Quick, who’s the worst Republican in Congress right now? I know, it’s a tough call but Steve King of Iowa is a strong contender for the title. King represents the Iowa 4th, the most Republican of Iowa’s 4 congressional districts. King is running for his seventh re-election to Congress. Most Iowa political observers consider this to be the safest seat in the state.
As of yesterday, King officially has a Democratic challenger. Sioux City native and former Sioux City Explorer of the American Association of Independent Baseball league JD Scholten announced his candidacy and pledged to promote “hard work, civility, and community”.
“I want to put Iowa values back at the center of public service, create new opportunities for Iowa’s middle class, and ensure that Iowans never again need to worry about healthcare as a barrier to living free, productive, and successful lives,” he said in a statement.
Scholten has already received the support of Kim Weaver who ran against King in 2016. Weaver has decided not to run in 2018 citing concerns for her mother’s health and death threats that she received. Upon Scholten’s announcement, Weaver emailed him her 2016 list of donors.
Should you have the interest and the means consider throwing some money Scholten’s way.
Or just follow Scholten on Twitter and on his website
I’ve seen nothing but positive reaction to this candidate from people who have seen him speak and were present at his announcement. With enough support, he might just unseat the man who said this:
“Smoe [sic] of us signed a letter — 70 of us — to Kathleen Sebelius and asked if they had distributed grants for telemedicine to any of the abortion providers including Planned Parenthood,” Rep. King told LifeNews at the time. “There [sic] response came back in the affirmative that they had issued several grants to Planned Parenthood. And these funds, as near as we can determine, are being used to provide telemedicine for the robo-abrotions* [sic], the robo-Skype abortions as I’ve described.”
or this:
“For everyone who’s a valedictorian, there’s another 100 out there that — they weigh 130 pounds and they’ve got calves the size of cantaloupes because they’re hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert,” King said. “Those people would be legalized with the same [DREAM] act.”
or this:
I, for one, will be following this race closely. I hope that you will as well.