Elizabeth Warren has surged in Iowa, narrowly overtaking Joe Biden and distancing herself from fellow progressive Bernie Sanders, the latest Des Moines Register/CNN/Mediacom Iowa Poll shows.

Warren leads with 22%, followed by Joe Biden at 20%, Bernie Sanders at 11%, Pete Buttigieg at 9%, Kamala Harris at 6%, Amy Klobuchar at 3% and Cory Booker at 3%.

Polling at 2% are Tulsi Gabbard, Beto O’Rourke of Texas, Tom Steyer and Andrew Yang. Eight others are polling at 1% or less.

Said pollster Ann Selzer: “This is the first major shakeup. It’s the first time we’ve had someone other than Joe Biden at the top of the leader board.”

She added: “The data in this poll seem to suggest the field is narrowing, but my sense is there’s still opportunity aplenty. The leaders aren’t all that strong. The universe is not locked in.” 

Results of a new Des Moines Register/CNN/Mediacom Iowa Poll on Democratic presidential candidates will be released online at 8 p.m. ET Saturday, the Des Moines Register reports.

A new Iowa State University/Civiqs poll in Iowa shows Elizabeth Warren leading the Democratic presidential race with 24%, followed by Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders tied at 16% each.

Key takeaway: “Almost a third (31%) of those surveyed said they do not want Biden to win the nomination, followed by Sanders (23%) and Williamson (12%).”

A new Focus on Rural America poll in Iowa finds Joe Biden barely ahead of Elizabeth Warren, 25% to 23%, followed by Pete Buttigieg at 12%, Bernie Sanders at 9%, Amy Klobuchar at 8% and Kamala Harris at 5%.

Joe Biden’s campaign said Iowa is not a must-win state on the former vice president’s path to the Democratic presidential nomination and signaled that the campaign is already “ramping up” its Super Tuesday efforts, Politico reports.

Said the adviser: “Do I think we have to win Iowa? No… We think we’re going to win. We think it’s going to be a dogfight…. But we think there are several candidates in this field, there’s probably three or four, that are going to go awhile.”

NBC News: “First, it was Kamala Harris. Then, Joe Biden. Now, Pete Buttigieg.”

“All three are suddenly running ads on the air in Iowa, signaling both a new, quicker pace in the race for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination and what Democratic insiders say is a need to check the formidable ground game of Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren.”

A new Iowa Starting Line-Change Research poll shows Elizabeth Warren opening up a commanding lead in the Iowa Caucus with 28%, followed by Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders at 17% each.

They are followed by Pete Buttigieg at 13%, Kamala Harris at 8%, Cory Booker at 3% and Beto O’Rourke at 3%.

“The horserace numbers reflect a shake-up that those of us on the ground in Iowa have been seeing for a while.”

A new Monmouth poll in Iowa finds Joe Biden leading the Democratic field with 28%, followed by Elizabeth Warren at 19%, Kamala Harris at 11%, Bernie Sanders at 9% and Pete Buttigieg at 8%.

Other candidates who register at least 2% in the poll include Amy Klobuchar at 3%, Tom Steyer at 3%, Kirsten Gillibrand at 2% and Andrew Yang at 2%.  The remaining 15 candidates included in the poll each earn 1% or less.

Of particular note, Beto O’Rourke, who had 6% support in April, registers less than 1% in the current poll.

Bloomberg: “An elected Democratic official in the state, speaking on condition of anonymity, complained that if Biden has a campaign in Iowa, he doesn’t know who’s working on it or how many.”

“In contrast, Elizabeth Warren, who jumped into the race four months before the former vice president, has built one of the most robust operations in the state, positioning her to capitalize on her surging national poll numbers and her steady rise in Iowa, Democratic operatives say.”

“The presidential candidate speed dating here in the state that will start balloting for the nomination in less than eight months showcased the challenges of managing the vast Democratic field,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“The Iowa Democratic Party’s Hall of Fame fundraiser, which on Sunday attracted 19 of the 23 Democrats competing to challenge President Trump, offered a preview of the first candidate debates in Miami over two nights later this month. The challenges were clear: limited time to make pitches and the struggle to stand out in a crowd.”

Said Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH): “It’s been a pleasure speed dating with you tonight.”

“Marianne Williamson, author, lecturer and a Democrat running for president, grew up in Houston and has lived in Los Angeles and New York, but now she lives in Iowa,” the Gazette reports.

“Brent Roske, Williamson’s state director, said his boss signed a lease on a Des Moines condo and moved ‘her stuff’ there earlier this spring.”

Politico: “They’re shutting down the conspiracy theorists at local meetings who continue to insist the 2016 caucus outcome was rigged for Clinton. They’re holding back on candidate endorsements in the hopes of avoiding conflict. They’re even encouraging the individual candidates to save the aggression for the general election, while going so far as to hold social events to help rival Democratic campaign staffers build a rapport.”

“By exerting subtle but persistent pressure on the campaigns to remain respectful to each other, Iowa officials are aiming to keep Democrats focused on the prize — defeating Donald Trump — rather than risk a repeat of a destructive cycle three years ago that ultimately hobbled the party as it moved toward November.”

The Des Moines Register looked at the questions asked of Democratic presidential candidates at events across Iowa last month.

“Health care, climate change and education were asked about most and accounted for roughly a quarter of all questions asked in April.”

“Cable news staple topics, like Russia and presidential impeachment, rarely were brought up — just a couple of times.”