Former Bernie Sanders operative to run for Congress in Iowa

Pete D’Alessandro was Bernie Sanders’ first campaign staffer in Iowa in the summer of 2015.The grassroots movement that fueled Bernie Sanders’ rise to prominence in the 2016 Democratic primary has just produced one of its first congressional candidates.The Guardian has learned that Pete D’Alessandro, who helped guide the Vermont senator to a virtual tie with frontrunner Hillary Clinton in the Iowa caucuses, will announce he is exploring a bid for Congress in Iowa’s