Iowa Caucus Results Look Good for Fallon
State Representative and gubernatorial candidate Ed Fallon
(D-Des Moines) announced during a Wednesday afternoon press conference
that he expects to send over 1,300 delegates to county party
conventions on March 4 and 11.
“These
results are very encouraging,” Fallon said. “For caucuses, we were able
to have an organizational presence in over 500 precincts, and 408
Iowans came forward to be precinct captains. Rank and file Iowans are
going to be the key to my grassroots campaign, and their passion for
the bread and butter issues like clean elections, fully funded
education, universal health care, and better environmental protection
are what will take this campaign to the next level.”
Fallon's
organization covered over 75% of Polk county precincts, but also had a
presence in 68 counties. Over 150 Fallon supporters had contacted the
campaign as of 11:30 Wednesday morning to report their results.
Seventeen of those caucuses reported Fallon had swept their delegates.
“We're
in a really good position to do well at county conventions, if it comes
to that,” Fallon said. “I'm also really excited about our new
volunteers. Seventy-one of my precinct captains were former Republicans
and Independents and registered as Democrats for the first time last
night so they could support me at their caucuses. I'm finding more and
more that Iowans from all political ideologies share a lot of passion
and believe in my core message. They're not as interested in partisan
politics as they are in candidates that present a common-sense message.
I would challenge any other candidate to find that level of Republican
and Independent support.”
With
campaign disclosure reports due tomorrow, Fallon took the opportunity
to showcase the strengths he says will limit his need for money.
“Other
candidates will certainly raise more money than I have, but none of
them can claim the grassroots structure that I'm building,” Fallon
said. “Iowans are not sheep. Rank and file Iowans will follow the
candidate that is the strongest on the issues they care about, not the
candidate with the most money or the biggest endorsements.”
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