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The nominating process for the Democratic presidential race kicks off on Monday, when Iowa holds its first-in-the-nation caucuses. After a lengthy campaign cycle that started in July 2017, Democratic candidates now have their first chance to prove they can win over voters.Why Iowa mattersThe modern-day Iowa caucuses date back to 1972, but it wasn t until Jimmy Carter won in 1976 that Democrats began paying any real attention to the Hawkeye State as a key stop on the road to the White House. Since 1972, seven of the 10 candidates who have won the Democratic Iowa caucuses have gone on to be the party s nominee.While the winner of the Iowa Democratic caucuses has often become the party s nominee, only two of those winners have gone on to win the presidency: Mr. Carter in 1976 and Barack Obama in 2008. Iowa offers candidates just 41 of the 3,979 pledged national delegates available in the primary process. A candidate needs 1,991 pledged stanley cup delegates to win the nomination.While Iowa is somewhat inconsequenti stanley cup al in the mathematics of the nominating process, its position as the very fir stanley cup st contest can give candidates a shot of momentum that helps them in the next states to vote. The candidatesBernie SandersSanders shocked the political world four years ago when he nearly upset Hillary Clinton in the Iowa caucuses. Sanders entered the 2020 cycle with a strong base of support from his 2016 run and has seen a boost in support in January that put Uxsm Vatican hopes sexual abuse summit will be a turning point
& E; l4 v3 h8 u4 f; l ATLANTA -- More than 40 prison guards and officers in Georgia adidas samba have been indicted on charges of accepting bribes and drug trafficking, the latest in a federal effort to crack down on contraband and criminal activity in the state s prisons.Since Septem air max ber, about 130 people - including prison employees, inmates, former inmates and others accused of helping them - have been indicted.The indictments resulting in the Thursday arrests were filed over the last three months and unsealed Wednesday. A majority of those charged were Georgia Department of Corrections officers accused of agreeing to protect a person they believed was a high-level drug trafficker. The indictments say the officers agreed to wear their uniforms during the drug transports to deter law enforcement interference.The officers charged worked at nine different prisons. Other indictments unsealed late last month accused 51 people of participating in a financial fraud scheme masterminded by inmates using cellphones from their prison cells. Amon stanley cup g those indicted were 15 correctional officers or former officers and 19 inmates or former inmates at Autry State Prison in Pelham.Just a few weeks earlier, federal prosecutors accused 17 people of participating in a drug trafficking ring that distributed significant quantities of crystal methamphetamine in metro Atlanta and elsewhere. Three inmates used cellphones to manage a network of brokers, distributors and runners from their p |
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