Iowa played a starring role in the ... “Lovely to meet you, Connie,“ he said. Then-President Jimmy Carter waves to a crowd in Burlington on Aug. 22, 1979, with his wife, Rosalyn, and their ...

Iowa had given an unknown entity enough momentum to take on party favorites once before. That could be Carter, too, couldn’t ...

Prominent Iowans reacted to the death of former President Jimmy Carter by praising his humanitarian work and remembering his ...

A former chairman of the Iowa Democratic Party, he met the former president many times, including moderating debates and being invited to White House events during Carter’s tenure.

Carter launched his 1976 presidential candidacy by focusing heavily on Iowa’s first-in-the-nation caucuses, counting on a strong showing to catapult him into a national contender. “Jimmy ...

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley — the only current member of congress who was serving when Jimmy Carter was president — says ...

The Republican candidates for president that year chose to sidestep any major campaign effort in Iowa. On the Democratic side, however, Jimmy Carter spotted an opportunity. There were several ...

Jimmy Carter's 1976 Iowa Caucus win established the state as a proving ground for presidential hopefuls. Carter's team leveraged grassroots organizing and capitalized on media attention ...