Pawlenty headed to Iowa next week

Governor Pawlenty will be in the northern Iowa cities of Clear Lake, Forest City and Charles City on Monday night and Tuesday morning to campaign on behalf of Arizona Senator John McCain.

McCain's campaign says Pawlenty, the co-chair of McCain's Presidential campaign, will speak to business leaders and McCain supporters at the events. McCain will not attend the events. This will be Pawlenty's second trip to Iowa on behalf of McCain. He campaigned with McCain in March. Iowa is a critical test for every presidential candidate, since the January caucuses give an indication of how well the candidate will do in future primaries. Pawlenty also campaigned in Michigan twice and New Hampshire once on behalf of McCain.

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