A Libertarian candidate is among the crowd seeking the Iowa Senate seat vacated by U.S. Sen.-elect Joni Ernst.

Don Brantz, a longtime Mills County supervisor and southwest Iowa social worker, has filed as a candidate for the Dec. 30 special election in Iowa Senate District 12 the states largest which represents Taylor, Ringgold, Page, Montgomery, Mills and Fremont counties.

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Libertarian joins race for Ernst's senate seat