Iowa Caucus Results Look Good for Fallon

State Representative and gubernatorial candidate Ed Fallon (D-Des Moines) announced during a Wednesday afternoon press conference that he expects to send over 1,300 delegates to county party conventions on March 4 and 11.

"These results are very encouraging," Fallon said. "For caucuses, we were able to have an organizational presence in over 500 precincts, and 408 Iowans came forward to be precinct captains. Rank and file Iowans are going to be the key to my grassroots campaign, and their passion for the bread and butter issues like clean elections, fully funded education, universal health care, and better environmental protection are what will take this campaign to the next level."

Fallon's organization covered over 75% of Polk county precincts, but also had a presence in 68 counties. Over 150 Fallon supporters had contacted the campaign as of 11:30 Wednesday morning to report their results. Seventeen of those caucuses reported Fallon had swept their delegates.

"We're in a really good position to do well at county conventions, if it comes to that," Fallon said. "I'm also really excited about our new volunteers. Seventy-one of my precinct captains were former Republicans and Independents and registered as Democrats for the first time last night so they could support me at their caucuses. I'm finding more and more that Iowans from all political ideologies share a lot of passion and believe in my core message. They're not as interested in partisan politics as they are in candidates that present a common-sense message. I would challenge any other candidate to find that level of Republican and Independent support."

With campaign disclosure reports due tomorrow, Fallon took the opportunity to showcase the strengths he says will limit his need for money.

"Other candidates will certainly raise more money than I have, but none of them can claim the grassroots structure that I'm building," Fallon said. "Iowans are not sheep. Rank and file Iowans will follow the candidate that is the strongest on the issues they care about, not the candidate with the most money or the biggest endorsements."

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