Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Few presidential preference ballots cast locally
The Iowa Democratic Party on Tuesday released the unofficial results of its first-ever mail-in presidential preference caucus.
The party shifted to mail-in ballots this year after the Democratic National Committee moved on from Iowa holding the first-in-the-nation caucus, which it had done for decades. Preference cards were mailed out Jan. 12 through Feb. 19.
As expected, President Joe Biden won with 11,083 first place preference votes. "Uncommitted" was second with 480 votes, while Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips and Marianne Williamson landed third and fourth place, respectively, with 362 and 2...