Libertarian Senate candidate in Iowa dies in plane crash

Libertarian Senate candidate in Iowa dies in plane crash
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Doug Butzier, the Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate from Iowa, was killed Monday night in a small plane crash.

Butzier was piloting the plane when he had trouble attempting to land at Dubuque Regional Airport, the local ABC affiliate in Cedar Rapids reports. He then circled around before crashing in a yard about a mile away.

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