12 OCTOBER 2019 - DES MOINES, IOWA: A sign on a pole advertising a block party with Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA). Sen. Harris attended a neighborhood block party in Des Moines as a part of her campaign to be the Democratic nominee for the US presidency in 2020. Iowa traditionally holds the first selection of the presidential election cycle. The Iowa caucuses are Feb. 3, 2020. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ