Only a few days remain for Democrats in Iowa to participate in their party’s 2024 presidential caucus. Ballots for the state’s first vote-by-mail caucus must be postmarked by Tuesday, March 5, to be considered valid. The Iowa Democratic Party will announce the results of the vote that same night. The party began sending out its […]
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More than 17,500 mail-in ballots have been requested for the yet-to-be-held Iowa Democratic Caucus
It may feel like Iowa’s presidential caucus season is long over. The national reporters are gone, along with their clichés about and misunderstandings of the state. It may feel like ages since Donald Trump won the least surprising victory since the Harlem Globetrotters’ last game against the Washington Generals. But the state’s Democratic presidential caucus […]
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Iowa Democratic Party sets the lineup for its 2024 presidential caucus
Dean Phillips is not a name often seen in the news. The Minnesota congressman appeared occasionally in national news stories throughout the first half of the year, when he was saying he might challenge President Biden for the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination. After formally announcing his candidacy on Oct. 27 in Concord, New Hampshire, Phillips […]
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Iowa Democratic Party starts its new caucus process: Democrats can now request mail-in ballot to vote for president
The Iowa Democratic Party (IDP) began accepting requests on Wednesday for the mail-in ballots it will use for the presidential candidate preference part of its 2024 caucus. The new mail-in vote replaces the in-person selection process at precinct caucus meetings. The in-person part of the 2024 Iowa Caucus on Jan. 15 will be devoted to […]
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Marianne Williamson drops out of the presidential race
Marianne Williamson dropped out of the 2020 presidential race on Friday. The California Democrat announced her decision in a written statement on her campaign website. Williamson’s decision won’t surprise anyone who has closely followed news of the 2020 Democratic presidential primary. Williamson laid off the last of her paid campaign
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Julián Castro drops out of the 2020 presidential race, while Marianne Williamson drops her entire campaign staff
Julián Castro announced on Thursday he is dropping out the 2020 presidential race. “We’ve shaped the conversation on so many important issues in this race, stood up for the most vulnerable people, and given a voice to people often forgotten,” Castro said in a video posted on social media. “But with only a month before the Iowa caucuses, and
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This week’s Iowa Caucus campaign events: four town halls, one meet-and-greet, one tour and 10 candidates at an LGBTQ forum
Ten of the 2020 Democratic candidates for president will be in Cedar Rapids on Friday for a forum on LGBTQ issues sponsored by One Iowa, GLAAD, The Advocate and the Gazette. But that’s far from the only political event to be held in the Iowa City/Cedar Rapids area this week.
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Progress Iowa’s Corn Feed will bring 12 presidential candidates (and corn) to Cedar Rapids
It sometimes seems as if it’s easier to find a Democrat running for president in Iowa than it is to find fresh sweet corn in the state, but both will be plentiful at Progress Iowa’s fifth annual Corn Feed on Sunday.
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Marianne Williamson: ‘This time, we will win with love’
Marianne Williamson warned the audience at the Iowa Democratic Hall of Fame celebration that they shouldn’t be looking for “toughness” in a candidate, before launching into a surprisingly tough critique of the Democratic Party.
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‘Anyway, my time is up’: LV watches night two of #DemDebates
Another night, another ten Democratic presidential candidates, another televised debate. The setting was the same (the Arsht Center in Miami), the moderators were the same (a five-person parade of NBC and MSNBC on-air personalities) and for Little Village, the Slack channel was the same.
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‘We need a moral and spiritual awakening in this country’: Marianne Williamson brings her 2020 presidential campaign to Prairie Lights
Marianne Williamson isn’t a traditional political candidate, but like a veteran politician, she began her campaign event at Prairie Lights Bookstore on Saturday with a joke. “I know there are about 1,736 people who’ll be running for the Democratic nomination, and I’m just honored to be one of them,” Williamson said. But then she added, […]
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Author Marianne Williamson announces potential presidential bid, immediately comes to Iowa
There are still 444 days until the 2020 Iowa Democratic caucuses, but like Christmas decorations in stores in October, presidential hopefuls are already appearing in the state. Marianne Williamson announced the formation of an exploratory committee on Thursday
