Liam Halawith, Elections Editor
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Liam Halawith is a fourth-year student at the University of Iowa studying Journalism and Mass Communication and minoring in Public Policy. Before his role as Elections Editor Liam was a politics editor and reporter for the DI. Outside of the DI, Liam has interned at the Cedar Rapids Gazette and the Southeast Iowa Union. This is his third year working for the DI.
![A sign is seen at a fundraising event for democratic candidates Liz Mathis and Christina Bohannan while democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate Mike Franken speaks at the Sutliff Farm & Cider House in Lisbon, Iowa. Franken is running against incumbent U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley, who is currently serving his seventh term in the Senate. "The wage scale in many communities has stayed flat for 30 years," Franken said. "I want [Iowa] to be the place where the 18-year-olds and the 27-year-olds at least consider staying."](https://dailyiowan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/090322-CountyLineMathisBohannon-GD-01-900x600.jpg)
