Iowa Democrat Jackie Norris ends US Senate campaign, citing Des Moines superintendent’s ICE arrest

Iowa Dem's Senate Campaign Implodes Over Her Hiring of Illegal Alien with a Rap Sheet for Top School Job

An Iowa Democrat who helped hire an illegal immigrant to run the Des Moines school district has dropped out of the race for the U.S. Senate, indicating she needed to […] The post Iowa Dem's Senate Campaign Implodes Over Her Hiring of Illegal Alien with a Rap Sheet for Top School Job appeared first on The Western Journal.

Democrats Get More Bad News As Key Senate Candidate Has To Drop Out Over Close Connection To Illegal Alien Felon - The American Tribune.com

Des Moines Public Schools Board Chair Jackie Norris, a former Michelle Obama chief of staff, withdrew her Democratic bid for Iowa’s U.S. Senate seat after she was embroiled in a scandal involving former superintendent Ian Andre Roberts, an illegal immigrant with a criminal history of drug convictions, theft, weapons charges, and fake degrees. Iowa is a vital swing state, and so this may have significant repercussions for the Senate in the future…

Des Moines School Board and VA AG Race Show Local Communities Must Vet Before Candidates Gain a Foothold

Des Moines School Board Chair Jackie Norris suspends campaign amid scandal, highlighting vetting failures.

'Radical Empathy' Backlash Scuttles Iowa Democrat’s Senate Bid

Des Moines Public Schools Board Chair Jackie Norris ended her U.S. Senate campaign Thursday after facing mounting criticism over her call for radical empathy toward former superintendent Ian Andre Roberts — an illegal immigrant with a lengthy criminal record who led Iowa’s largest school district until his recent arrest. Norris, a Democrat and former chief of staff to Michelle Obama, said she was withdrawing because the “superintendent crisis” d…

Iowa Senate candidate drops bid to focus on school board

Des Moines School Board Chairwoman Jackie Norris is dropping her Senate bid in Iowa to focus on her job after it was revealed that a former superintendent of the district lived in the United States illegally. Ian Roberts ran the state’s largest school district before Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested him after a car chase. It was discovered that Roberts had a criminal record that spanned decades, and his hiring drew considerable criti…

Norris ends Senate campaign, citing need to focus on addressing Des Moines superintendent ‘crisis’

Norris is chairwoman of the Des Moines Public School Board, which continues to deal with the fallout from the arrest and resignation of the district’s former superintendent.