GEARING UP FOR THOSE VISITS. AMANDA. WELL, STACY, THERE WILL BE MANY OF THEM. THE IOWA STATE FAIR IS TRADITION DELHI, OF COURSE, A MAJOR DRAW FOR PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS. IT’S WHERE THEY EAT FRIED FOOD. THEY SHAKE HANDS AND THEY’RE ABLE TO DIRECTLY PITCH THEIR PLATFORM TO IOWA CAUCUS GOERS. RIGHT NOW, REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES HAVE ALMOST FIVE MONTHS TO WIN OVER IOWANS BEFORE THE CAUCUSES. NOW, AS THEY HEAD TO IOWA, THE LATEST NEW YORK TIMES POLL SHOWS FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP STILL SIGNIFICANTLY AHEAD IN IOWA. YOU CAN SEE THERE HE HAS A DOUBLE DIGIT LEAD OVER THE NEXT CLOSEST CANDIDATES. FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS AND SOUTH CAROLINA SENATOR TIM SCOTT. THAT LEAD, THOUGH, IS SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN WHAT A FOX BUSINESS POLL FROM EARLIER LAST MONTH SHOWED THAT FOUND THAT TRUMP AT THAT POINT WAS SLIGHTLY HIGHER AT 46%. TIM SCOTT ALSO HAD A SLIGHTLY HIGHER POLLING AT 14% THEN, BUT DESANTIS HAS GAINED GROUND. THAT EARLIER POLL SHOWED HIM AT 16%. THE MOST RECENT NEW YORK TIMES POLL AT 22% FOR DESANTIS, AS WELL AS A LOT OF THESE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES COME TO THE STATE FAIR, THEY’LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN THEIR OWN PATH FORWARD TO THE WHITE HOUSE, MANY OF THEM ARGUING WHY THEY BELIEVE THAT THEY’RE THE BEST ALTERNATIVE TO BEAT TRUMP. TRUMP HIMSELF IS NOT SCHEDULED FOR ANY REMARKS AT THE STATE FAIR, LIKE THE DES MOINES REGISTER SOAPBOX AND THE FIRESIDE CHATS WITH IOWA GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLDS. BUT TRUMP WILL MAKE AN APPEARANCE AT THE FAIR SATURDAY, AND TRUMP’S VISIT COMES AS LEGAL ISSUES LOOM OVER THE FORMER PRESIDENT, HIS FIRST APPEARANCE IN IOWA SINCE HE WAS INDICTED FOR EFFORTS TO STAY
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Updated: 9:28 AM CDT Aug 10, 2023
Many presidential hopefuls will use this year's Iowa State Fair as a campaign stop. At least a dozen candidates seeking the Republican nomination will appear with Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds in her new Fair-Side Chats at JR's SouthPork Ranch. Thirteen candidates, including two Democrats and one Libertarian, are scheduled to give speeches at the Des Moines Register's Political Soapbox, located on the Grand Concourse.Former president Donald Trump said he'll be at the fair on Saturday, Aug. 12, but won't have a Fair-Side Chat, nor will he appear on the Register's Soapbox.President Joe Biden has not announced plans to attend the fair.Schedule of Fair-Side Chats with Gov. ReynoldsThursday, Aug. 10: Larry Elder, 10:30 a.m.Friday, Aug. 11: Doug Burgum (8:30 a.m.), Mike Pence (9:30 a.m.), Francis Suarez (10:30 a.m.)Saturday, Aug. 12: Vivek Ramaswamy (8:30 a.m.), Nikki Haley (9:30 a.m.), Ron DeSantis (10:30 a.m.)Tuesday, Aug. 15: Asa Hutchinson (8:30 a.m.), Ryan Binkley (9:30 a.m.), Tim Scott (10:30 a.m.)Friday, Aug. 18: Perry Johnson (9:30 a.m.), Will Hurd (10:30 a.m.)Schedule of Des Moines Register Political Soapbox speechesThursday, Aug. 10: Republican Doug Burgum, 1:30 p.m.; Republican Mike Pence, 4:30 p.m.Friday, Aug. 11: Republican Francis Suarez, 11:15 a.m.; Republican Perry Johnson, noon; Republican Larry Elder, 1:30 p.m.Saturday, Aug. 12: 11:15 a.m.: Republican Ryan Binkley, 11:15 a.m.; Republican Vivek Ramaswamy, noon; Democrat Marianne Williamson, 1:30 p.m.; Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 2:15 p.m.; Republican Nikki Haley, 3 p.m.Friday, Aug. 18: Republican Will Hurd, noon.Saturday, Aug. 19: Libertarian Chase Oliver, 2:15 p.m.; Republican Asa Hutchinson, 4:30 p.m.
DES MOINES, Iowa — Many presidential hopefuls will use this year's Iowa State Fair as a campaign stop.
At least a dozen candidates seeking the Republican nomination will appear with Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds in her new Fair-Side Chats at JR's SouthPork Ranch.
Thirteen candidates, including two Democrats and one Libertarian, are scheduled to give speeches at the Des Moines Register's Political Soapbox, located on the Grand Concourse.
Former president Donald Trump said he'll be at the fair on Saturday, Aug. 12, but won't have a Fair-Side Chat, nor will he appear on the Register's Soapbox.
President Joe Biden has not announced plans to attend the fair.
Schedule of Fair-Side Chats with Gov. Reynolds
Thursday, Aug. 10: Larry Elder, 10:30 a.m.
Friday, Aug. 11: Doug Burgum (8:30 a.m.), Mike Pence (9:30 a.m.), Francis Suarez (10:30 a.m.)
Saturday, Aug. 12: Vivek Ramaswamy (8:30 a.m.), Nikki Haley (9:30 a.m.), Ron DeSantis (10:30 a.m.)
Tuesday, Aug. 15: Asa Hutchinson (8:30 a.m.), Ryan Binkley (9:30 a.m.), Tim Scott (10:30 a.m.)
Friday, Aug. 18: Perry Johnson (9:30 a.m.), Will Hurd (10:30 a.m.)
Schedule of Des Moines Register Political Soapbox speeches
Thursday, Aug. 10: Republican Doug Burgum, 1:30 p.m.; Republican Mike Pence, 4:30 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 11: Republican Francis Suarez, 11:15 a.m.; Republican Perry Johnson, noon; Republican Larry Elder, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 12: 11:15 a.m.: Republican Ryan Binkley, 11:15 a.m.; Republican Vivek Ramaswamy, noon; Democrat Marianne Williamson, 1:30 p.m.; Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 2:15 p.m.; Republican Nikki Haley, 3 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 18: Republican Will Hurd, noon.
Saturday, Aug. 19: Libertarian Chase Oliver, 2:15 p.m.; Republican Asa Hutchinson, 4:30 p.m.
