Courting Des Moines

After leaving her seat in the House of Representatives under tax fraud allegations, California congresswoman Samantha Clemons moves to Des Moines, Iowa to avoid further
scrutiny. Her arrival arouses attention from the Des Moines citizens, as "all politics are local and everything local is affected by politics." After some deep reflection and with a renewed devotion to serve her country, Samantha decides to run for the highest office in the land, not unlike one-term congressman Abraham Lincoln. Sam hires a young and equally
politically passionate Des Moines local, Kelli Brown, to run her Iowa campaign, and together the two women begin a long-shot race for the White House.

Interspersed with Samantha's story are interviews with and appearances by real politicians: Senators Bernie Sanders, Tom Harkin, Lindsey Graham, and Paul Strauss, and Governor Martin O'Malley, to name a few. In this sequel to the online series, CHASING THE HILL, COURTING DES MOINES tells the story of the race for the presidency of the United States of America right where it starts - in Iowa, "first in the nation" before the Presidential primaries.

Brent Roske is a writer and producer who moved from Hollywood, California to Des Moines, Iowa where he hosts a TV show: ROSKE ON POLITICS (2015 Emmy Award-Nominee for Best Politics/Government Program) currently airing in Washington, D.C.; DMA on NBC (Hagerstown, Maryland affiliate) after MEET THE PRESS; and Iowa ABC 5 after THIS WEEK. Roske wrote and directed the political drama CHASING THE HILL, the prequel to COURTING DES MOINES. He was creative director at NBC Universal for nine years and ran for Congress in California's 33rd District.