Stephen Maturen via Getty Images Kamal HarrisDES MOINES, Iowa ― “Can you tell me your mother’s name?” Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) asked from across the table. And now Reyes wanted to know what the senator could do for people like her mother if Harris is elected president. “Not just her but all of the presidential candidates.” Iowans have long taken their responsibility seriously as the first state to hold a Democratic nominating contest every presidential election. “It is ingrained in you, as an Iowan, that one of your roles in America is to vet and screen and vote for presidential candidates,” he said. Some who attended the events, like 20-year-old Jordan Milligan of Upper Iowa University, have already decided Harris is their candidate.

Source: Huffington Post February 28, 2019 19:23 UTC