Iowa Corn Feed - successor to the Harkin Steak Fry - next Sunday (8/30) in DM

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ADVISORY: Progress Iowa Corn Feed to feature Harkin, Chafee, Loebsack, Castro, Ben & Jerry, every Democratic candidate for Congress and U.S. Senate in Iowa

For Immediate Release: August 20th, 2015

Contact: Matt Sinovic, [phone]

ADVISORY: Progress Iowa Corn Feed to feature Harkin, Chafee, Loebsack, Castro, Ben & Jerry, every Democratic candidate for Congress and U.S. Senate in Iowa

Des Moines, Iowa – Senator Tom Harkin (Ret.), Congressman Dave Loebsack, Governor Lincoln Chafee, Congressman Joaquin Castro, and Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield (of Ben & Jerry’s) will be among the speakers at the Progress Iowa Corn Feed on Sunday, August 30 at Simon Estes Amphitheater in Des Moines, Iowa. Iowa Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal, Iowa Senate President Pam Jochum, and House Democratic Leader Mark Smith will also speak at the Corn Feed.

Also speaking: Rob Hogg, Bob Krause, and Tom Fiegen, candidates for U.S. Senate; Jim Mowrer and Desmund Adams, candidates for Congress in Iowa’s 3rd congressional district; Monica Vernon, Pat Murphy, and Gary Kroeger, candidates for Congress in Iowa’s 1st congressional district; Kim Weaver, candidate for Congress in Iowa’s 4th congressional district.

The Progress Iowa Corn Feed will be open to pre-credentialed members of the media. Those interested in covering the event must sent an email requesting credentials to [e-mail] by Wednesday, August 26 at 12:00 PM. A confirmation email will be sent to those receiving credentials. A mult box will be available, and media credentials can be picked up at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 101 E Locust St, Des Moines, Iowa.

WHAT: Progress Iowa Corn Feed

WHEN: Sunday, August 30; Doors open at 2:00 p.m. Program begins at 2:45 p.m. (all times central)

WHERE: Simon Estes Amphitheater; 75 E Locust St, Des Moines, Iowa

Progress Iowa is a multi-issue progressive advocacy organization with a network of more than 60,000 progressives. Year-round, Progress Iowa advocates for a stronger middle class, first-class public education, and fairness for all Iowans under the law.


Tickets to the 2015 Progress Iowa Corn Feed being held on August 30th are $30 each and available at http://progressiowa.org/cornfeed.

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1. Would love to go.

Alas, I'm busy.

p.s. This link works better: https://progressiowa.actionkit.com/donate/Progress-Iowa_Corn-Feed/