The Iowa Democratic Party has listed three candidates on its 2024 presidential preference caucus cards. President Joe Biden, Minnesota Congressman Dean Phillips and author Marianne Williamson will be the three names listed for Democrats to choose. The cards will also have “uncommitted” as a choice.
The party will still hold caucuses the same night as Republicans – January 15th. However, it will only conduct party business that night. Iowa Democrats will release the results of their mail-in presidential preference cards on Super Tuesday which is March 5. Iowa Democrats can already request a mail-in presidential preference card.
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North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum has ended his Republican presidential campaign.
Burgum did not meet the polling threshold for Wednesday’s debate for GOP candidates. Burgum, who did not qualify for the debate in November, either, said the Republican National Committee’s requirements are “nationalizing the primary process and taking the power of democracy away from the engaged, thoughtful citizens of Iowa and New Hampshire.”
Burgum took part in the first two televised debates. He met the fundraising requirement for the first one by offering $20 gift cards to donors who gave at least $1 to his campaign. The Des Moines Register Iowa Poll in late October showed Burgum with three percent support here, behind former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who has not campaigned in Iowa this year.
Burgum launched his campaignin June.
South Dakota turned down federal funding for summertime child food vouchers, and now, the Department of Education is seeking sponsors for another program that provides summer meals to needy children, according to the Argus Leader. https://bitly.ws/34sxv
Sponsors will help feed kids who qualify for free or reduced price lunch during the school year, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture reimburses sponsors.
According to a Wednesday news release, sponsorships are available for Bennett, Bon Homme, Buffalo, Charles Mix, Custer, Gregory, McCook, Meade, Oglala Lakota, and Stanley counties.
Potential sponsors must complete a screening survey by Feb. 1 to be considered.
The ask comes after South Dakota’s decision not to deliver $7.5 million in food vouchers to more than 60,000 kids in the summer of 2023.
After two straight months of readings above growth neutral, Creighton University's Mid-America Business Conditions Index slumped significantly. November's reading plummeted to 42.2--down from 51.5 in October. https://www.creighton.edu/economicoutlook
Creighton University Economics Professor Dr. Ernie Goss says the survey of supply managers in a nine-state region including Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri indicated the area has entered a rolling recession.
