IOWA CAUCUSES

Prominent Clinton backers to host open houses

Tony Leys
tleys@dmreg.com

Hillary Clinton's campaign is having prominent Democratic supporters host volunteer organizing events over the next two weeks.

The supporters will host open houses at offices around the state, spokeswoman Lily Adams said. They include former Lt. Gov. Sally Pederson; former Planned Parenthood of the Heartland President Jill June; State Reps. Abby Finkenauer of Dubuque, Phyllis Thede of Davenport, Mary Mascher of Iowa City and Timi Brown Powers of Waterloo; State Sens. Bill Dotzler of Waterloo and Jeff Danielson of Cedar Falls; former State Reps. Wes Whitead of Sioux City and Tyler Olson of Cedar Rapids; former state Sen. Staci Appel of Ackworth; Cedar Rapids City Councilman Justin Shields; former Cedar Rapids Mayor Lee Clancey; and former state party Chairwoman Sue Dvorsky of Coralville.

Clinton's campaign, which faces a growing left-flank challenge from U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, has been eager to show its early organizing strength. The campaign says it has opened 10 organizing offices in Iowa, with 27 organizers, who have held about 2,500 one-on-one meetings with voters since Clinton officially entered the race in April.

Details about the events will be listed on HillaryClinton.com.