Rep. Steve King faces his ‘biggest threat’ in upcoming GOP primary – By Benjamin Siegel (ABC News) / May 28 2020
He is immersed in a five-candidate primary challenge.
For years, he’s been an Iowa conservative kingmaker, his annual pheasant hunts required stops for GOP White House hopefuls.
But now, after losing his committee seats following comments about white supremacy, Rep. Steve King is on his own, caught in a five-candidate primary challenge that could end his political career.
“It’s his biggest threat ever, and largely because he’s gone a bridge too far in rendering himself useless for Iowans,” said Doug Gross, an attorney and strategist in Iowa who was the Republican nominee for governor in 2002.
State and national GOP groups, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Republican Jewish Coalition and National Right to Life have thrown their weight behind Randy Feenstra, a conservative state senator who has raised more money than King, and panned the veteran congressman as ineffective.
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