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February 26, 2019
ICYMI: First Iowa Elected Official Endorsement Goes to Cory Booker
Nielsen is the first Iowa elected official to endorse any candidate for President in 2020
Des Moines, IA -- This morning, Representative Amy Nielsen became the first Iowa elected official to endorse Cory Booker for President in 2020.Representative Nielsen hails from North Liberty, Iowa, and is serving her second term in the Iowa House of Representatives. A staunch public education advocate and former mayor of North Liberty, Representative Nielsen is also the first Iowa elected official to endorse any candidate for President in 2020.
Representative Nielsen announced her endorsement in a video posted to Twitter this morning followed by an exclusive guest post on Iowa Starting Line.
IOWA
STARTING
LINE: America
Needs
A
Leader
Who
Can Bring Us Together
“We
need a leader who will unite us instead of seeking opportunities to
divide us. We need a leader who isn’t afraid to tackle our nation’s
toughest problems by putting forward bold solutions.
I believe that leader is Cory Booker,
which
is
why
I’m
excited to endorse Cory for President of the United
States.
Iowans
can trust Cory to have their backs. Throughout his career, he has taken
on big challenges to lift up those most in need of help. He knows that
we can’t achieve the American Dream by going it alone.”
WHAT THEY’RE SAYING
CEDAR RAPIDS GAZETTE: Rep.
Amy
Nielsen
becomes
first
Iowa lawmaker to endorse 2020 hopeful
“As
a former mayor myself, I know the types of tough decisions that you
must make when you are the city’s chief executive officer and how that
prepares you to tackle big things in the future,” Nielsen said.
Booker is
part of a growing field of candidates competing in Iowa’s
first-in-the-nation precinct caucuses scheduled for Feb. 3, 2020.
Although the pace of the campaign has picked up rapidly over the last
month, there have been few endorsements.
POLITICO: Iowa
lawmaker
becomes
first
to
endorse Booker
Nielsen’s
nod comes as 2020 presidential candidates trek through Iowa this month
to lay early groundwork in an already crowded primary field.
Earlier this month, Nielsen and Booker held
a
joint
event
in
Cedar Rapids. Booker also
attended
a
fundraiser
for
Nielsen at a local event last October after Booker headlined the state
Democratic Party’s Fall Gala. At the time, Booker traveled throughout the
state plugging Democrats and raising money for the party in the midterm
elections.