Rep. Steve King's future on the line in Iowa GOP primary tonight. The primary challenge to King is the fiercest since he was first elected to Congress in 2002.
Feenstra had a massive money advantage against King and the other candidates. He poured over $230,000 into TV ads, and outside groups spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on ads and outreach on his behalf. His campaign reported having over $120,000 in cash on hand in the latest reporting period, while King had $32,000.in May, King called the primary"the epicenter of the battle against the swamp right now.
Meanwhile, during the coronavirus, more people are mail-in voting in the primary than in the last cycle. According to the Iowa Secretary of State's office, overhad been received by Tuesday. A total of 39,000 people voted in the GOP primary in 2018. King, 71, had been enormously popular in his rural highly conservative district, but that waned in recent years as some constituents became frustrated with his frequent
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