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brooklynite

(94,745 posts) Tue Jan 29, 2019, 02:50 PM Jan 2019

Delaney endorsed by 3 Iowa Dem chairs

Source: Politico

Former Maryland congressman and presidential candidate John Delaney earned endorsements from three Democratic Party county chairs in Iowa, according to his campaign.

Donna Crum, Nancy Camardo, and Twyla Peacock head Democratic parties in three counties — Mills, Wayne, and Van Buren — that supported Donald Trump with at least 65 percent of the vote.

“For too long, Democrats have neglected voters in so-called ‘red counties’ in Iowa but I’m doing things differently," Delaney said in a statement.

“Our country needs a unifier rather than a divider,” Crum said in a statement provided by the campaign. “Congressman Delaney is running on a message of honesty and integrity in an effort to restore civility to not only the White House but the overall political discourse of our nation.”

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/29/john-delaney-2020-iowa-1134060

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Delaney endorsed by 3 Iowa Dem chairs (Original Post) brooklynite Jan 2019 OP

"For too long, Democrats have neglected voters in so-called 'red counties' in Iowa" progressoid Jan 2019 #1

three of the smallest counties in Iowa along the Missouri border rurallib Jan 2019 #2

Really Scruffy1 Jan 2019 #3

progressoid

(49,999 posts)

1. "For too long, Democrats have neglected voters in so-called 'red counties' in Iowa"

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Jan 29, 2019, 03:41 PM

Jan 2019

Indeed. We just experienced that with our recent Democratic nominee for Governor as well.

rurallib

(62,451 posts)

2. three of the smallest counties in Iowa along the Missouri border

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Jan 29, 2019, 04:05 PM

Jan 2019

is this what Politico sees as a trend?

Scruffy1

(3,257 posts)

3. Really

Reply to rurallib (Reply #2)

Tue Jan 29, 2019, 05:09 PM

Jan 2019

I actually mostly grew up in this area. Left at 17 and never looked back. Most of the smart ones leave. One of the standard jokes is "How do raise the IQ of both Missouri and Iowa? The answere:"Give Missouri the bottom tier of counties".

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