10:45 a.m. (CDT)
Rev up and pig out – it’s time for a new kind of event on Iowa’s presidential calendar.
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst’s “Roast and Ride” is debuting Saturday, and she hopes it’ll become a tradition on the state’s political circuit.
The first-term Republican lawmaker is set to lead about a 50-mile motorcycle ride from Des Moines to Boone with a group of military veterans and a likely presidential candidate, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.
In Boone, Ernst is hosting a pig roast that will feature speeches from Walker and six other GOP hopefuls.