Hull, Iowa — Republican Congressman Steve King will face a primary challenge if he seeks a 10th term in the U.S. House next year. Republican State Senator Randy Feenstra of Hull is running for Congress in King’s fourth congressional district — and he has already raised a significant amount of money toward the campaign.
Feenstra says he’s happy to report a good start to his campaign.
Republican leaders in the U.S. House have removed Congressman King from House committees. King had been a member of the Agriculture and Small Business Committees as well as the powerful House Judiciary Committee. We asked Feenstra for any comment he might have on that situation.
The fourth district has a significant Republican voter registration edge, but Democrat J.D. Scholten came within about 11,000 votes of defeating King in November. Republican Governor Kim Reynolds, who won the district by 18 points, said after the election that King has to decide whether he wants to be in Congress or do something else.
Feenstra says it’s sad that voters and conservative values in the district “have lost their seat at the table” because of King’s “caustic behavior.”
