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Bush Iowa Visits

rationale, methodology and limitations  | this page updated on October 10, 2015

Through 3rd Quarter 2015
Iowa: 7 visits, 11 days
2015
>Former Gov. Jeb Bush visited Iowa on September 21-22, 2015.  On the evening of September 21 he held a town hall at the Music Man Square in Mason City.  On the morning of September 22 he did a meet and greet at Gravy's Diner in Cedar Falls; he did a regulatory reform roundtable at John Putney's farm in Gladbrook; at midday he spoke at a Linn Eagles luncheon at the Cedar Rapids Country Club in Cedar Rapids; and he spoke at a reception for State Rep. Ken Rizer at Veterans Memorial Building in Cedar Rapids.

>Former Gov. Jeb Bush visited Iowa on August 13-14, 2015.  On August 13 he participated in an Americans for Peace Prosperity and Security national security forum at the Beehive Student Union at St. Ambrose University in Davenport; and in the evening headlined Polk County GOP's Annual Summer Sizzle at Dennis Albaugh's Classic Car Barn in Ankeny.  On August 14 he visited the State Fair in Des Moines for about four hours, starting with a press gaggle with Sens. Grassley and Ernst at the main entrance; speaking at the Des Moines Register Soapbox; and grilling at the Iowa Pork Producers Association tent with Gov. Branstad; he also had a deep-fried Snickers bar.

>Former Gov. Jeb Bush attended Bruce Rastetter's annual summer party in Hubbard, Iowa on August 1, 2015.

>Former Gov. Jeb Bush visited Iowa on July 13-14, 2015.  On July 13 he did a meet and greet at the UPS Auditorium at Morningside College in Sioux City; per the DMR flew to his next event, keynoting Story County Republicans' fifth annual Judge Joseph Story Dinner at Prairie Moon Winery in Ames; and per the DMR overnighted at the Embassy Suites in Des Moines.  On July 14 he did a meet and greet at Barley's Pub in Council Bluffs.

>As part of his announcement tour, former Gov. Jeb Bush visited Iowa on June 17, 2015.  In the morning he did a backyard meet and greet at the Mangold residence on West 17th Street in Washington; and in the early evening he did a town hall event at Molengracht Plaza in Pella.

>Former Gov. Jeb Bush visited Iowa on May 16, 2015.  In the morning he did a town hall meeting hosted by Loras College Republicans in the Alumni Campus Center at Loras College in Dubuque; he joined Sen. Chuck Grassley at a fundraiser for Grassley's 2016 campaign at the University Club in Iowa City; and in the evening he spoke at the Republican Party of Iowa's Lincoln Dinner in Des Moines.

>Former Gov. Jeb Bush visited Iowa on March 6-7, 2015.  On the evening of March 6 he was the special guest at a reception for David Young's congressional campaign at Living History Farms in Urbandale.  On March 7 he made an unannounced stop for breakfast at the Hy-Vee in Pleasant Hill; spoke at the Iowa Agriculture Summit in Des Moines; met privately with activists at Jethro's BBQ 'n Jambalaya in Waukee; as initially reported by the Des Moines Register, appeared at an invitation-only gathering at the home of David and Dorie Fisher in the Glen Oaks neighborhood of West Des Moines; and did a public meet-and-greet at the Pizza Ranch in Cedar Rapids


and, surrogate visits include
(not in the tally above)

George P. Bush visited Iowa on August 20-21, 2015.  On the evening of August 20 he formally opened the campaign's Cedar Rapids office at 764 N Center Point Rd. in Hiawatha.  On August 21 he attended the State Fair in Des Moines.

Jeb Bush Jr. visited Iowa on August 8, 2015, attending the Adel Sweet Corn Festival and appearing at the grand opening and potluck at Bush Iowa HQ in West Des Moines.

Jeb Bush Jr. was the special guest at a Bull Moose Club of Des Moines/Iowa Federation of College Republicans event at Embassy Club West in Des Moines, Iowa on the evening of May 15, 2015.




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