The Campaign in Iowa
See also: Iowa Travel by the Candidates and their Wives by County
from March 2, 2004 through Nov. 2, 2004  See Rationale, Methodology and Limitations.
Bush-Cheney: President Bush made a strong push in Iowa at the close, visiting the state seven times in the last month.  Earlier, however, the Hawk Eye state did not receive such personal attention; the four Republican principals made only six visits from March through July 2004, and seventeen months elapsed between Bush's November 2002 visit and his return to Des Moines for an event in April 2004.  In contrast to neighboring Wisconsin, which merited five bus tours by Bush, Iowa only served as the finishing point and the starting point for a couple of bus tours by the President. details> Kerry-Edwards: Both the Kerrys and the Edwardses had put a tremendous amount of time in Iowa during the caucus campaign; starting in 2001 Sen. Kerry spent about 81 campaign days in the state, and Sen. Edwards about 77 campaign days.  The Kerry campaign started its Iowa general election effort with a rally in Des Moines on April 25, 2004.  Kerry travelled in eastern Iowa on July 4 as part of a "Celebrating the Spirit of America" bus tour and again by bus a month later on the post-Convention "Believe in America" tour.  The campaign focused much attention on Iowa in the closing month, as the four Democratic principals made a total of 19 trips to the state.  These included a rare joint  appearance for a rally at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines on October 14.  Elizabeth Edwards spent a lot of time campaigning in Iowa.  details>
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EE 11/1  Davenport.  11/2  Cedar Rapids, Des Moines.
October
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GWB 10/4  Des Moines, Clive.
LB 10/7  Sioux City.
GWB, LB 10/9  Waterloo.
DC, LC 10/12  Davenport.
GWB, LB 10/15  Cedar Rapids.
GWB 10/20  Mason City.
DC, LC 10/22  Cedar Rapids, Nevada.
GWB, LB 10/25  Council Bluffs, Davenport.
GWB, LB 10/26  Dubuque.
DC, LC 10/28  Sioux City.
DC, LC 10/30  Davenport.
DC, LC 10/31  Fort Dodge.
October
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EE (Visit continues from Sept. 30)  Cedar Rapids, Davenport, Fort Madison.
JK (Overnight in Coralville on Oct. 4)  10/5  Tipton.
JE (Overnight in Des Moines on Oct. 10)  10/11  Newton.
JE (Overnight in Sioux City on Oct. 13)  10/14  Sioux City, Council Bluffs, Des Moines. 
all 10/14  Des Moines.
JK 10/15  Des Moines.
THK 10/15  Davenport.
EE 10/15  Cedar Rapids.
JK 10/20  Waterloo.
JE 10/20  West Burlington.  (Overnight in Burlington)  10/21  Muscatine, Iowa City.
JE 10/25  Dubuque.
EE 10/25  Ottumwa.  10/26  Mason City.
JK (Overnight in Sioux City on Oct. 26)  10/27  Sioux City.
JK 10/27  Cedar Rapids.
JE 10/28  Indianola, Davenport.
JK 10/30  Des Moines.
JE 10/30  Waterloo.
EE 10/30  Cedar Rapids.
THK 10/31  Ames.
September
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DC, LC 9/6  Clear Lake.  9/7 Des Moines.
DC 9/13  Ottumwa.
LB 9/13  Des Moines.
LB 9/24  Eldridge
DC, LC 9/28  Dubuque.
September
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EE 9/6  Des Moines.
JK 9/9  Des Moines.
EE 9/15  Sioux City, Carroll, Council Bluffs.
EE 9/19  Spencer, Indianola.
JE 9/23  Davenport, Cedar Rapids.
EE 9/30  Ottumwa, Marion, Cedar Rapids.  (Visit continues to Oct. 1)
August
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GWB 8/4  Davenport.
DC, LC 8/10  Clive.
LB 8/10  Cedar Rapids.
GWB, LB 8/14  Sioux City.
DC, LC 8/24  Davenport.
GWB 8/31  Alleman.
August
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JK 8/3  Dubuque.  (Overnight in Davenport)  8/4  Davenport, (Grandview, Burlington, Fort Madison)
JE 8/15  Waterloo, Des Moines.
July
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LB 7/7  Council Bluffs, Des Moines.
DC, LC 7/16  Waterloo.
GWB 7/20  Cedar Rapids.
July
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JE 7/14  Des Moines.
JK 7/24  Sioux City.
June
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May
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GWB,LB 5/7  Dubuque.
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April
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March
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March
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More Visits
Nader (Petition)
October 27, 2004
-Press conference (rural farming) at Iowa State University-Regency Room, followed by campaign speech at Iowa State University-Memorial Union in Ames, IA.

September 17, 2004
-Meet with Globe-Gazette newspaper and KIMT-TV at Pro Sandwich Shop in Mason City, IA
-Campaign speech at Northern Iowa University's Schindler Education Center in Cedar Falls, IA.
-Cedar Rapids Gazette editorial board meeting at 500 3rd Ave. SE in Cedar Rapids, IA.
-Press conference followed by campaign speech at University of Iowa-Iowa Memorial Union in Iowa City, IA.

August 25, 2004
-Speech at Drake University in Des Moines, IA.
 

Cobb (Green)
September 21, 2004
-Meets with Greens at Mauker Student Union at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls, IA.
-Luncheon meet and greet at the Blue Strawberry in Cedar Rapids, IA.
-Speaks at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, IA.
-Visits students and interested citizens at The Stomping Grounds coffee house in Ames, IA.

August 3-4, 2004
-On August 3 Pat LaMarche evening meet and greet in Des Moines, IA.
 
 

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