Harris Seeks Boost to Flagging Campaign in Pivotal Iowa

Democratic presidential candidate and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) attends a health care roundtable at the Loft at the First United Methodist Church in Burlington, Iowa, Aug. 12, 2019. Eric Thayer/Reters

DES MOINES, Iowa—It was on the third day of a five-day bus tour across Iowa last week that 2020 White House contender Kamala Harris finally seemed to hit her stride.

Armed with fresh endorsements from two of the state’s most-sought-after political influencers on Aug. 10, the U.S. senator from California got an enthusiastic welcome from more than 500 people at a Des Moines, Iowa-area high school.