Iowa Congressman Steve King easily defeated his republican primary challenger by a sixty five to thirty five percent margin. He calls his victory a “referendum.”
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State Senator Rick Bertrand of Sioux City challenged King in the Primary, the first time King has faced a G-O-P opponent since he first won a seat in congress back in 2002. King says Bertrand (BER-trand) was “recruited” to run this year by agribusinessman Bruce Rastetter, who is Governor Branstad’s number one donor, and by Nick Ryan, a power broker G-O-P consultant.
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King says he’s glad this chapter is over.