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progressoid

(50,713 posts) Sun Oct 7, 2018, 09:54 AM Oct 2018

YUGE! Bernie Sanders will campaign for JD Scholten in race against Steve King

Democratic candidate J.D. Scholten of Sioux City says Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is coming to Iowa's 4th Congressional District to support his campaign to unseat U.S. Rep. Steve King.

Sanders, an independent who campaigned for president in the 2016 Democratic Party caucuses in Iowa, will make stops Oct. 20 in Sioux City and Oct. 21 in Fort Dodge and Ames, Scholten confirmed Saturday. He announced the visit Friday night at a dinner sponsored by the Woodbury County Democratic Party.

Scholten has been barnstorming the 4th District in a Winnebago RV in an effort to drum up support to defeat King, a Republican from Kiron serving his eighth term in the U.S. House. Scholten has attracted national attention because of his ambitious effort, but political analysts and GOP officials say King remains a favorite for re-election in November...

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2018/10/06/semator-bernie-sanders-visit-sioux-city-ames-fort-dodge-jd-scholten-congress-4th-distict-steve-king/1547402002/

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YUGE! Bernie Sanders will campaign for JD Scholten in race against Steve King (Original Post) progressoid Oct 2018 OP

I am all for it still_one Oct 2018 #1

I'm hoping he can rally the independents to get to the polls for JD. progressoid Oct 2018 #2

Actually, that should be the goal for the entire midterms, so I think your assessment is right still_one Oct 2018 #4

whatever it takes to send King packing, I am for it rurallib Oct 2018 #3

still_one

(96,338 posts)

1. I am all for it

Reply to progressoid (Original post)

Sun Oct 7, 2018, 10:02 AM

Oct 2018

progressoid

(50,713 posts)

2. I'm hoping he can rally the independents to get to the polls for JD.

Reply to still_one (Reply #1)

Sun Oct 7, 2018, 12:06 PM

Oct 2018

still_one

(96,338 posts)

4. Actually, that should be the goal for the entire midterms, so I think your assessment is right

Reply to progressoid (Reply #2)

Sun Oct 7, 2018, 03:49 PM

Oct 2018

rurallib

(63,156 posts)

3. whatever it takes to send King packing, I am for it

Reply to progressoid (Original post)

Sun Oct 7, 2018, 01:54 PM

Oct 2018

hope he moves to Hungary with his fascist buddy Orban.

ETA - it really says something really sad about King's district if he can say the shit he does and still get so many votes

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