(Vote Here Flag - KIWA Staff Photo)Iowa (RI) — With Election Day approaching, both political parties spent the weekend encouraging supporters who have not yet voted to cast their ballots.
On Saturday, AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler met with union volunteers in Iowa who were preparing to go door-to-door and speak with prospective voters.
On Sunday afternoon in Dubuque, Iowa Republican Party Chairman Jeff Kaufmann urged attendees at President Donald Trump’s rally to help boost turnout by contacting friends, family members, and neighbors before Election Day.
When Trump addressed the crowd, he encouraged supporters to vote and promoted Republican candidates on the ballot.
Democrats were also focused on turnout efforts. Sunday night, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, chairman of the Democratic Governors Association, spoke to supporters of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rob Sand.
State officials reported that more than 440,000 Iowans had already voted early by Friday morning.
Sand urged supporters not to become complacent despite favorable polling.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Zach Lahn used Trump’s appearance in Dubuque to energize supporters.
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ashley Hinson emphasized the stakes in her race, arguing it could determine control of the U.S. Senate.
Meanwile, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Josh Turek told supporters in Council Bluffs that the race could be decided by a very small margin.
The closest U.S. Senate race was in New Hampshire in 1974. After a second recount showed one candidate ahead by just two votes and hearings in the U.S. Senate that failed to resolve the race, a do-over election was held in 1975. Voter turnout set a record and the margin of victory in that New Hampshire special election was 27,000 votes.
Election Day is Tuesday.
