To Be Fair Or Not

The Iowa State Fair is now underway and a couple candidates are sitting out the regular events. Can you guess who?  Yep, the "top two".  Trump and Biden.  All the other major candidates are showing up for the Fair-Side Chats with Gov. Reynolds and/or the Des Moines Register Political Soapbox Speeches. 

Fair-Side Chats with Gov. Reynolds
Thursday, Aug. 10: Larry Elder, 10:30 a.m.
Friday, Aug. 11: Doug Burgum (8:30 a.m.), Mike Pence (9:30 a.m.), Francis Suarez (10:30 a.m.)
Saturday, Aug. 12: Vivek Ramaswamy (8:30 a.m.), Nikki Haley (9:30 a.m.), Ron DeSantis (10:30 a.m.)
Tuesday, Aug. 15: Asa Hutchinson (8:30 a.m.), Ryan Binkley (9:30 a.m.), Tim Scott (10:30 a.m.)
Friday, Aug. 18: Perry Johnson (9:30 a.m.), Will Hurd (10:30 a.m.)

Des Moines Register Political Soapbox
Thursday, Aug. 10: Republican Doug Burgum, 1:30 p.m.; Republican Mike Pence, 4:30 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 11: Republican Francis Suarez, 11:15 a.m.; Republican Perry Johnson, noon; Republican Larry Elder, 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 12: 11:15 a.m.: Republican Ryan Binkley, 11:15 a.m.; Republican Vivek Ramaswamy, noon; Democrat Marianne Williamson, 1:30 p.m.; Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr., 2:15 p.m.; Republican Nikki Haley, 3 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 18: Republican Will Hurd, noon.
Saturday, Aug. 19: Libertarian Chase Oliver, 2:15 p.m.; Republican Asa Hutchinson, 4:30 p.m.

We did receive our second mailing from the Nikki Haley Super PAC today.  It is very similar to the last one in dealing with the Chinese influence. 

Snail Mail Totals So Far
10 - Never Back Down, Inc. (Pro-DeSantis)
5 - Opportunity Matters Fund, Inc. (Pro-Scott)
5 - Perry Johnson for President Inc.
4 - Make America Great Again (Pro-Trump / Anti-DeSantis)
4 - Best of America PAC (Pro-Burgum)
3 - AFP Action (Anti-Trump)
2 - SFA Fund, Inc. (Pro-Haley)
1 - Doug Burgum for America