Amie here. Happy 11th anniversary to Iowa Starting Line, started by Pat Rynard as a deep dive into Iowa politics on Jan. 19, 2015. We’ve grown and broadened our scope of news since then, but we still love our politics.

Are you a longtime reader? Write in and tell me what hooked you in those early days; I’ll run your replies Friday.

In this issue: Where to meet a candidate, protests and rallies, and this week’s viral post.

Meet a candidate:

US Senate candidate Josh Turek:

• 1:30 p.m. Friday, Schera’s Algerian American Restaurant, Elkader
• 5 p.m. Friday, UAW Local 94, Dubuque
• 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Hall Of Fame Pizza & Wings, DeWitt
• 3 p.m. Saturday, Davenport Public Library (Eastern Branch), Davenport
• noon Sunday, Fairfield Public Library, Fairfield
• 2 p.m. Sunday, 220 N Court St., Ottumwa

US Senate candidate Zach Wahls:

• noon Saturday, Columbus Junction
• 2 p.m. Saturday, Tipton

US House of Representatives 1st District candidate Christina Bohannan:

• 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Indianola

US House of Representatives 4th District candidate Dave Dawson:

• 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Orange City

US House of Representatives 4th District candidate Stephanie Steiner:

• 5 p.m. Tuesday, Legends American Grill, Marshalltown

Iowa House District 46 candidate Annie Craven:

• 4 p.m. Saturday, Grimes

Protests and rallies:

Huddle on the Hill: 1 p.m. Tuesdays, Iowa State Capitol

Free America Rally: 2 p.m. Tuesday, Atlantic

4 Corners Weekly Peaceful Protest: 4:30 p.m. Thursdays, near the Casey’s/Methodist Church in Panora

Vigil for Immigrant Rights: noon-12:30 p.m. Fridays, Waterloo Post Office

Weekly Jefferson Protest: noon-1 p.m. Fridays, Jefferson Square, Jefferson

FED UP Fridays: 2-4 p.m. Fridays, Des Moines

Veterans for Peace rally: 3:30 p.m. Fridays, east entrance of Pentacrest, Iowa City

Community Rally for Democracy: 10 a.m. Saturdays, NE corner of Hickman and Alice’s Road, Waukee

Grieving for Gaza: 11 a.m. Saturdays, Decorah

Weekly Rally in the Wayside Park: noon Saturdays, Decorah

Weekly Perry Protest: noon-1 p.m. Saturdays, First and Willis by the bicycle sculpture, Perry

Weekly Peaceful Protest: 1 p.m. Saturdays, corner of Mamie Eisenhower Avenue and Story Street, Boone

Save Our Parks: 10 a.m. Sundays, Effigy Mounds National Monument, Harper’s Ferry

Henry County First Amendment Rally: noon-1 p.m. Sundays, front of the courthouse, Mount Pleasant

Submit an event here.

A staffer for Gov. Kim Reynolds denied a local journalist access to an official press briefing before the Condition of the State address yesterday.

Laura Belin, who runs liberal website Bleeding Heartland, said this has happened multiple times, even though she is a member of the Iowa Capitol Press Association.

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