CLEAR LAKE – The Iowa Republican party named 16 new members to its central committee Saturday at its four district convention locations.
Gabe Haugland of Clear Lake, a former attorney and now a trust officer at First Citizens Bank in Mason City, was elected at the fourth district convention in Storm Lake. Haugland is known to be an aspiring right wing politician who opposes same sex marriage and is anti-abortion.
Haugland is also chairman of the Cerro Gordo County Republican Party.