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ZIP codes50301-50340-50310
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Location statistical region population212,031
Zip code50301-50340-50310-50316
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Des Moines is the capital city of Iowa. The gold-domed Iowa State Capitol building is among the 19th- and early-20th-century landmarks of the East Village area. The Des Moines Art Center is noted for its contemporary collections and Pappajohn Sculpture Park. Local produce and live music are draws at the Downtown Farmers' Market. The Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden has outdoor plant displays and a geodesic dome. ― Google

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... " At a forum in Des Moines held by influential Christian organisation The Family Leader, pastor and social worker Philip Herman says voters are open to hearing more, even as election day in Iowa nears...

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...By Mike WendlingBBC NewsRick Kimberly still doesn t know quite how the future leader of China ended up visiting his farm outside Des Moines...

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... The Tuesday vote sparked protests at the Iowa Capitol building in Des Moines...

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... He is expected to announce his 2024 presidential bid at an event in Des Moines, Iowa on 7 June...

The campaign launch Ron DeSantis will want to forget

The campaign launch Ron DeSantis will want to forget
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... It is often said that he is not a natural public speaker but I thought he was effective, if not exciting, as he outlined the conservative policies he has put in place in FloridaHe showed cute political instincts when he made an unscheduled stop that evening in Des Moines where Trump had just cancelled a rally - citing bad weather warnings...

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... Pieper Lewis, 17, was also ordered to pay $150,000 (£130,350) to Zachary Brooks family over his murder in 2020 in Des Moines...

Iowa shooting: Child and parents shot dead while camping

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... Mr Mortvedt told local newspaper, The Des Moines Register, that there had been no reports of an earlier altercation between the suspect and victims...

Week in pictures: 11-17. January 2020

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... presidential candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren talks with rivals, Senator Bernie Sanders, the activist billionaire Tom Steyer has in, after the seventh Democratic 2020 presidential debate in Des Moines, Iowa...

The campaign launch Ron DeSantis will want to forget

Feb 16,2020 10:05 am

By Sarah SmithNorth America editor in Miami, Florida

You have to Imagine That someone somewhere has been fired. Maybe More Than one person.

Elon Musk will be looking for scapegoats to blame for the fact that Ron Desantis 's campaign launch was technically a laughable farce. With The Sound cutting out and The Link repeatedly crashing.

Ron Desantis must be regretting listening to the adviser who thought This Was The Way to launch a campaign that needs rocket boosters to propel him to The Level of support the polls suggest his biggest rival Donald Trump currently enjoys.

In the Four Seasons hotel in Miami, where campaign volunteers were gathered for The Launch , people were trying to put a brave face on - dismissing the technical difficulties as " unimportant" and " insignificant".

" More embarrassing for Elon Musk than for Ron Desantis , " one told me. " Find Me one voter in Iowa who remembers this in January and I will give a hundred bucks, " He Said .

Once the Twitter session got going, Mr DeSantis talked about his " war on woke" his legal battle with the Walt Disney Company, and how he would reduce immigration.

With Mr Musk and The Other contributors all agreeing with him, it was certainly not a challenging forum.

Even before the fiasco began Mr DeSantis was being criticised for launching this way. One Trump loyalist noted that the Twitter event was typical for Mr DeSantis - because he didn't have to face either journalists questions or a live audience

That remark gets to The Heart of what could be Mr DeSantis's greatest problem. How will he cope with interacting with people and The Press ?

He has a reputation for avoiding journalists and behaving awkwardly with voters. His critics claim he doesn't have the charisma required for a successful presidential campaign.

" Trump without The Charm , " is how rival Nikki Haley 's campaign described Mr DeSantis in an internal memo leaked This Week .

Effective, if not exciting

I saw Mr DeSantis in action myself The Key state of Iowa just a few days ago. He addressed a room of about 600, mostly Republican, voters at a barbeque lunch in Sioux Centre.

It is often said that he is not a natural public speaker but I thought he was effective, if not exciting, as he outlined The Conservative policies he has put in place in Florida

He showed cute political instincts when he made an unscheduled stop that evening in Des Moines where Trump had just cancelled a Rally - citing bad weather warnings. " It's a beautiful night, " Mr DeSantis proclaimed in a jab at his most-significant opponent.

The New York Times headline The Next day read: " DeSantis Impresses in Iowa". Although it did note that expectations are so low that he fared well " merely by showing up and not committing any significant gaffes".

He also did a rare photo call for the cameras - posing at the grill wearing a personalised apron and cooking a remarkably large Pork Chop . But he was excruciatingly uncomfortable with journalists trying to ask him questions.

If you want to avoid the reporters who have come to cover your event you need to find a way to gracefully brush them off.

I was running along beside him as he did a little walkabout so I could ask if he had made a mistake by not announcing his candidacy sooner? Was that why Donald Trump is So Far ahead of him in polls?

The constipated grimace that was his only response is the kind of facial expression that makes press officers weep.

He keeps Making Faces and gestures that are embarrassing memes waiting to happen. Laughing really weirdly or wobbling his head oddly when asked a difficult Question - Body Language that is strange enough to hamper his campaign

After the disastrous Twitter launch the Florida governor appeared on the more traditional medium of cable TV - on the Republican-friendly Fox News network - where he was not asked a single tough Question .

Ultimately Mr DeSantis will need to embrace a media strategy that goes beyond only giving very occasional interviews to supportive outlets or platforms.

Because he has had relatively little interaction with the mainstream media So Far he may find he may struggle, just when the stakes could not be any higher.

A presidential run is a hell of a moment to do your first really challenging, prime-time interviews.

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