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PHOTOS: On the trail with Joni Ernst
CEDAR RAPIDS — To get a look behind the scenes of Iowa's hotly-contested U.S. Senate race, Gazette photographer Stephen Mally spent a day on the campaign trail with both candidates, Democratic U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley and state Sen. Joni Ernst. Take a look at the gallery as state Sen. Joni Ernst travels to Fayette, Independence, Manchester, and Maquoketa.
U.S. Senate candidate and State Senator Joni Ernst speaks to a group at the Fayette County Meet & Greet in Fayette on Saturday, October 25, 2014. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
Campaign advisor Derek Flowers talks with people as they sign their name in their county on an Iowa map on the back of the campaign RV at the Fayette County Meet & Greet in Fayette on Saturday, October 25, 2014. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
U.S. Senate candidate and State Senator Joni Ernst (from left) autographs a picture for Craig Johnson of Independence before speaking at the Buchanan County Meet & Greet at R&R Cafe in Independence on Saturday, October 25, 2014. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
U.S. Senate candidate and State Senator Joni Ernst (right) talks with Shirley Seamans of Independence after speaking at the Buchanan County Meet & Greet at R&R Cafe in Independence on Saturday, October 25, 2014. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
U.S. Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) talks with people after campaigning with U.S. Senate candidate and State Senator Joni Ernst (not pictured) at the Buchanan County Meet & Greet at R&R Cafe in Independence on Saturday, October 25, 2014. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
Rob Edwards (from left) of KMCH interviews U.S. Senate candidate and State Senator Joni Ernst as spokesperson Gretchen Hamel takes a picture after speaking at the Delaware County Meet & Greet at Fireside Pub and Steakhouse in Manchester on Saturday, October 25, 2014. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
U.S. Senate candidate and State Senator Joni Ernst (from left), Libby Ernst, 15, and spokesperson Gretchen Hamel lip sync to music in the campaign RV as they travel from Manchester to Maquoketa on Saturday, October 25, 2014. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
U.S. Senate candidate and State Senator Joni Ernst records a interview via satellite with Mike Huckabee (not pictured) before the Jackson County Meet & Greet at the Decker Hotel 1875 in Maquoketa on Saturday, October 25, 2014. (Stephen Mally/The Gazette)
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