Long after setting the bar for years of post-presidency and longevity, Jimmy Carter, the man who came from peanuts to the White House, passed away on Dec. 29 at the age of 100. Carter’s ...

Though his Georgia roots ran deeper than the peanuts he famously grew, Jimmy Carter's path to the Presidency started in the heart of Iowa's farmland. Carter emerged in the wake of the Vietnam ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Two state politicians remember vividly the 1976 Iowa Caucus cycle and then candidate Jimmy Carter starting ... they didn’t have money for hotel rooms. But the bigger reason ...

MY NAME IS JIMMY CARTER. THIS WEEK ON ... AND HE DECIDED TO COME TO IOWA. SO HE SHOWED UP. MEETING WAS SET UP, BUT HE TOOK A TAXI CAB FROM THE HOTEL SAVERY TO THE CAPITOL. NO PRESS, NO SECURITY ...

I’m grateful because I’m an Iowan, and I believe in our clunky but charming system of nominating a presidential candidate: the Iowa caucuses. Carter obviously believed in it, too. He declared ...

President Jimmy Carter began campaigning in Iowa in 1975. He connected with many Iowans in small towns and local events. His showing in the caucuses buoyed his campaign and his success made the ...

Carter launched out of Iowa with a better-than-expected performance ... the Quad-City Times also captured Carter jogging in the fog near Lock and Dam 14, speaking with 13 Quad-Citians by phone ...

The Republican candidates for president that year chose to sidestep any major campaign effort in Iowa. On the Democratic side, however, Jimmy Carter spotted an opportunity. There were several ...

Koob said she credits Carter for bringing her home. In November 1979, Kathryn Koob of eastern Iowa and 51 other Americans were taken captive by militant Iranian students. They were held hostage ...

Jimmy Carter's 1976 Iowa Caucus win established the state as a proving ground for presidential hopefuls. Carter's team leveraged grassroots organizing and capitalized on media attention ...