DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A three-term Iowa state senator says he plans to challenge longtime U.S. Rep. Steve King in next year’s Republican primary.
Randy Feenstra, an assistant Republican legislative leader, announced Wednesday he intended to run for the northwest Iowa seat and has opened a federal campaign committee.
Without mentioning King by name, Feenstra said the district doesn’t have a voice in Washington “because our current representative’s caustic nature has left us without a seat at the table.” He added Iowans don’t need more “sideshows or distractions.”
King just began his ninth term. He’s known for hardline views on immigration, abortion and gun rights. Democrats and sometimes Republicans have criticized his blunt comments.
King has typically won re-election easily in the solidly Republican district but narrowly defeated his Democratic opponent in November.
I love the smell of Republican internecine warfare in the morning.
If I lived in Iowa, I would vote for a prosecutor’s ham sandwich over Steve King.
Let’s you and him fight!
What a WHOLE sandwich?
Kng’s not worth more than regurgiated partially digested prairie dog spit up by a momma turkey vulture.
Yeah, but causticne—uh, causticosit—uh, being caustic all the time in the defense of liberty is (checks notes)—huh. Actually it’s listed as a vice anyway. Well! Carry on, then.