DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Four years ago, the Beaverdale neighborhood in Des Moines, Iowa, organized big for President Barack Obama's re-election, building a volunteer group skilled at phone-banking, door-knocking and boosting caucus participation and dubbing themselves Obamadale.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa's Republican Gov. Terry Branstad has spent the past year leading an effort to seize control of his state party, hoping to send a message that the kickoff presidential caucuses will be welcoming to all 2016 GOP hopefuls.