Ex-Gov. Branstad Improving After Recent Heart Attack
Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa —
Former Gov. Terry E. Branstad, 45, was walking around his room Tuesday at Iowa Methodist Medical Center after suffering a heart attack Monday. Doctors said he was in fair condition.
Branstad, a Republican, became the state’s youngest governor when he was elected in 1982. He served in the job for 16 years.
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