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Campaign for Democratic Presidential Nomination in Full Swing

Kane Farabaugh

   CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA - From ballrooms to brew halls and at every diner
   and city park in between, the campaign for the Democratic nomination
   for president is underway in Iowa.

   The focus of the crowded field of candidates -- 24 by last count -- is
   centered on one topic, or rather one person, and echoed across a Hall
   of Fame gathering of Iowa Democrats in Cedar Rapids from most of those
   seeking the Democratic nomination.

   "Defeating Donald Trump," former Texas Congressman Beto O'Rourke told
   the crowd. It was a similar refrain from each of the candidates in one
   way or another, and routinely received the greatest amount of applause
   and cheering during the more than three-hour marathon of 19 campaign
   speeches delivered by candidates who attended.

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