As the 2024 presidential election approaches, Iowa Democrats find themselves at a crossroads.
Iowa Democrats have watched Republicans dominate in a slate of competitive contests in recent years.
Former Iowa state Sen. Rita Hart, who lost a close congressional race in 2020, now leads the state's Democratic Party.
Celsi pointed to the Democratic minority's inability to curtail the conservative agenda of the GOP legislature and the diminished importance of Iowa in the Democratic presidential nominating process.
Hart is now the chair of the Iowa Democratic Party.
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