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August 14, 2011--The Black Hawk County GOP Lincoln Day Dinner at the Electric Park Ballroom in Waterloo marked Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX)'s first campaign appearance in Iowa.  Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) and former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) also spoke.  Perry was mobbed by activists attending the dinner and by reporters.  His choice of Waterloo as the site of his first Iowa event was seen as a challenge to Bachmann, who was born in and lived in the city as a child and announced her campaign there.
Aides including communications director Ray Sullivan.

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