Des Moines, Iowa — The only Democrat in this year’s race for Iowa governor has adopted a tool former Iowa Senator Tom Harkin used in his campaigns.
Harkin, for example, kicked off his 1992 presidential run in New Hampshire with a “work day” at a factory. This February, Deidre DeJear launched what she calls “Workday Wednesdays.”
This past week, DeJear served lunch, helped with PE, and read to students in a Storm Lake elementary school.
The previous week, DeJear worked on a greenhouse on a farm near Carlisle. In early March, she stocked shelves at a bookstore in Ames. DeJear says wherever she goes, she hears similar stories.
DeJear was in a different setting Saturday night. She was among the candidates scheduled to speak at an Iowa Democratic Party fundraiser in Des Moines.
The three Democrats who’re running for the US Senate were also scheduled to speak Saturday night at the party fundraiser.
