Iowa awaits Democratic presidential hopefuls – but pickings are slim

In most midterm years with an unpopular Republican in the White House, the cornfields sway with candidates. Not this year

At the Iowa Democratic party’s Hall of Fame dinner, in June, Washington governor Jay Inslee told a room of activists nibbling crab rangoon and meatballs about his distant family connections to the state – and his newfound love for it too.

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