It's Bernie versus Beto in Iowa on a busy campaign weekend in the early nominating states.
The two 2020 Democratic presidential candidates are holding dueling events just days after Bernie Sanders won the campaign cash derby for the first quarter of the year. The Vermont senator raised more than $18 million in 41 days, while Beto O'Rourke, a former Texas congressman, reported $9.4 million in 18 days.
Other declared or prospective candidates were set to tour the early voting states of New Hampshire and South Carolina on Saturday.
Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana, along with Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York and Michael Bennet of Colorado, scheduled events in New Hampshire.
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Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper was expected to meet with survivors of the Mother Emanuel AME church shootings in Charleston, South Carolina.
Then there's the others in the crowded field: Rep. Tim Ryan of Ohio, Wayne Messam, the mayor of Miramar, Fla., Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, Minnesota senator Amy Klobuchar, Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, NJ Sen. Cory Booker, former mayor of San Antonio Julian Castro, Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, and first-term California Sen. Kamala Harris.
And the list does not include former Vice President Joe Bidden, who would likely be the front runner upon entering the Democratic nomination race.
The 2020 Democratic National Convention is still more than a year away, scheduled for July 13–16, 2020, in Milwaukee.