Campaign Almanac: Also, Trump announces speakers for Des Moines rally Saturday.
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Campaign Almanac: Also, Trump announces speakers for Des Moines rally Saturday.
The caucuses will be Iowa Democrats’ first since losing their envied first-in-the-nation status in the presidential primary season
Trump’s last visit the state was in March, where he took shots during a stop in Davenport at Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, another likely candidate in the Republican contest, who will be in Iowa the same day.
The competition between Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis is intensifying as the former president is scheduling a return trip to Iowa on the same day that the Florida governor was already going to be in the state that will kick off the Republican contest for the White House.
Nine official or potential presidential candidates spoke during the event in suburban Des Moines.
Iowa Democrats requested an extension to file their 2024 caucus plan Friday morning as GOP Chair Jeff Kaufmann slammed their commitment to a mail-in caucus plan, days after a Republican lawmaker proposed a bill to require in-person participation in the caucuses.
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An Iowa man pleaded guilty Thursday to threatening two Arizona officials in messages that mentioned discredited allegations of fraud in the 2020 election.
Republicans say legislation is needed to preserve the Iowa caucuses’ first-in-the-nation status
Born-again Christians are the most influential group in Iowa's Republican caucuses, giving faith leaders particular sway in helping organize voters and shape the results.
Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds said in a statement she will “do everything I can” to protect the status of the caucuses.
Nine official or potential Republican presidential candidates are slated to speak at the event
The possible presidential candidate continued to push a message of “American exceptionalism” and hope and unity in a divisive Republican Party that the’s touted in previous visits to the early nominating state as part of his “Faith in America” listening tour.
Legislation that would require Iowa caucus participants to vote in-person — which would effectively kill Iowa Democrats’ plan for mail-in caucusing in 2024 — was introduced this week in the Iowa House by Republican state lawmaker Bobby Kaufmann, the son of Republican Party of Iowa state chairman Jeff Kaufmann.
Asa Hutchinson speaks to conservative Bull Moose Club in Des Moines
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