Iowa Democrats and Republicans will be holding Caucuses on Monday night, starting at 7 p.m. The meetings allow local candidates to meet with the party’s local voters and elect the precinct residents who’ll attend each party’s county conventions. Party platform ideas are also discussed. These mid-term Iowa Caucuses don’t get as much attention as the Caucuses that have kicked off presidential campaigns in the past. Iowa Republicans appear positioned to start the 2028 presidential election with the Iowa Republican Party’s Caucuses. Iowa Democrats were kicked out of the lead-off spot in 2024 — and have applied to national party leaders to regain an early voting contest in the next presidential election. Iowa Democratic Party Chair Rita Hart says no other state has the infrastructure and the history of giving long-shot candidates like Jimmy Carter and Barack Obama a chance.
Hart says the national party must reconnect with rural voters and Iowa is the place where that can start.
In Kossuth County, Republicans will hold precinct caucuses tonight at the Algona Senior Center, the Bancroft Fire Department building, the North Union cafeteria in Swea City, the Wesley Community Center and the Whittemore Community Center.
Kossuth County Democrats will hold their caucuses this evening at Lucia Wallace Elementary School in Algona.
