Obama-Biden Iowa Visits

from April 10, 2012 to November 6, 2012
Compare: Romney-Ryan Iowa Visits.                   Rationale, Methodology and Limitations.


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Sept. 1 Urbandale, Sioux City.
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Sept. 7 Iowa City.*
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Sept. 7 Iowa City.*
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Sept. 17-18...  Sept. 17 (Fruitland), Burlington, (Ottumwa).  Sept. 18 Ottumwa, (Oskaloosa), Grinnell.
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Sept. 28 Cedar Falls.
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Oct. 4 Council Bluffs.
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Oct. 17 Mount Vernon.
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Oct. 19 Charles City, Mason City.
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Oct. 24 Davenport.
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Oct. 29 Iowa City, Sioux City.
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Oct. 31-Nov. 1...  Oct. 31 (Davenport).
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Oct. 31-Nov. 1...  Nov. 1 (Davenport, Bettendorf), Muscatine, Fort Dodge.
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Nov. 3 Dubuque.
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Nov. 5 Des Moines.
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June 26-27...  June 26 (Independence), Waterloo, (Manchester, Dubuque).  July 27 Dubuque, Clinton, (Davenport).
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July 10 Cedar Rapids.
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Aug. 13-15...bus tour.  Aug. 13 Council Bluffs, Missouri Valley, (Denison), Boone, (Des Moines).  Aug. 14 (Knoxville), Oskaloosa, (Haverhill), Marshalltown, (Cedar Falls), Waterloo. Aug. 15 (Cedar Rapids, Cascade), Dubuque, Davenport.
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Aug. 28 Ames.

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April 24 Windsor Heights (DSM).
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April 25 Iowa City.
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May 11-12...  May 11 Creston.  May 12 Des Moines.
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May 25 Newton, Des Moines.
 

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N O V E M B E R
November 5 Barack Obama
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Grassroots rally with Michelle Obama and Bruce Springsteen at East Village in Des Moines, IA.

November 3 Barack Obama
- Grassroots rally at Washington Park in Dubuque, IA.

October 31-November 1 Joe Biden [cont'd from Oct.]
November 1
    OTR Catholic mass at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Davenport, IA (All Saints' Day).
    OTR greets diners and has breakfast at Ross' 24 Hour Restaurant in Bettendorf, IA.
    Tapes the top ten list for the Late Show with David Letterman.
-Grassroots event at West Middle School in Muscatine, IA.
-Grassroots event at The Opera House at Fort Museum in Fort Dodge, IA.


O C T O B E R
October 31-November 1 Joe Biden
October 31
    OTR stop, greets volunteers at OFA-IA field office in Davenport, IA.
Overnight in Davenport, IA.
[cont'd in Nov.]

October 29 Michelle Obama
-Speaks to grassroots supporters at the Sheraton Iowa City Hotel in Iowa City, IA.
-Speaks to grassroots supporters at the Sioux City Convention Center in Sioux City, IA.

October 24 Barack Obama ...two-day, non-stop “America Forward!” tour:
-Grassroots event at The Quad at the The Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds in Davenport, IA.
    OTR lunch with three campaign volunteers at Antonella's Pizzeria in Davenport, IA.

October 19 Jill Biden
-Grassroots supporters event at the OFA-Charles City field office (220 N. Main St.) in Charles City, IA.
-Grassroots supporters event at the OFA-Mason City field office (219 N. Federal Ave.) in Mason City, IA.

October 17 Barack Obama
- Grassroots event at Armstrong Hall Lawn at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, IA.

October 4 Joe Biden
    OTR at HyVee supermarket, greets diners in the restaurant there and gets some soup then holds press avail outside and speaks about last night's debate, in Council Bluffs, IA.
-Grassroots event at the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs, IA.


S E P T E M B E R
September 28 Michelle Obama
-Speaks to grassroots supporters at the University of Northern Iowa’s McLeod Center in Cedar Falls, IA.

September 17-18 Joe Biden
September 17
    OTR stop with Tom Vilsack at Schmidt's Farm Market, tours, orders pie and soup, greets people, south of Muscatine near Fruitland, IA.
-Grassroots event at The Port of Burlington in Burlington, IA.
    OTR stop, greets volunteers and makes a couple of calls at the OFA office in Ottumwa, IA.
Overnight in Ottumwa, IA.
September 18
-Grassroots event at The Bridge View Center in Ottumwa, IA.
    OTR stop, greets diners and has lunch at Smokey Row Coffee in Oskaloosa, IA.
-Grassroots event at The Harris Center Concert Hall in Grinnell, IA.

September 7
Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Joe Biden and Jill Biden
*(Second stop following the Convention)  The President, Vice President, First Lady and Dr. Biden do a campaign event at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, IA.

September 1 Barack Obama
-Campaign event at Living History Farms in Urbandale (Des Moines area), IA.
    OTR at Bob Roe's Point After, greets patrons and gets a large pepperoni pizza, in Sioux City, IA.
-Campaign event at Morningside College in Sioux City, IA.


A U G U S T
August 28  Barack Obama ...on College Tour
-Grassroots event outside on the campus green in front of Curtiss Hall at Iowa State University in Ames, IA.
afterwards did a roundtable conference call with student reporters.

August 13-15 Barack Obama ...three-day bus tour of Iowa...
August 13
-Grassroots event at Bayliss Park in Council Bluffs, IA.
-Adds an official stop to see impact of the drought; tours the McIntosh brothers' farm and makes remarks from the front lawn of Roger and Karen McIntosh's home in Missouri Valley, IA.
    OTR buys snow cones at Tropical Sno in Denison, IA.
-Grassroots event at Herman Park Pavilion in Boone, IA.
    OTR visits Iowa State Fair for about an hour, greets fairgoers, stops by the Bud Tent and eats a pork chop at the fairgrounds in Des Moines, IA.
Overnight in Des Moines, IA.
August 14
    OTR stop, buys coffee, ice tea, muffins, cinammon roll, greets patrons at Coffee Connection in Knoxville, IA.
-Campaign event at the Nelson Pioneer Farm Museum in Oskaloosa, IA.
    OTR visit to the Heil Family Farm, which has several wind turbines and is part of the Laurel Wind Farm cooperative, in Haverhill, IA.
-Campaign event at the Marshall County Courthouse lawn in Marshalltown, IA.
    OTR stops and has a Bud Light at the Pump Haus, a sports bar and grill in Cedar Falls, IA.
-Campaign event at the RiverLoop Amphitheater at the Waterloo Center for the Arts in Waterloo, IA.
Overnight in Cedar Rapids, IA.
August 15
    OTR breakfast with three veterans at Riley’s diner in Cedar Rapids, IA.
    OTR stop at Cascade High School, talks with the teachers/staff and takes some questions, in Cascade, IA.
-Joined by First Lady Michelle Obama, does a grassroots event at Alliant Enery Amphitheater in Dubuque, IA.
-Joined by First Lady Michelle Obama, does a grassroots event at the intersection of East 11th and Christie Streets in Village of East Davenport, Davenport, IA.
The President and the Lady fly from Quad Cities International Airport to Washington, DC.


J U L Y
July 10 Barack Obama
-Visits, holds roundtable on the need for Congress to extend middle-class tax cuts at the home of Jason and Ali McLaughlin in Cedar Rapids, IA.
-Grassroots event at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, IA.
    OTR stop at Deb's Ice Cream & Deli in Cedar Rapids, IA.


J U N E

June 26-27 Joe Biden
June 26
    OTR lunch stop at First Street Deli in Independence, IA.
-Remarks at UAW Local 838 in Waterloo, IA.
    OTR stop at Widner Drug and Gift, has ice cream cone and cup of coffee, in Manchester, IA.
    OTR stop at the Hy-Vee on Dodge St., buys "three quarts of ice cream and a couple dozen cookies to take to a gathering with old friends" in Dubuque, IA.
Overnight in Dubuque, IA.
June 27
-Remarks at Grand River Center in Dubuque, IA.
-Grassroots event with supporters at Clinton Firefighters Association Local 609 hall in Clinton, IA.
    OTR stop to meet with seniors in the library at CASI, the Center for Active Seniors Inc., in Davenport, IA.


MAY
May 25 Barack Obama
-Delivers remarks on the economy ("To Do List," extension of Production Tax Credit) at official event at TPI Composites in Newton, IA.
-Campaign event at the Paul R. Knapp Animal Learning Center, Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, IA. (+)

May 11-12 Jill Biden
May 11
-Delivers commencement address at Southwestern Community College in Creston, IA.
May 12
-Speaks at the "2012 Legacy Luncheon" fundraiser for Christie Vilsack's campaign at the Hotel Fort Des Moines in Des Moines, IA.


APRIL
April 25 Barack Obama
- Remarks on student loans (interest rates could double in July) at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, IA. 

April 24 Michelle Obama
-Fundraising reception ($), then speaks to campaign volunteers and supporters at the Community and Events Center in Windsor Heights, IA.  [initially set for Temple for Performing Arts in Des Moines]


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Past campaign visits: 2008 Obama-Biden  |  2004 Kerry-Edwards  |  2000 Gore-Lieberman.