Iowa Rep. Amy Nielsen announced Tuesday she is backing Cory Booker for president, praising his work as mayor of Newark, N.J.
Sen. Cory Booker has won the first endorsement of an Iowa state lawmaker, nearly a year out from the presidential caucuses.
State Rep. Amy Nielsen, a former mayor of North Liberty, a town in Johnson County, announced Tuesday she is backing Booker for president, praising his work as mayor of Newark, N.J.
Earlier this month, Nielsen and Booker held a joint event in Cedar Rapids. Booker also attended a fundraiser for Nielsen last October after Booker headlined the state Democratic Party’s fall gala. At the time, Booker traveled throughout the state, plugging Democrats and raising money for the party in the midterm elections.
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