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WVIK's 2020 Election News

Iowan Democrats Organized Drive-in DNC

WVIK, Quad Cities NPR | By Marianna Bacallao

Published August 21, 2020 at 5:10 PM CDT

Joe Biden accepts the nomination on Aug. 20.

Dozens of cars pulled into the Blue Grass Drive-in to watch Joe Biden accept the nomination on the big screen. Because of the pandemic, Eastern Iowa Democrats organized the watch party so they could gather together while staying six feet apart.

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Marianna Bacallao

Marianna Bacallao is WVIK Quad Cities NPR's 2020-2021 Fellowship Host/Reporter. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Mercer University's Center for Collaborative Journalism and served as Editor-in-Chief for the student newspaper, The Cluster.

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