Madeleine Dean, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, describes herself as a “big hugger.” But there is no hugging or handshaking with Dean this year as she seeks to keep her House seat. Her political campaign is largely online to protect against the health risks of COVID-19. The Democratic Party is supporting Dean’s candidacy. She represents an area north of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In the state of Iowa, Senator Joni Ernst is doing things differently. She just completed a political campaign trip to 99 counties across her state. Most of the time she wore a face covering, but not all of the time. Ernst, a Republican, spoke to medium-sized groups. At one point she and supporters gathered next to each other to take a picture. “Even in these challenging times, it’s my job to show up and hear directly from all Iowans,” Ernst said in a video message after finishing her trip. The two lawmakers show the different methods of campaigning that are appearing in a pandemic election year. Candidates are hoping to win over voters in races that will decide control of Congress. Republicans are defending a narrow three-seat majority in the Senate. Democrats want to hold onto or expand their majority in the House.
Title: COVID-19 Rewrites the Rules of Political Campaigning
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4540/A.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='COVID-19 Rewrites the Rules of Political Campaigning' data-article-id='5035'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='8542'>Madeleine Dean, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, describes herself as a “big hugger.”</span> <span data-start-time='8542' data-end-time='16438'>But there is no hugging or handshaking with Dean this year as she seeks to keep her House seat.</span> <span data-start-time='16438' data-end-time='24354'>Her political campaign is largely online to protect against the health risks of COVID-19.</span> <span data-start-time='24354' data-end-time='29021'>The Democratic Party is supporting Dean’s candidacy.</span> <span data-start-time='29021' data-end-time='33479'>She represents an area north of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.</span> <span data-start-time='33479' data-end-time='39667'>In the state of Iowa, Senator Joni Ernst is doing things differently.</span> <span data-start-time='39667' data-end-time='46563'>She just completed a political campaign trip to 99 counties across her state.</span> <span data-start-time='46563' data-end-time='51771'>Most of the time she wore a face covering, but not all of the time.</span> <span data-start-time='51771' data-end-time='56688'>Ernst, a Republican, spoke to medium-sized groups.</span> <span data-start-time='56688' data-end-time='62354'>At one point she and supporters gathered next to each other to take a picture.</span> <span data-start-time='62354' data-end-time='74271'>“Even in these challenging times, it’s my job to show up and hear directly from all Iowans,” Ernst said in a video message after finishing her trip.</span> <span data-start-time='74271' data-end-time='82021'>The two lawmakers show the different methods of campaigning that are appearing in a pandemic election year.</span> <span data-start-time='82021' data-end-time='89146'>Candidates are hoping to win over voters in races that will decide control of Congress.</span> <span data-start-time='89146' data-end-time='94688'>Republicans are defending a narrow three-seat majority in the Senate.</span> <span data-start-time='94688' data-end-time='100479'>Democrats want to hold onto or expand their majority in the House.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' 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