IA-SEN: Iowa Democrats stress rural roots as they vie to take on Sen. Joni Ernst
GREENFIELD, Iowa — Facing a group of Democrats gathered in a brick park shelter here, Theresa Greenfield pitched herself as the best candidate to take on Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst.
“I am a businesswoman, and I am a mother of four, and I am a farm girl,” the real estate executive told attendees at the Adair County Democratic Party potluck earlier this month.
Greenfield is a top candidate in the race to take on Ernst, who is running for a second term in a state President Donald Trump carried by 9 points in 2016. Despite the backing of national and local Democrats, however, she doesn’t have the primary to herself. Challenging her are a familiar foe, a Navy vice admiral and a liberal lawyer.
The crowded presidential race may be capturing most Iowans’ attention, but after the February caucuses conclude, the focus will shift to the June primary battle to take on Ernst, who burst on to the national scene five years ago as a farm girl with military credentials.
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