First 2016 presidential hopeful to open an Iowa office: Scott Walker
Source: Des Moines Register
First 2016 presidential hopeful to open an Iowa office: Scott Walker
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2015/02/10/scott-walker-first-to-open-iowa-office-among-white-house-hopefuls/23173785/
Jennifer Jacobs, jejacobs@dmreg.com 5:36 p.m. CST February 10, 2015
Scott Walker, the Republican who leads the presidential pack in Iowa polling, is the first of the 2016 White House aspirants to open an office here.
A political organization created by Walker, the governor of Wisconsin, has leased the space at 2775 86th St. in Urbandale – an office with a storied Republican political history.
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Two draft movements already have Iowa offices. Activists who are hoping for presidential bids by Republican former neurosurgeon Ben Carson and Democratic U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts have spaces. A third, Ready for Hillary, doesn't have an Iowa office at this point, but has activists here organizing for former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
This is the first location directly connected to a potential contender, although Walker's Our American Revival says for now that the organization is about transferring power out of Washington and back to the states and the people, not a White House campaign. The new office here is meant "to engage with the citizens of Iowa," an adviser said.
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