The Minnesota presidential candidate is counting on the Midwest, now sodden from floods.
By Cleve R. Wootson Jr. Cleve R. Wootson Jr. National political reporter covering the 2020 presidential campaign. Email Bio Follow April 3 at 8:00 AM PACIFIC JUNCTION, Iowa — The rain started on St. Patrick’s Day, and didn’t stop until Jason and Fran Parr’s century-old house near the Iowa-Nebraska border was knee-deep in cold, murky water. They managed to wade in to rescue family photos of their twin 4-year-olds, but most everything else was lost.
The solution, Klobuchar said, is a trillion-dollar plan that she says would fix or bolster public infrastructure like the levees she said were supposed to protect the Parrs’ home. Winning Iowa may be her best shot, though it is by no means a sure thing. According to a Des Moines Register poll, only 6 percent of potential Iowa Democratic caucus voters said Klobuchar would be their first or second choice.
“I’m someone who has won in numerous counties and in numerous elections where there are really Republican counties and independent voters, and there are very few candidates in the race that have done that,” she said. “And as I noted, I’ve won every congressional district in my state three times in a row . . . and I am someone that finds common ground and tries to get things done.”
Jane Kleeb, the chairwoman of Nebraska’s Democratic Party, said that fellow party activists in rural states had been clamoring for more of a focus on rural voters — especially as the president’s tariff policies hurt his appeal with them. While she did not want candidates to pander to rural states, she said candidates who understand rural issues have an edge.
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