Amount Quote by Mark Shields

In 1988, as an unknown candidate, totally unknown, I won Iowa, came in second in New Hampshire, won South Dakota. I was ahead in…

— Dick Gephardt

I've been watching politics for 35 or 40 years and you just never know. You can have one person win the Iowa caucus and…

— Jackie Mason

Had I stayed longer in some primaries, I would have probably done better in states like Nevada, California, and New Mexico - but I…

— Bill Richardson

You have had presidential candidates over the last 30 years who would have had a very hard time getting nominated under the old system.…

— Michael Beschloss

While Donald Trump is showing some strength in places like Iowa, it's just not enough to get him close to getting the electoral votes…

— Bill Burton

The first-in-the-nation Iowa caucus is crucial for every presidential campaign.

— Ari Melber

I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to. It belongs to you. It belongs to you. I was never the likeliest candidate…

— Barack Obama

You can't be elected president without passing though Iowa and bowing down before corn-based ethanol, before agricultural subsidies. I mean, even McCain was a…

— Michael Pollan

It was a very unusual year [2015]. You usually don't have five campaigns operating full time in a state this late into the process,…

— Marco Rubio

There is a reality to the primary process, and you don't win primaries by being ahead in national polls. You win them by winning…

— Rudy Giuliani

Another way in which our system is unfair. Why do Iowans get so much of a bigger voice every four years than everybody else?…

— Frank Bruni

I thought the Wall Street Journal quote, they got a guy in Iowa to say I think exactly where I think this race is…

— Dalia Mogahed