2019

Polk County Democrats’ largest Steak Fry in history featured 17 of the 18 serious presidential candidates vying for votes in 2020. More than 12,000 tickets were sold for the Saturday event at Water Works Park in Des Moines. In keeping with its name, it was a rainy day at the park. But attendees were prepared,…

Newly-eligible Iowan voters who attended the Polk County Steak Fry are ready to be politically active and ready to demand their needs. Attendees aged 16 to 20 were abundant Saturday at Water Works Park and heard from 17 presidential candidates. While some young voters had already committed to caucusing for a certain candidate on Feb.…

Amidst a day full of chanting, marches, sign wars and a number of other moves to demonstrate organizational strength, Elizabeth Warren’s Iowa team diverged from the pack to focus on something very specific: talking to voters. By the end of the night, Warren found herself in first place in the Des Moines Register’s Iowa Poll,…

“Anybody want a beer?” South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg yelled into a crowd of frantic supporters following his lap around the Polk County Steak Fry. The democratic candidate had just led a rally of around 1,300 supporters into the Water Works grounds and was now bartending beer after flipping steaks on the grill. “Customers up…

The day started early for Kamala Harris and her team. At the Water Works grounds for the Polk County Steak Fry, most of her supporters said they showed up at 6:30 in the morning to form a block of chanting and cheering. Harris’ campaign bought two spots near the event’s entrance. It was along one…

The Steak Fry is underway. Your Starting Line team was spread out across the candidates’ rally sites. Here’s what was happening early on today. Buttigieg’s Camp Sprawls At The Steak Fry Pete Buttigieg’s supporters were visible upon entering the Steak Fry gates. “Mayor Pete, he’s our guy, welcome to the Steak Fry!” Supporters screamed as…

It’s Steak Fry day in Iowa. The biggest event yet of this Iowa Caucus season is upon us, and campaigns are pulling out all the stops to project momentum to both caucus-goers and the media. Seventeen Democratic presidential candidates will be speaking at the Polk County Democrats Steak Fry, the third annual the county party…

Former Vice President Joe Biden responded in Iowa today to the reports that President Donald Trump had pressured the Ukrainian president to investigate Biden and his family. “It’s concerning to me that a president would do something like that,” Biden told Iowa Starting Line in an interview after a climate town hall in Cedar Rapids…