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Is Lindsay James's count of 54 public town halls independently documented?

No assessment. Her campaign said more than 50 immediately before the debate, but no complete held-event list establishes exactly 54.

Lindsay James

Her count of public town halls

No assessment

What they say

In the October 1 debate, James said she had held 54 public town halls across the district.

What the record shows

Her September 30 campaign anti-corruption plan says she had held more than 50 town halls. The campaign news archive lists district appearances, including a Tama County town-hall tour and a Mason City appearance, but does not provide a complete, deduplicated record of 54 held town halls.

Why there is no assessment here

The exact count of 54 is not independently established. A complete dated event list, held/canceled status and counting cutoff are needed.

Limit: Announcements, meet-and-greets and held town halls are different records. A campaign-published aggregate is not an independently enumerated event list.

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  1. October 1 debate, Lindsay James on 54 townhallshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxmmjLQ5-9M&t=99s

    Iowa's News Now (KGAN/KFXA) · Published Oct 1, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Retained native-caption window 01:39.280-02:00.240. Statement paraphrased; a second matching transcript and exact quotation certification were not obtained.

    candidate statement

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  2. Lindsay James Anti-Corruption Planhttps://www.lindsayforiowa.com/news/lindsay-james-anti-corruption-plan

    Lindsay for Iowa · Published Sep 30, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign policy plan dated September 30, 2026. Repeats the corporate PAC pledge and adds a lobbying ban, term limits and court ethics. Its lines about her opponent are out of scope here. By October 10, 2026 this address sent readers to the campaign's home page, and no archived copy was found.

    candidate statement

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  3. Lindsay James campaign news archivehttps://www.lindsayforiowa.com/news

    Lindsay for Iowa · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Campaign-published appearances and announcements. It does not provide an independently audited census of 54 held town halls.

    candidate statement

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