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The once-mighty Iowa Democratic Party is struggling as the GOP dominates the onetime swing state: 'I can't even describe to you

President Joe Biden campaigned in Iowa in 2020 but was unsuccessful in his efforts to flip the state.AP Photo/Andrew Harnik As the 2024 presidential election approaches, Iowa Democrats find themselves at a crossroads. Iowa Democrats have watched Republicans dominate in a slate of competitive contests in recent years. Local Democrats were further dismayed by the shift in the party's presidential nominating calendar. When Barack Obama first ran for president in 2008, Democrats lavished attention on Iowa, the Midwestern battleground that for years had swung back and forth between the parties on the presidential level.It certainly helped that Obama at the time represented neighboring Illinois in the Senate, giving him the sort of regional inroads that previous Democratic presidential candidates weren't able to use to their advantage.Obama easily won Iowa in both 2008 and 2012, a period when Democrats held several statewide offices and veteran Democrat lawmaker Tom Harkin held the state's Senate seat.But Harkin retired after the 2014 midterms, and Republican Sen.

 

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