Bennet set to visit Iowa ahead of presidential-race decision

DES MOINES, Iowa — Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet plans to travel to Iowa this month to meet with Democratic activists in the early presidential caucus state as he considers entering his party's 2020 White House field, his aides said Thursday.

The soft-spoken moderate plans to visit working-class Dubuque and nearby towns in northeast Iowa, the heart of territory won by Democrat Barack Obama in 2008 and by Republican Donald Trump in 2016.

"Michael is planning a trip to Iowa to engage with voters as he considers whether to enter the race for president," said Craig Hughes, a Bennet political adviser. The visit is scheduled for Feb. 22-23.

Bennet, a two-term senator, had downplayed interest in a presidential candidacy late last fall but has recently suggested his background could resonate in the fast-developing but wide-open Democratic presidential campaign.

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