Hillary Clinton to visit one of first gay couples to marry in Iowa [View all]
MASON CITY, Iowa – On her second trip to this key presidential state Monday, Hillary Clinton will meet with local Democratic activists at the home of one of the first gay couples to marry in the state, according to a campaign aide.
Dean Genth and Gary Swenson are longtime activists who got married in 2009 on the first day same-sex unions became legal in the state. Both supported Barack Obama over Clinton during the 2008 caucus, but are now backing the former secretary of state.
They’ll be joined by other local Democratic activists as part of Clinton’s effort to show she’s heavily invested in grassroots organizing in the key presidential state, which gave her an embarrassing third-place finish during her first presidential run.
“#Hillary2016 is ramping up one person, one conversation, one community at a time,” her campaign tweeted Monday morning, encouraging followers to volunteer.
Genth is the vice chairman of the Cerro Gordo County Democratic Party and he and Swenson hosted 2014 Democratic Senate candidate Bruce Braley and others last year.
Clinton has leaned into LGBT rights since announcing her candidacy last month. Two gay couples appeared in her announcement video, and one of the first policy positions her campaign endorsed was to encourage the Supreme Court to affirm a constitutional right for same-sex marriage.
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On Tuesday, Clinton will appear at a bike shop in Cedar Falls to discuss her vision for small businesses, another emerging theme of her campaign.
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