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Rod Blum took his seat today as the new Congressman representing the 1st district of Iowa, and already we are seeing whom he will look to for guidance and leadership during his time in Washington – Congressman Steve King. Tea Party Extremist Steve King – best known for his incendiary comments on immigration, health care, and minorities voted for Daniel Webster for Speaker of the House. When it came his turn to vote, Blum voted for Webster as well.

Iowa is one of only two states that has never elected a woman to the United States House of Representatives. Iowa also holds the distinction of never electing a female governor or United States Senator. Every year, the news media focuses on Iowa’s history of never electing a woman to a prominent federal or state office, but their bias towards the Democrats has prevented them from covering the one woman on the ballot this fall who actually has a reasonable shot of winning – Dr. Mariannette Miller-Meeks. Miller-Meeks debated Congressman Dave Loebsack last night at Mt. Mercy College in Cedar...