Vote 2012: First Lady to Visit Iowa City Monday

By James Q. Lynch and Rod Boshart, Reporter

First Lady Michelle Obama (from left), President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and Second Lady Dr. Jill Biden wave to the crowd during a campaign event in front of Jessup Hall on the University of Iowa campus on Friday, Sept. 7, 2012, in Iowa City. Obama and Biden campaigned in Portsmouth, New Hampshire earlier in the day before the Iowa City event a day after accepting their nominations at the Democratic National Convention. (Liz Martin/The Gazette-KCRG)

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IOWA CITY, Iowa - First Lady Michelle Obama will make a campaign appearance in Iowa City Oct. 29.

Obama will be at the Sheraton Iowa City Hotel, 210 S. Dubuque St. Doors open at 11 a.m.

Her visit would come on the heels of the president’s Oct. 17 and 24 visits to Cornell College in Mount Vernon and Davenport.

Also Monday, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will be campaigning in Davenport. He was in Iowa Oct. 24 and 26.

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