Maryland Democrat says his party needs to focus on jobs as he visits Iowa as presidential hopeful

DAVENPORT — If the Democratic Party wants to win elections, its first declared 2020 presidential hopeful said Friday that it needs to focus on jobs, rising wages and bringing people together.

U.S. Rep. John Delaney, D-Maryland, kicked off his sixth trip to Iowa with a stop in Davenport, Burlington and Tipton, touting bipartisanship.

That will be the theme of a television ad his campaign intends to run during the Super Bowl on Sunday.

But he also offered the case the party needs to focus its attention more sharply on economic matters, calling it a “missed opportunity” if the message strays from that path.

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