Secretary Castro to hold various campaign events surrounding national candidate forums
SAN ANTONIO, TX (July 10, 2019) – On Sunday, July 14 through Tuesday, July 16, presidential candidate and former U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary under President Obama and San Antonio Mayor, Julián Castro, will travel to Iowa for his eighth trip to the first-in-the-nation caucus state since announcing his candidacy.
On Sunday, July 14, Secretary Castro will participate in Progress Iowa’s 5th Annual Corn Feed in Cedar Rapids and host a town hall on immigration in Mount Pleasant. On Monday, July 15, Secretary Castro will host a meet-and-greet in Keokuk, tour downtown Muscatine with community leaders, and host a meet-and-greet with Muscatine residents. On Tuesday, July 16, Secretary Castro will participate in a presidential candidate forum hosted by the AARP and the Des Moines Register and host a meet-and-greet in Davenport.
In his most recent trip on July 7-8, Secretary Castro hosted a meet-and-greets in Council Bluffs and Montgomery County, before traveling to Tabor and Bartlett to tour damage from recent flooding along the Missouri River.
Secretary Castro’s trip to Iowa follows his stand out performance at the first Democratic debates, which the New York Times described as "Castro's big night." In a focus group hosted by NBC, five out of six college students who watched both debates said that Secretary Castro won both debates.
Last Wednesday, ABC and the Washington Post published a new poll in which Secretary Castro moved into the top five polling candidates nationally at four percent. The ABC/Washington Post poll meets the Democratic National Committee’s criteria for consideration under its debate qualification rules. Secretary Castro had the four biggest grassroots fundraising days of his campaign, and has received more than $1 million in contributions.
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