The Campaign in Iowa

from April 10, 2012 to November 6, 2012
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JRB
 		Oct. 31-Nov. 1...  Nov. 1 (Davenport, Bettendorf), Muscatine, Fort Dodge.
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 Nov. 3 Dubuque.
BO
 Nov. 5 Des Moines.

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 		Nov. 2 Cedar Falls.
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 		Nov. 3 Dubuque.
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 Nov. 4 Des Moines.
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 Nov. 5 Des Moines.


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JRB
 Oct. 4 Council Bluffs.
BO
 Oct. 17 Mount Vernon.
JB
 Oct. 19 Charles City, Mason City.
BO
 Oct. 24 Davenport.
MO
 Oct. 29 Iowa City, Sioux City.
JRB
 Oct. 31-Nov. 1...  Oct. 31 (Davenport).

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 Oct. 1-2... Oct 1 Dubuque.  Oct. 2 Clinton, Muscatine, Burlington.
MR
 Oct. 9 Van Meter.
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 Oct. 21 Council Bluffs, Sioux City.
MR
 Oct. 24 Cedar Rapids.
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 Oct. 26 Ames.
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 Oct. 29 Davenport.
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 Oct. 30 Daveport, Cedar Rapids, Des Moines.


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 		Sept. 1 Urbandale, Sioux City.
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 Sept. 7 Iowa City.*
JRB
 Sept. 7 Iowa City.*
JRB
 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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 		Sept. 4-5...  Sept. 4 Cedar Rapids.  Sept. 5 Adel.
MR
 		Sept. 7 Sergeant Bluff, Orange City.
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 Sept. 17 Des Moines.
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 Sept. 20 Des Moines, Clive.


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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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 Aug. 7-8...  Aug. 7 West Des Moines.  Aug. 8 Des Moines, Polk Co..
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 Aug. 13 Des Moines.
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 Aug. 22 Bettendorf.


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 		July 10 Cedar Rapids.

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 		June 26-27...  June 26 (Independence), Waterloo, (Manchester, Dubuque).  July 27 Dubuque, Clinton, (Davenport).

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 		June 8 Council Bluffs.
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 		June 18 Dubuque, Davenport.


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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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 		May 15 Des Moines.




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MO
 April 24 Windsor Heights (DSM).
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 April 25 Iowa City.

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 Obama-Biden

BO
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MOsolo
JillBsolo

Visits Days Visits Days Visits Days
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Days
Final two weeks (Oct. 23-Nov. 6, 2012): 3
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Final month (Oct. 9-Nov. 6, 2012): 4
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Seven months (April 10-Nov. 6, 2008): 11
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 Romney-Ryan

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ARsolo



Visits Days Visits Days Visits Days


Final two weeks (Oct. 23-Nov. 6, 2012): 5
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Final month (Oct. 9-Nov. 6, 2012): 6
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Seven months (April 10-Nov. 6, 2008): 12
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There was also a fair bit of surrogate activity (examples).


Johnson-Gray
August 7-8, 2012  Jim Gray
August 7 - Meet and greet at the Woodfire Grill in Davenport, IA.
August 8 - Studio interviews with Jan Mickelson at WHO and with Ed Fallon on Fallon Forum in Des Moines, IA.