The 2008 Iowa Democratic presidential caucus was held on January 3, and was the state caucuses of the Iowa Democratic Party. It was the first election for the Democrats of the 2008 presidential electi
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Johnny Reid Edwards is an American lawyer and former politician who represented North Carolina in the United States Senate from 1999 to 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the party's vice
2008 Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses
…him the first African American to win the caucus and the first African American to win a primary state since Jesse Jackson in 1988. Former U.S. Senator John Edwards of North Carolina came in second place and then-U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton of New York finished third, though Clinton received more delegates than…
Edwards and his parents stand in front of his childhood home in 2007
Edwards in 1996
Edwards, Barbara Mikulski, and Tom Daschle at a rally urging the passing of the Democrats' health care package, the Patients' Bill of Rights (1999).