Democratic mayor Pete Buttigieg is trying to catch up with rivals who have spent more time and resources organizing in Iowa this year
TIPTON, Iowa — Pete Buttigieg burst into the 2020 presidential race by building national excitement on social media and cable news shows. Now, pork chop in hand, he’s playing catch-up in the all-important first caucus state.
“But I still think it’s the case that local interaction and organization matters,” Buttigieg continued, noting that some of his rivals have been organizing in Iowa for a year now. The South Bend, Ind., mayor, for his part, began as a long shot after losing a race for Democratic National Committee chairman in 2017, coming into the presidential race largely unknown and with thin financial resources.
poster="http://v.politico.com/images/1155968404/201905/1045/1155968404_6038963049001_6038963165001-vs.jpg?pubId=1155968404"Meanwhile, Sen. Elizabeth Warren has built an army in Iowa of more than 65 people, snapping up top in-state talent as soon as she announced her bid in January. Sen. Cory Booker seeded Iowa with organizers in February, earning a glowing headline this week from the Iowa Starting Line blog: “It’s not if Cory Booker breaks out in Iowa, it’s when.
“A lot of people got to know him on Twitter, on Facebook and on TV, which is a great way to reach people, but I know there’s a lot of voters who aren’t plugged in that way and they need to see you out on the trail, doing retail politics,” said Penny Rosfjord, the Democratic chairwoman of Iowa’s 4th District. “Has been here in Iowa? Yes. Would we like to see more of him? Yes.
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