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bocyesterday at 8:14 PM1 replyview on HN

It's mostly done because Iowa hosts (arguably) the most important primary election for presidential cycles.


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DavidPeifferyesterday at 8:35 PM

(Iowan)

We've been losing our importance in the election cycles. We did have a pair of very long tenured senators who definitely gave us an outsized representation for decades, helping to establish many of the ag friendly policies we have in place today (Senators Harkin and Grassley).