Alex Wagner

Yeah, well, look, I mean, if you think that I haven't defeated Republicans, I would encourage you to ask Bob Vander Plaats or any of the other folks who are trying to change Iowa's marriage equality law back in 2011.

And what I would tell you is that the idea that this election is gonna be decided based on where a candidate is from is absolutely absurd.

I mean,

Same people who said that Barack Obama couldn't win because he was from Chicago, Illinois, right?

And that was wrong, right?

People don't care about where you're from.

They care about why you're there.

They care about what your vision for the future is.

And if you have a concrete idea about how to make it a reality.

We've got all of those things.

Again, I will also tell you, I'm the only candidate running on the Democratic primary who has represented small town and rural Iowa.

Cedar and Muscatine County, Obama, Trump, Walls counties.

And for years, I took really seriously the responsibility of showing up to those listening posts and those legislative forums.

I was often the only elected Democrat on the panel answering questions from the audience, me and like five Republicans, you know, not quite Jubilee style, you know, or whatever, but like pretty close.

And that experience

It made me a better legislator.

It's made me a better candidate for this office.

And that is the exact same approach that we'll take as a U.S.

senator.

I believe 100% in the importance of showing up, doing town halls.