17 OCOTBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: JULIÁN CASTRO, former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for President Barack Obama, talks to a group of Iowa voters at Urban Dreams, a human services agency for under served communities in Des Moines. Castro is visiting Iowa to support his bid to be the Democratic nominee for the US Presidency. Iowa traditionally hosts the the first selection event of the presidential election cycle. The Iowa Caucuses will be on Feb. 3, 2020. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ