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Podcast: Julie Gammack's Iowa Potluck
Episode: IDP Chair Rita Hart Answers Readers Questions
Description: SummaryOur guest Monday was Iowa Democratic Party chair Rita Hart.Also on the call were readers from Washington, D.C., Decorah, Carroll, Council Bluffs and the metro area of Des Moines. Hart’s leadership was framed through her razor-thin 2020 congressional loss and her experience as a teacher and farmer in eastern Iowa. Hart says that race exposed major structural gaps between Democratic and Republican party support—organization, resources, and communications—and convinced her the party had to rebuild its basic capacity to win close races.Hart describes her chairm...