Northwest Iowa — All four of Iowa’s representatives in the U.S. House are seeking reelection, but Republican Randy Feenstra’s path to a second term appears to be the easiest. He’s running in a district with 95-thousand more Republicans than Democrats.
The district includes all the counties along the Missouri River, the cities of Marshalltown and Ames in central Iowa, and then basically the northwest quadrant of the state. Jeff VanDerWerff is a political science professor at Northwestern College in Orange City.
Democratic challenger Ryan Melton of Nevada works for a major insurance company. A third candidate is on the ballot in the 4th district. Bryan Jack Holder of Council Bluffs is making his fifth — and he says last — run for Congress. Holder has run before as a Libertarian. He’s a Liberty Caucus candidate this year.
Meanwhile, Professor VanDerWerff also noted that he’s not sure why Senator Grassley’s and Governor Reynolds’ rally featuring former President Donald Trump was staged in the fourth district.
Over three thousand people attended the Sioux City rally on Thursday night.
