'Parks and Rec' Stars to Promote Obama in Iowa

President Barack Obama waves to the crowed as he arrives to give a speech about the rising costs of higher education Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at the University of Iowa Field House in Iowa City, Iowa. The President, who was on a three campus tour, was pushing to keep interest rates low on a widely used loan program aimed at low-income and middle-class students. (Brian Ray/Pool Photo)

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By Rachel Begle

Story Created: Sep 5, 2012 at 6:05 AM CDT

Story Updated: Sep 5, 2012 at 6:05 AM CDT

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - After managing a winning campaign on the hit NBC sitcom "Parks and Recreation," the actors Rashida Jones and Adam Scott will be in Iowa this weekend to stump for President Barack Obama.

The Obama campaign announced Tuesday that Jones and Scott will appear at events on Saturday and Sunday at Drake University, Iowa State University, the University of Iowa and the University of Northern Iowa.

Other details haven't been released. The campaign says they will speak with students about Obama's plans to make college more affordable, expand health care and create jobs.

On the show, Scott played the campaign manager for Leslie Knope, who won a small-town Indiana city council race by 21 votes after a recount. Jones also was a top adviser to Knope, played by actress Amy Poehler.

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