DeSantis boosts ground game in Iowa, completes 99-county tour of state

NEWTON, Iowa — At a campaign stop on Saturday, GOP presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis finished off his 99-county tour of Iowa — colloquially termed a “full Grassley” — and announced a plan to move the U.S. Department of Agriculture to Iowa. As part of his plan to take power out of Washington, D.C., the Florida governor committed to requiring federal agencies to reduce their footprint in the nation’s capitol by 50 percent in hopes of getting agencies closer to those they serve. Held at the Thunderdome, the event hosted roughly...