The Guardian has learned that Pete D’Alessandro, who helped guide the Vermont senator to a virtual tie with frontrunner Hillary Clinton in the Iowa caucuses, will announce he is exploring a bid for Congress in Iowa’s third congressional district on Tuesday. D’Alessandro is a veteran political operative who worked on campaigns for Paul Wellstone, Bill Bradley and a number of Iowa Democrats before becoming Bernie Sanders’ first campaign staffer in Iowa in the summer of 2015. The district is a swing seat comprising Des Moines, its suburbs and south-western Iowa. A two-term incumbent, Young was a longtime Republican aide on Capitol Hill before being elected to Congress. Although several candidates who tied themselves to Sanders ran in a special election in California’s 34th district in March, that district is safely Democratic.

Source: The Guardian April 25, 2017 16:32 UTC