Politics & Government
Congressman Steve King Endorsed by Iowa Corn Growers, Iowa Farm Bureau
Corn Growers Association joins Farm Bureau in endorsing Steve King, R-Kiron, who is in a race for Iowa's 4th District against Christie Vilsack, of Ames.
The Iowa Corn Growers Association Political Action Committee endorsed Rep. Steve King, R-Kiron, Friday in the new 4th Congressional District race over candidate Ames Democrat Christie Vilsack, wife of United States Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.
The Iowa Corn Growers Association endorsement comes just a week after the Iowa Farm Bureau endorsed King and designated him a “Friend of Agriculture.”
The corn growers also named area Iowa House representatives Rob Bacon, R-Maxwell; and Dave Deyoe, R-Nevada; and Iowa Sen. Jerry Behn, R-Boone; as Friends of Agriculture.
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