Republican leaders had worried that King’s victory in the primary could cost the party the ruby-red congressional seat, and hurt Pres. Trump and Sen. Joni Ernst’s numbers in the region.
The Iowa Republican, who was ostracized by his party after questioning why white nationalism was offensive, lost his primary to state Sen. Randy Feenstra on Tuesday.Democrats cheered Iowa Rep. Steve King's primary loss to state Sen. Randy Feenstra Tuesday night, a defeat that could effectively end the political career of the outspoken conservative who generated controversy with comments about immigration, race and white supremacy.
The nine-term congressman lost to Feenstra, a deep-pocketed opponent supported by national GOP groups, by nearly ten percentage points in the five-way primary.State Sen. Randy Feenstra at the Statehouse in Des Moines, Iowa.King was effectively shunned by party leaders in 2019, when Republican leaders took away his committee assignments after he wondered to the New York Times why the terms “white nationalist” and “white supremacist” were considered offensive.
The congressman conceded the race Tuesday night after talking to Feenstra, and said in a Facebook video that he told his opponent that"there's some powerful elements in the swamp that he’s going to have a hard time pushing against." “I don’t know if he or anybody has any idea how powerful they actually are," he said, noting the spending against his candidacy by Super PAC groups.
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