What do Iowans think about the U.S. Senate, presidential races?

Barbara Rodriguez | The Des Moines Register

Kelsey Kremer, kkremer@dmreg.com

California Sen. Kamala Harris is hiring Zack Davis and Nora Walsh-DeVries to help lead Iowa operations for her 2020 presidential run.

Harris’ campaign announced Tuesday that Davis will serve as the Democrat's Iowa senior advisor and Walsh-DeVries as Iowa political director.

Davis recently served as state director for Let America Vote, and before that he was state director for NextGen Climate in 2016. Davis also worked for Barack Obama’s 2008 and 2012 Iowa campaigns.

Walsh-DeVries recently served as Iowa outreach director for Need to Vote and she was campaign manager for Iowa gubernatorial candidate John Norris during the 2018 cycle. She also worked on Hillary Clinton’s campaign during the 2016 cycle.

Kelsey Kremer/The Register

The Iowa hires aren't the first for Harris. She announced last month that Will Dubbs will serve as her Iowa state director and Deidre DeJear will be her Iowa campaign chair.

Tuesday's announcement comes ahead of Harris’ second visit to Iowa as a declared presidential candidate. She will be in Iowa on Feb. 23 and 24 as part of a multi-state tour of early voting states. Additional information about the Iowa trip has not been released yet.

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Harris was in Des Moines last month for a televised CNN-sponsored town hall event.

Several presidential candidates are also ramping up their operations in Iowa. New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker announced this month that he had tapped seven Iowa staffers, just days after he launched his bid for president. Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren announced three Iowa staffers this month, days before she made her presidential run official.