Pace picks up for Iowa Republicans in last week before election

Gov. Terry Branstad speaks with Barbara Grassley in Aromas Coffee on Wednesday morning, where Gov. Branstad campaigned on behalf of state and local Republicans just five days before the election. Press photos by Kate Hayden

Aromas Coffee owners Cara and Bryan Elsbury pose with Iowa Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds. Lt. Gov. Reynolds joined Gov. Branstad and state candidates Waylon Brown and Stacie Stokes at a Charles City campaign stop in Aromas Coffee.