GOP Candidates to Appear in NW Iowa    12/09 07:45

   

   SIOUX CENTER, Iowa (AP) -- Republican presidential candidates will cross 
paths again in Iowa just days after a fractious debate and as the countdown to 
the caucuses nears the one-month mark.

   Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley and 
businessman Vivek Ramaswamy will make their case -- this time without the 
others interrupting -- in northwest Iowa, a more rural, conservative corner of 
the state.

   Each will get time onstage with Rep. Randy Feenstra and his wife, Lynette, 
to discuss faith, family and politics at Dordt University in Sioux Center.

   On Friday, DeSantis, Haley and Ramaswamy made stops across Iowa as the 
pressure mounts to secure an attention-grabbing finish in the Jan. 15 contest 
that kicks off the Republicans' nominating calendar. Former President Donald 
Trump, who will not join the Feenstra family on Saturday, continues to sit 
comfortably atop the field in polls of Republicans in Iowa and nationwide.

   DeSantis, Haley and Ramaswamy last appeared together in Iowa ahead of 
Thanksgiving, at the Family Leader's roundtable discussion, which was an 
uncommonly friendly affair. The three next look to take the stage at Drake 
University in Des Moines for a Republican debate just five days before the 
caucuses.