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Clay Masters has hosted Morning Edition for Iowa Public Radio since 2014. He started at IPR a decade ago as a statehouse correspondent and still has the pulse on politics in Iowa as the lead political reporter. Clay is an award-winning journalist whose stories and analysis routinely appear on NPR, American Public Media and Iowa PBS.
Clay is the creator and host of the award-winning podcast Caucus Land, chronicling the 2020 Iowa Caucuses from presidential candidates crisscrossing the state through the fallout after caucus night.
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It's the final day of campaigning before Monday's Iowa Republican caucuses.
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In 2016, Donald Trump came in second in the Iowa caucuses on his way to winning the White House. Now, he's grown his support and continues to dominate in polls days ahead of the first primary contest.
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The "Never Back Down" Super PAC held a series of town halls with DeSantis on Wednesday, including a stop at Sweet Caroline's restaurant in downtown Ames.