Former SNL Funnyman Gary Kroeger Gets Serious, Runs for Congress

The former advertising executive is running in his native Iowa

Gary Kroeger is following in his former Saturday Night Live co-stars' footsteps. Like Al Franken, Kroeger is running for Congress.

Kroeger, a Cedar Falls native, is running for the democratic nomination in Iowa's 1st Congressional District. Kroeger spent three seasons on SNL, beginning in 1982. He returned to Iowa in 2003 and began working as creative director at Mudd Advertising in Cedar Falls.

"I came back for 'Iowa Values' and now I see many of those values being marginalized, even eliminated, and I have to do something about it," Kroeger wrote on his campaign page.

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