1964	1964: Graduates with honors from the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana.
1967	1967: Graduates with honors from London School of Economics in London, England.
August 1967 to May 1968: Economics instructor at St. Ambrose College in Davenport.
1968	May 25, 1968: Begins working for Iowa Gov. Harold Hughes campaign for U.S. Senate.
1969	January 1969 to 1975: Works as legislative assistant in Hughes Senate office in Washington, D.C.
1973	1973: Marries Margaret (Mardi) Morris in Washington, D.C.
1975	January to July 1975: Works for U.S. Sen. John Culver of Iowa in Washington, D.C. and then rejoins St. Ambrose University as an assistant professor of economics and business administration.
1978	November 7, 1978: Elected to Iowa Senate from a Scott County, Iowa district; continues teaching economics and business during the summer session and fall semester through 2001.
2002	December 2002: Resigns from Iowa Senate after unsuccessful run for statewide office in November 2002.
2007	2007: Retires from the executive branch of Iowa state government.
2019	2019: Writes memoirs with retired journalist Steve Dunn of Des Moines.

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W hen I found out that Pat Deluhery had worked in U.S. Sen. Harold Hughes office in Washington, D.C. at the height of the Vietnam War and had served in the Iowa Senate for twenty-four years, I knew there was a story to tell. And the more I inquired about his time in the nations and states capitals, my beliefs were confirmed: He had a story that would resonate with the general public, not just his family and friends.

The timing of Pats book couldnt be better, either. As I write this, more than a dozen Democratic candidates are crisscrossing Iowa in hopes of winning the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses on February 3, 2020.

Pats story is a story typical of the Irish Catholic, labor union experience of the early- and mid-twentieth century. His father had an eighth grade education, yet played an important role in wiring the new Alcoa plant in Davenport, Iowa in the late 1940s and early 1950s and eventually owned his own electrical business. Coincidentally, the union membership rate in the U.S. hit an all-time low of 10.5 percent in 2018. Except for the 2008 financial crisis, the rate has been declining since the 1980s, when the share of organized labor was approximately twice what it is today.

After graduating from parochial high school in Davenport, Pat attended and graduated from the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana where he benefitted from iconic instructors and was immersed in the universitys social justice message with a worldview as articulated by President Theodore Hesburgh. Taking advice that you should do whatever you feel like doing, Pat then studied at the London School of Economics in London, England just as the Vietnam War ramped up, the civil rights movement culminated with the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and more and more women entered the workforce.

Only twenty-six years old at the time, Pat got his first taste of elective politics at the national level no less. As an integral part of Iowa Gov. Harold Hughes campaign for the U.S. Senate in 1968, Pat was introduced to retail politics at its best, setting up Hughes appearances as an advance man.

Once Pat got to Washington, D.C. in 1969, he was an eyewitness to some of the most significant events of the late 1960s and early 1970s: a letter from the son of constituents describing the secret bombing by U.S. forces outside Vietnam; the passage of Hughes landmark legislation dealing with alcohol and drug addiction; anti-Vietnam War marches; Hughes decision to support Eugene McCarthy rather than Hubert Humphrey for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1968; and the formation of the Midwest Caucus of Democratic Senators, which included the likes of Humphrey, Walter Mondale, Stuart Symington, Adlai Stevenson III, and Birch Bayh.

Along the way, Pat vividly recounts experiences with an insiders insight: a benefit for Hughes in Ida Grove, Iowa in December 1968; a campaign event for Lt. Gov. Bob Fulton at the Sioux City, Iowa stockyards in 1970; a conversation between Hughes and congressman John Culver in 1971; plane rides to and from Des Moines, Iowa with Sens. Mike Mansfield, Edmund Muskie, and Stuart Symington in 1973; and an appearance by Sen. Ted Kennedy in Sioux City in 1974.

Pats time in the Iowa Senate was just as noteworthy. He played a major role in the passage of historic pieces of legislation dealing with groundwater protection, waste reduction and recycling, and energy efficiency. With climate change accelerating and Iowas water still struggling with excess nitrates, Pats work is more important than ever, says journalist Dan Looker, who reviewed the books manuscript before publication.

Pat also makes a valuable contribution with his take on how nineteenth century Iowa became twentieth century Iowa. Not only was the Hawkeye state slow to reapportion after a 1962 U.S. Supreme Court decision, but also it was slow to react to the end of Prohibition. Nevertheless, the state set up community college districts during Hughes tenure as governor in the 1960s. It also increased the amount of state funding for public education at the K-12 level.

Although I didnt meet Pat until five years ago, I feel Ive known him much longer than that. I share his interest in politics; though Ive never sought political office, Ive covered a lot of candidates and officeholders as a newspaper reporter and managing editor for decades before retiring in 2014. In fact, his recollection of Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Dick Clark walking across Iowa in 1972 brought to mind Democratic gubernatorial candidate Dan Walkers walk across Illinois when I was a cub reporter fresh out of college in 1971.

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