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The Iowa Brown Black Forum will be held for Democratic candidates on Saturday, December 1 from 7-9  p.m. at North High School, 501 Holcomb Ave. in Des Moines. All eight candidates have committed to participating in the event.
Moderators are Michele Norris, host of National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered,” and Ray Suarez, senior correspondent for […]

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The Heartland Presidential Forum will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday in Hy-Vee Hall at the Iowa Events Center, 730 Third St. in downtown Des Moines. Sen. John Edwards, Sen. Hillary Clinton, Sen. Chris Dodd, Sen. Barack Obama and Rep. Dennis Kucinich will attend the forum. For more information, go to www.iowaheartlandforum.org.

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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Chris Dodd will the featured guest at a “Cookies and Conversation” event next Monday, Nov. 19th in Levitt Hall at the Drake University campus in Des Moines, Iowa.
The event, which begins at 11:30 a.m., is co-sponsored by IowaPolitics.com and Drake University and is free and open to the public. It’s the […]

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Four Democratic presidential candidates and Iowa Senator Charles Grassley will headline the 2007 Food and Family Farm Presidential Summit on Saturday, Nov. 10 from10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Des Moines Downtown Marriott, 700 Grand Avenue.
Sponsored by Iowa Farmers Union, the event is being billed as “A Conversation on Food, Agriculture, the Environment, and […]

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The presidential debates sponsored by the Des Moines Register have been moved to December 12 for Republican candidates and December 13 for Democrats. The debates will take place at the Iowa Public Television Maytag Auditorium in Johnston beginning at 1 p.m. on both dates. Both will be broadcast live state-wide.

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Presidential candidates from both the Republican and Democratic parties have confirmed they will participate in a forum at Iowa State University’s Biobased Industry Outlook Conference. The conference will take place on Nov. 5 at 7:30 p.m. at Hilton Coliseum in Ames. John Edwards, a Democrat from North Carolina, John McCain, a Republican from Arizona, and […]

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Des Moines – The Iowa Democratic Caucuses have been moved to Thursday, January 3, 2008, to coincide with the Republican Caucuses which are also on that date.
“This date maintains the important common-sense principle of beginning the delegate selection process in the same calendar year as the election for which we are selecting delegates,” said Scott […]

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UPDATE 11/15/07: This event has been cancelled due to candidate scheduling  conflicts. A news release from the Republican Party of Iowa (RPI) noted:
“RPI is disappointed that Iowans will not have the same opportunity that Republicans in New Hampshire, South Carolina and Florida had earlier this year with their nationally televised debates.  A debate in Iowa leading […]

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In ongoing proof that young people do care about politics and that Presidential candidates realize the importance of the young vote, Senator Joe Biden will be the first in a series of Candidate Conversations hosted by young professional groups across Iowa.
This first event will be held at InPlay’s Forte Banquet and Conference Center located at […]

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Mitt Romney was the top vote-getter in the Iowa GOP’s Straw Poll event held in Ames, Iowa on Saturday, August 11; former Wisconsion Governor Tommy Thompson announced on August 12 that he was leaving the race for President.
Des Moines Register Romney coverage
IowaPolitics.com Straw Poll coverage
IowaPolitics.com Thompson coverage

And, here is the entire news release issued Sunday, August […]

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