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Graham Iowa Visits

rationale, methodology and limitations  | this page updated on July 13, 2015

Through 2nd Quarter 2015
Iowa: 8 visits, 12 days
2015
>Sen. Lindsey Graham visited Iowa on June 27, 2015.  He did a breakfast meet and greet at Junction 21 in Centralia; made a stop at the Field of Dreams in Dyersville; visited and spoke from the "soap box" at the Linn County Fair in Central City; did a "Politics & Pool" meet and greet at the Tama VFW in Tama; did a meet and greet at Taylor's Maid Rite in Marshalltown; and wrapped up with a closed press fundraiser for Sen. Grassley at a private home in x.[CITY OR TOWN???]. 
Sen. Lindsey Graham is scheduled to hold a town hall at the Scott County GOP office at Paul Revere Square in Davenport, Iowa on the evening of June 26, 2015.canceled to attend funeral services in Charleston

>Sen. Lindsey Graham visited Iowa on June 5-6, 2015 as part of his announcement tour.  On June 5 he did a town hall meeting at the Sheraton West Des Moines in West Des Moines; and a meet and greet at VFW Post 1623-Sullivan Brothers Post in Waterloo.  On June 6 he made remarks at the 94th annual VFW State Convention at the Isle of Capri Casino Hotel in Bettendorf; and participated in Joni Ernst's Roast & Ride at Central Iowa Expo in Boone.

>Sen. Lindsey Graham spoke at the Republican Party of Iowa's Lincoln Dinner in Des Moines, Iowa on the evening of May 16, 2015.

>Sen. Lindsey Graham visited Iowa on April 24-25, 2015.  On April 24 he did a live in-studio interview with Simon Conway at WHO in Des Moines.  On April 25 he awarded medals, greeted participants and made remarks at the Story County Freedom Run at SCORE Paviion in Nevada (funds go to the Story County Freedom Flight).  Due to a scheduling conflict (Republican Jewish Coalition meeting in Las Vegas) Graham did not address the Iowa FFC's presidential candidate forum in Waukee in person; instead a recorded message from him was to be played.

>Sen. Lindsey Graham visited Iowa on March 27-28, 2015.  Early in the evening of March 27 he did a meet and greet at Noah's Ark (banquet room) in Des Moines; also DMR's Jennifer Jacobs reports a dinner with "former Iowa GOP Chairman Matt Strawn, his wife, Erin Strawn, and several state senators."  On March 28 he met with Iowa National Guard officers and members at their state annual conference at the Des Moines Airport Holiday Inn in Des Moines; met with county GOP leaders at a Pizza Ranch in Fairfield; per Jennifer Jacobs "met with some well-known Linn County GOP activists privately;" and did a meet and greet at Mondo's Draft House in Coralville.

>Sen. Lindsey Graham visited Iowa on March 7, 2015.  According to the Des Moines Register in the morning for U.S. Rep. Greg Ganske "cooked a breakfast of bacon and eggs for Graham.  Graham later spoke at and did a media avail. at the Iowa Agriculture Summit in Des Moines, then headed off to New Hampshire for his inaugural testing the waters trip to that state.

>Sen. Lindsey Graham visited Iowa on February 19-20, 2015 (+). On the afternoon of February 19 he held several meetings with Republican legislators at the State Capitol; and in the evening appeared at a meet and greet hosted by Lt. Gen. Ron Dardis (ret.), the former adjutant of the Iowa National Guard, at Hyperion Field Club in Johnston.  On February 20, per USA Today he met with Dave Roederer, director of the Iowa Department of Management; met with members of the Iowa National Guard at Camp Dodge and thanked them; had lunch at Bennigan's in Urbandale; and held a news conference at the Embassy Suites hotel in Des Moines.

2014
>Sen. Lindsey Graham campaigned with U.S. Senate candidate Joni Ernst in Iowa for a full day on October 23, 2014, traveling with her on her campaign RV.  They appeared at a breakfast forum hosted by the Greater Des Moines Partnership at the Des Moines Botanical Garden in Des Moines; at the Greater Des Moines Rotary 2014 Candidate Series luncheon at the Wakonda Club in Des Moines; at a meet-and-greet at the Guthrie County Courthouse in Guthrie Center; at a meet and greet at the Cass County Community Center in Atlantic [Cass Co.]; at a Joni for Iowa finance event, also in Cass County; and at a meet and greet at Darrell's Place in Hamlin [Audubon Co.].



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