• Home
  • News
    • Politics & Government
    • Business & Economy
    • Crime / Courts
    • Health / Medicine
  • Sports
    • High School Sports
    • Radio Iowa Poll
  • Affiliates
    • Affiliate Support Page
  • Contact Us
    • Reporters

Radio Iowa

Iowa's Radio News Network

You are here: Home / News / Iowa Primary candidates go virtual in pandemic

Iowa Primary candidates go virtual in pandemic

April 27, 2020 By O. Kay Henderson

Handshakes and public gatherings are not an option for politicians in the age of Covid-19 — so the candidates competing in Iowa’s June 2nd primaries are trying to make digital connections.

“We’re having to adapt like everybody else and so campaigning means doing interviews and town halls online,” J.D. Scholten, the Democrat running for congress in Iowa’s fourth district, said recently during a Facebook live event.

Southwest Iowa Democrats organized an online forum Sunday afternoon with all five of the Democrats who are running for the U.S. Senate. Joey Norris, chairman of Montgomery County Democrats, nudged the crowd watching online.

“All right,” Norris said. “Everybody give a nice, silent, virtual hand clap.”

On Sunday evening, the five Republicans running in Iowa’s fourth congressional district participated in a virtual forum hosted by Crawford County Republicans. Gwen Ecklund of the Crawford County Republican Women opened by saying plans for the event were changed because of the pandemic, “so tonight’s panel are all safely participating in their homes or offices, communicating via Zoom.”

The event was broadcast live on KDSN Radio and about 120 people watched it live online.  Early voting has already started for the June 2nd primary.

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Filed Under: News, Politics / Govt Tagged With: Democratic Party, Republican Party

Featured Stories

Exhibit features lesser known works of Grant Wood

Testing finds 21 new CWD cases in deer

It may become a crime in Iowa to use fake urine in workplace drug tests

February trending 18 degrees below average temperature

Iowa House Education Committee votes to end tenure at UI, ISU, UNI

TwitterFacebook
Tweets by RadioIowa

New look and new format at girls’ state basketball

Youngstown State takes action against assistant football coach

Iowa’s Jack Nunge lost for the season

Key stretch begins for #9 Iowa

Drake’s Roman Penn lost for the season

More Sports

eNews and Updates

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Archives

Copyright © 2021 · Learfield News & Ag, LLC