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WINTERSET, Iowa – Hundreds of people crammed into the Marshall County Fairground for the chance to see the latest presidential candidate visit their small town. Mayor Pete Buttigieg and his Iowa campaign staff had organized a campaign event to connect with Iowa caucus-goers who lived in the rural areas outside of Des Moines. The rally […]

DES MOINES, Iowa — After a quick weekend home and visiting friends at Iowa State University, it was an early drive back from Ames to make it to the Black and Brown Forum on the morning of MLK Day. The forum has been going on for over 30 years at this point and is a […]

PANORA, Iowa – Democratic hopeful John Delaney hosted an event at the Owl’s Nest Bar and Grill on Jan. 21. This event was an hour west of Drake’s campus and when I arrived at the event with two other classmates, we signed in and were greeted by members of Delaney’s staff who asked if we […]

During my presidential nomination class this morning, Jordan Oster came to speak about his caucus and convention experience. Jordan is a Drake alumnus who graduated in 2009. Our professor invited him to come into our class because he went to the Democratic National Convention as a delegate for the then-Senator Barrack Obama. He gave us […]

PANORA, Iowa – On Jan. 21, I attended an event for former Maryland Representative John Delaney at The Owl’s Nest. A crowd of twenty people, many of them staffers for the Delaney campaign, listened to Delaney give his stump speech and answer questions from potential caucus-goers. Part of Sen. Delaney’s three-year-long strategy involves visiting all […]

DES MOINES, Iowa – On Jan. 20, Martin Luther King Day, Vice News held the Black and Brown Forum in downtown Des Moines. This event interviewed every major Democratic candidate running for the presidential nomination. This is an important and interesting event because the candidates are asked questions about racial issues that are rarely discussed […]

WAUKEE, Iowa- On a cold Sunday night I arrived at the Waukee Innovation & Learning Center to attend one of the last Amy Klobuchar events before the Iowa caucuses. Being a Minnesota voter, I have always been interested in seeing Klobuchar in person. As I walked into the rather large event center, I was curious […]

On a freezing Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Des Moines, Iowa, the Black and Brown Presidential Forum was held. It is the oldest minority presidential forum and has been held since the early 1990s. The event was put on by Vice News in the Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center in the downtown area. […]

On Jan. 14 in the Olmsted Center at Drake University, a large group of both students and community members gathered to listen to two individuals speak about why Mayor Pete Buttigieg should be President of the United States. The two speakers were Chasten Buttigieg, Mayor Pete’s husband, and famous actress, Mandy Moore. There were about […]

DES MOINES, Iowa—On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Vice News moderated the Brown and Black Candidate Forum at the Iowa Events Center. The event was probably the most satisfying political event I have attended this election cycle. The Vice moderators asked excellent questions and did not let any of the candidates get away with dodging […]