The Iowa State Fair provides an opportunity for White House hopefuls to get their message out to many future presidential voters.
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The Iowa State Fair provides an opportunity for White House hopefuls to get their message out to many future presidential voters.
Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson fiddled on her violin with a four-piece band, playing a series of country tunes as attendees piled coleslaw, baked beans and pulled pork onto paper plates, while a slate of Republican presidential candidates worked the room at Hinson’s annual BBQ Bash political fundraiser in Cedar Rapids Sunday.
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The indictment, the third criminal case brought against the former president as he seeks to reclaim the White House in 2024, follows a long-running federal investigation into efforts by Trump and his allies to subvert the peaceful transfer of power.
Thirteen Republican presidential candidates addressed more than 1,200 people at a state party fundraiser in Iowa on Friday.
More than 1,200 attended a state party fundraiser Friday night, where 13 GOP White House hopefuls spoke.
“What slavery was really about was separating families, about mutilating humans and even raping their wives. It was just devastating,” Scott, the sole Black Republican in the Senate, told reporters on Thursday after a town hall in Ankeny. “So I would hope that every person in our country — and certainly running for president — would appreciate that.”
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds released a list of 2024 presidential candidates who will join her for one-on-one interviews at next month's Iowa State Fair. She said she invited Trump, but he’s not on her list of hopefuls who have accepted.
A pair of recent polls of Iowa Republican voters show U.S. Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina is gaining ground in the contest for the party’s presidential nomination, while former President Donald Trump retained a commanding lead.
Chase Oliver, the Libertarian candidate running for president, stopped in Cedar Rapids Sunday for a meet-and-greet event with voters and Linn County Libertarians.
Former President Donald Trump was in Cedar Rapids Tuesday to tape a town hall with Fox News’ Sean Hannity. Following the taping at the Alliant Energy PowerHouse in downtown Cedar Rapids, Trump spoke to a monthly meeting of the Linn County Republican Party, where he told supporters, “If you say something about an election, they want to put you in jail for the rest of your life.”
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