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September 15, 2019 at 5:25 am

No millennial bump for Buttigieg, but hints of broad appeal

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Pete Buttigieg would like to turn the fight for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination into a contest about generational change....

September 2, 2019 at 3:12 pm

Biden, Buttigieg say no compromises on overhauling gun laws VIEW

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Democratic presidential candidates Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg, moderates who project themselves as pragmatic collaborators, are taking a no-compromise approach...

Zach Norton, supporter for Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, speaks during a “relational phone bank”, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019, in West Des Moines, Iowa. The group worked their smartphones calling and texting friends to test their interest in the candidate. Buttigieg is well behind his better known rivals in Iowa who have spent months building a deep organizational structure in the state that marks the first test for the Democratic presidential nomination. But thanks to his campaign taking in nearly $25 million in contributions in the last quarter, money that he is using to help create an army of peer-to-peer foot soldiers, Buttigieg is rapidly trying to catch up. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) IACN204 IACN204

September 2, 2019 at 6:38 am

Buttigieg racing to build person-to-person network in Iowa VIEW

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — In the back of a West Des Moines brewpub, a dozen supporters of Pete Buttigieg sipped craft beer and...

August 29, 2019 at 7:55 pm

Biden defends faulty telling of military heroism story

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden on Thursday defended his faulty description of a tale of military heroism and his interactions with...

August 13, 2019 at 1:06 pm

Buttiegieg says rural Americans embrace immigrants they know

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg said Tuesday that anti-immigrant sentiment in rural America declines when residents know and appreciate the...

August 11, 2019 at 1:37 pm

Warren wows in Iowa as candidates’ sprint to caucuses begins VIEW

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The chant — "2 cents, 2 cents, 2 cents" — started in the back of a crowd that packed sidewalks...

August 9, 2019 at 2:19 pm

Harris says Trump enjoys inciting hateful speech, actions

FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris said Friday that President Donald Trump "seems to derive joy" from provoking some Americans to...

August 7, 2019 at 9:20 pm

Fried Oreos here: Iowa State Fair a must for 2020 hopefuls VIEW

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Howard Dean took one bite of a deep-fried Oreo and dismissively pitched the rest into the garbage. Mitt Romney famously...

July 25, 2019 at 2:55 pm

Ready to fight: Biden leans into racial debate with Dems

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joe Biden no longer plans to turn the other cheek. His front-running status fragile, the former vice president is embracing an aggressive...

July 23, 2019 at 3:00 am

Biden criminal justice plan reverses part of 1994 crime bill VIEW

Joe Biden is proposing to reverse several key provisions of the 1994 crime bill he helped write in an acknowledgment that his tough-on-crime positions of...