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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom will travel to Iowa to campaign for Sen. Kamala Harris as she tries to rebound amid a critical stretch in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.

A couple in Sioux City, Iowa, recently shared the story of how adoption made them a family of 12. 

Former Vice President Joe Biden nibbled on his wife Jill’s finger during a campaign event in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on Saturday, adding to his ever-growing list of gaffes and bizarre behaviors on the 2020 primary trail. 

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) this week announced an endorsement from 100 teachers in Iowa – the state she has gone “all-in” on in hopes of reviving her floundering campaign.

Freshman swing district Rep. Cindy Axne (D-IA) said Monday that she has “absolutely no problem losing” her district due to her support for the Democrats’ impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump.

Former President Barack Obama reportedly told an unnamed 2020 candidate that former vice president Joe Biden lacks an “intimate bond” with voters, especially in Iowa, the first-in-the-nation caucus state. 

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) kicked off her campaign event in Ankeny, Iowa, on Monday by blasting Michael Bloomberg and his “version of democracy,” arguing that he is not relying on people but “bags and bags of money” to “buy the nomination.”

Next year’s Iowa caucuses on Feb. 3 could be held in far-flung locations as distant as California — and even abroad, as far away as Japan. That’s due to a new idea, the “satellite caucus meeting,” that Democrats hope to use to expand “access” to the quadrennial political contest, which traditionally kicks off the start of the presidential primary.

Freshman swing-district Democrat Rep. Cindy Axne (D-IA) said Saturday that she “did not run” to “impeach” President Donald Trump despite her backing of the impeachment inquiry.

Mayor Pete Buttigieg passed on the idea of doing the viral “High Hopes” dance popularized by his supporters.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is slipping in Iowa, where she has enjoyed status as a frontrunner, to Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D), dropping nine points since October, an Iowa State University/Civiqs poll shows.

Mayor Pete Buttigieg claimed Wednesday that President Donald Trump did not care about farmers during the fifth Democrat debate.

The dance was popularized on social media after one volunteer stood in the back of a pickup in Nevada to teach supporters young and old the proper moves in October.

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) is dismissing reports of mounting struggles within her campaign, telling reporters over the weekend that her campaign has done “great work which has gotten us to the point where we are today.”

The illegal alien accused of murdering 20-year-old Mollie Tibbetts last year confessed to the murder due to “sleep deprivation,” according to a witness brought by the defendant’s legal team. 

Sen. Kamala Harris’s campaign manager is facing calls to resign due to her campaign’s continued struggles, with a recent Reuters/Ipsos poll showing the presidential hopeful tying with Michael Bloomberg at three percent support nationally.

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) is floundering in the polls, including early voting states like New Hampshire and Iowa – despite pumping the majority of her resources into the Hawkeye State.

An objective look at the latest polling proves the Impeachment Hoax is backfiring against Quid Pro Joe Biden.

Joe Biden is rushing to assure voters of his credibility on foreign policy issues as the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump raises questions about his son’s wheeling and dealing overseas.

South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D) is surging in Iowa, taking the lead from Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Joe Biden (D), a Monmouth University Poll released on Tuesday revealed.

Pete Buttigieg wants to dismiss the “old normal” of politics and run as a change candidate, but the 37-year-old mayor is struggling to avoid including former President Barack Obama in that equation.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is struggling to maintain a top dog status in New Hampshire, plunging to fourth place in the Granite State, a Quinnipiac University poll released Monday revealed.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) took aim at former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg during a campaign blitz in Iowa over the weekend, sending a pointed message: “Sorry, you ain’t going to buy this election.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — Michael Bloomberg plans to skip early voting states like Iowa and New Hampshire if he launches a presidential bid and instead focus his efforts on the crush of states that vote on Super Tuesday and beyond. It’s a strategy that acknowledges the limitations of his likely entry into the race at this late stage and the opportunities afforded by the billionaire’s vast personal wealth.

Sen. Kamala Harris on Thursday posted a video of herself reacting to cherry-picked clips of President Trump compiled by her team.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A top aide to Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer in Iowa has privately offered campaign contributions to local politicians in exchange for endorsing his White House bid, according to multiple people with direct knowledge of the conversations.

The campaign for Democrat presidential hopeful and former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro took aim at “the four white frontrunners” in the race for president.

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) posted a six-minute video of a baking session with one of her supporters in Dubuque, Iowa, on Tuesday, which appears to be part of her change in strategy to go “all-in on Iowa” in hopes of reviving her floundering campaign.

Mayor Pete Buttigieg believes that Democrats will select their presidential nominee on the issues for 2020, not just the candidate’s identity politics.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) nodded her head in agreement during a town hall event in Iowa on Monday as an attendee asserted that the U.S. supports genocide in “Palestine and Yemen.”

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), who has drastically switched strategies to go “all-in on Iowa” in recent days, is attempting to win over Iowans on a smaller scale by making dinners in their homes and visiting small businesses across the state.

Democrats in Washington are obsessed with the “impeachment inquiry” against President Donald Trump. They continue to point to poll numbers, hopeful that enthusiasm for impeachment will rise.

Former Vice President Joe Biden (D) experienced another gaffe during a stop in Iowa over the weekend, briefly claiming that he was in Ohio while campaigning in the Hawkeye State.

DES MOINES, Iowa — An energized audience of  about 13,000 Democrat activists united in their hatred of Donald Trump packed the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines on Friday night to listen to 13 candidates for the party’s presidential nomination make their case for the party’s nod to challenge the incumbent president in the November 2020 general election.

“This country cannot afford four more years of Donald Trump,” Buttigieg said. “We will not recognize it if he gets reelected.”

Sen. Kamala Harris’s (D-CA) campaign is laying off campaign staff and closing three offices in New Hampshire, a crucial early primary state, as part of its effort to go “all-in on Iowa,” according to reports.