A doctor who was running as a Libertariancandidatefor U.S. Senate has died in aplanecrash. <\/p>\n
The Dubuque County Sheriff's Office says Dr. Douglas Butzier was the pilot of theplanethatcrashedaround 11 p.m. Monday near Dubuque Regional Airport. He was the sole occupant of the aircraft. <\/p>\n
Butzier worked at Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque. Jennifer Faley, a hospital spokeswoman, confirms Butzier was running for U.S. Senate against Democratic U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley and Republican state Sen. Joni Ernst. <\/p>\n
Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Lynn Lunsford says theplanetook off from Ankeny Regional Airport about an hour before thecrash. The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate thecrash. <\/p>\n
The party'scandidatefor governor, Dr. Lee Hieb, says Butzier just last weekend had flown her and several Libertarian Partycandidatesaround the state to campaign. <\/p>\n
Hieb, an orthopedic surgeon, says she talked medicine with Butzier, a Dubuque emergency room surgeon, during some of their campaign events. He told her he became a Libertarian after studying economics for a Master of Business Administration about seven years ago. <\/p>\n
She says \"Iowa and the cause of individual liberty are significantly diminished by his passing.\" <\/p>\n
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