Huckabee hits 99th county in Iowa

SIGOURNEY, Iowa — Ninety-nine students holding signs with the names of Iowa’s 99 counties welcomed Mike Huckabee to their school Thursday morning, as the Republican presidential candidate marked the completion of a campaign milestone — stumping in all of the state’s counties.

“Today is a big day for me in that this event marks the completion of making all 99 counties and doing town halls,” Huckabee told the nearly 300 students and community members gathered at Sigourney Junior-Senior High School’s gymnasium. “We are very excited to save the best for the last — Keokuk County.”

The campaigns stops on Thursday, which marks the 51st day Huckabee has spent in Iowa since announcing his run for president in May, is among the 150 events the candidate’s campaign has planned for January.

He will end the day at his Iowa headquarters in Urbandale with a rally with campaign volunteers.