The Year in Photos 2020: Iowa caucuses and elections
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Precinct volunteers tabulate the delegate count for precinct 1 at the caucus sites at City High School in Iowa City on Monday, Feb. 3, 2020. Precincts 1 and 17 caucused at the school. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
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Audience members hold up signs in support of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders during the Caucus Concert event in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020.
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Saoirse Hermann-Wickham, 9, of West Liberty holds a sign in support of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren while dressed as Lady Liberty at the precinct two caucus site at the community center in West Liberty on Monday, Feb. 3, 2020.
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Chawn Yilmaz of Cedar Rapids shows her I.D. before casting her ballot at an early voting center at 823 Third Street Southwest in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020. Yilmaz became elegible to vote this year in Iowa after Gov. Kim Reynolds restored the voting rights of roughly 35,000 felons in Iowa who had completed their sentences. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
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David Kutter of Cedar Rapids stands by his vehicle wearing a Joe Biden mask while waiting to hear former second lady Jill Biden speak during a drive-in rally at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020.
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As caucus day approaches, candidates flock to the state with press pools close behind. Truly unique images are harder to make this late in the cycle, when we’ve photographed the same candidates repeatedly. So, when I had the chance to stop by a Holiday Bowl watch party with Joe Biden in attendance, I headed as quickly as I could from the rally in Williamsburg to the party in Coralville. Seeking another angle, I moved around the room as Biden sat briefly on the floor, and I framed the image to include the traveling press pool crammed into the doorway. What might look like an intimate event from one angle is, more truthfully, a strange moment captured by dozens of journalists. Original caption: Joe Biden sits on the floor to watch the Holiday Bowl at Coralville Mayor John Lundell’s home in Coralville on Friday, Dec. 27, 2019. Biden appeared earlier in the evening at a rally in Williamsburg. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
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Joe Biden listens as his wife, Jill Biden, speaks at a presidential campaign stop at the National Motorcycle Museum in Anamosa on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2020. Biden made a stop in Manchester as well. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker greets a supporter during a Conversation with Cory event at the North Liberty Community Center, 520 W. Cherry St., in North Liberty, Iowa, on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar speaks during a town hall at Uptown Snug in Marion on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020.
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Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden hugs a supporter during a community event at Prairie Hill Pavilion in Marion, Iowa, on Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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Lila MacInnis-Baumert, 9, of Iowa City holds up a sign she made earlier in the morning at the kitchen table while waiting to be let in the room to see Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speak during a community event at the Roosevelt Creative Corridor Business Academy in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020.
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders takes his podium during the Caucus Concert event in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020.
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Shanel (cq) Slater, the lone Andrew Yang supporter watches the proceedings during the Democratic satellite caucus at the Cedar Rapids Public Library in southeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Monday, Feb. 3, 2020. Slater joined the Elizabeth Warren supporters. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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A handful of residents are stopped at the door after arriving just after the 7:00 p.m. cutoff time at the community center in West Liberty on Monday, Feb. 3, 2020. They were told they were free to stay and observe but would not be able to participate.
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Sara Sedlacek of West Liberty sits and listens to proceedings before deciding who to align with at the precinct two caucus site at the community center in West Liberty on Monday, Feb. 3, 2020.
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Precinct captain for the Andrew Yang campagin Joelle Tessari of Los Angeles tries to appeal to Steve Poulsen of West Liberty, a Biden supporter, after seeing that candidate Biden will not be a viable candidate at the precinct two caucus site at the community center in West Liberty on Monday, Feb. 3, 2020.
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Melissa Fath of Iowa City celebrates the three delegates won for Amy Klobuchar at precinct 1 at the caucus sites at City High School in Iowa City on Monday, Feb. 3, 2020. Precincts 1 and 17 caucused at the school. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
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Poll worker Dan Kaspari of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has his temperature read by fellow poll worker Jeri Thompson of Marion, Iowa, at the Hiawatha Community Center in Hiawatha, Iowa, on Tuesday, June 2, 2020. Poll workers arrive early to setup the polling booths, voting machine, and other all space in preparation for voting in the primary election. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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Linn County Auditor Joel Miller listens to an argument by attorney Alan Ostergren during a hearing in Linn County District Court in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020. A lawsuit filed by the Trump campaign and state and national GOP groups, represented by Ostergren, against Linn County Auditor Joel Miller seeks to invalidate absentee ballot requests after pre-filled forms were sent to registered voters in the county in July by the Linn County Auditor’s Office. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
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A boater waves a large American flag while joining a boat parade near Mehaffey Bridge at Coralville Reservoir in Solon on Monday, Sept. 7, 2020. Around 100 boats and hundreds of pedestrian onlookers gathered at the Mehaffey Bridge Road area with American and Trump flags and played the Star-Spangled Banner on Monday afternoon after boating from launch points to the north and south. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
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Audience members listen as Donald Trump, Jr., speaks in support of his father, President Donald Trump, during a campaign stop at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
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Ashley Hinson, candidate for the 1st District congressional seat, high-fives Gov. Kim Reynolds as they make a campaign stop at Signature Flight Support in Cedar Rapids on Monday, Nov. 2, 2020. Sen. Chuck Grassley and Sen. Joni Ernst also joined on the final campaign tour of the state before Tuesday’s election. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
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This was a historic Election Day. Between the Covid-19 coronavirus and the contentious election, I was expecting long lines and much more activity at the polls. I didn’t see any of that. Instead, I fell back to looking for quiet moments and looking for patterns and unique framing.
Jennifer Stegemoller of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, votes during voting at the Kirkwood Community College Recreation Center in the 2020 election in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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Republican candidate for Iowa’s First Congressional District Ashley Hinson meets supporter Mervyn (cq) Cousins of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, at Jimmy Z’s 112 2nd St SE, in southeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)
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Emerson Dignan, a University of Iowa senior and first-time elections volunteer, sanitizes voting booths between voters at the University of Iowa Campus Recreation and Wellness Center in Iowa City on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
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Martin Stronng (left) and Evan Schuster, both University of Iowa freshmen and track and field team members, take photos of their “I voted” stickers after casting their ballots at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. It was their first time voting. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
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Sung Kim greets his son Charlie Kim, 2, after casting his ballot at West High School in Iowa City on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. Charlie accompanied his parents, sung and Allie Kim of iowa City, after having cast his own ballot in his day care’s election between cats and dogs. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
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University of Iowa law professor Todd Pettys (center), a neutral recount worker for Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District, takes notes while looking over ballots at the Johnson County Administration building in Iowa City on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020. The race was the closest U.S. House race in decades, with Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks winning by a margin of only six votes over Democratic candidate Rita Hart.
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