Obama-Biden Iowa Visits
from June 1 through Nov. 4, 2008  See Rationale, Methodology and Limitations.
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N O V E M B E R
O C T O B E R
October 31, 2008 Barack Obama
Change We Need rally at Western Gateway Park (between 12th St. and 13th St., Grand Ave. and Locust St.) in Des Moines, IA.

October 25, 2008 Barack Obama
"One Nation" town hall at the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds in Davenport, IA.

[Note: On Oct. 20 the campaign announced that Obama would hold an event in the Des Moines area on the afternoon of October 23, but he cancelled the trip to visit his ill grandmother Madelyn Dunham in Hawaii].

S E P T E M B E R
September 12-13, 2008 Jill Biden
Sept. 12
-Joined by Christie Vilsack conversation with educators at North Iowa Area Community College in Mason City, IA.
 -Coffee with supporters at Coffee Attic in Iowa Falls, IA.
-Joined by first lady Mari Culver tours the Iowa Veterans' Home and talks with veterans in Marshalltown, IA.
-Community event at Jameson's Pub in Waterloo, IA.
Sept. 13
Meeting with supporters at the Campaign for Change office on 1st Street East in Independence, IA.
Community event at Grand River Center in Dubuque, IA.

September 8, 2008 Joe Biden
Change We Need rally at the Paul R. Knapp Animal Learning Center at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines, IA.

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July 31, 2008 Barack Obama
(a) Discussion with a small group of flood victims at the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library in Cedar Rapids, IA.
(b) Economic Security town hall meeting in the Moray L. Eby Field House at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, IA.
(c) (Addresses AFSCME convention live via satellite from Cedar Rapids, IA).
J U N E
(Obama originally planned to stop in Cedar Rapids on June 11 stop but canceled that visit due to flooding).

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