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Senate Minority Leader Paul McKinley of Chariton is out of the running for the GOP gubernatorial nomination.

This is not unexpected, with ex-Gov. Terry Branstad entering the race.

“As I’ve traveled extensively to all corners of this state in the past few months and visited with taxpayers, business owners and community leaders, I am confident that we are witnessing a real political sea change in Iowa. Senate Republicans will continue to play a major role in renewing Iowa and getting our state back on the right track,” McKinley said in a news release.

Here’s a pair of videos of debate on the floor of the Iowa Senate yesterday over the state Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage.

The first is Senate Republican Leader Paul McKinley of Chariton asking Majority Leader Mike Gronstal of Council Bluffs to co-sponsor a measure on a constitutional amendment outlawing gay marriage.

The discussion begins a couple minutes into the first video.

Gronstal’s response can be heard in that video, and you can seem him delivering it in the second video.