Iowa Congressman King Breaks Fundraising Record

Iowa Congressman Steve King, R-Kiron, who was recently for saying that jobless working-age Americans weren't contributing their share to the country's gross domestic product on CNN Tuesday, announced Wednesday that he broke a fundraising record.

King, who faces Christie Vilsack for Iowa's new 4^th District, brought in almost $850,000 this quarter a release from the campaign states.

The amount breaks the Iowa Congressional fundraising record for a single quarter previously held by Congressman Bruce Braley. King plans to file this fundraising report on or before the July 15 deadline.

Some of King's statement follows below:

“Today's announcement shows my supporters take this race very seriously, and it shows we're on the right track, but now we set our sights on continued success in the third quarter. To my supporters I say, 'A great big thank you and let's make the next quarter our best yet.”

The King for Congress campaign's announcement of nearly $850,000 raised in second quarter fundraising pushed King past the record for money raised in a quarter by an Iowa Congressional candidate. Congressman Bruce Braley (D-IA01), who raised $838,436 in the 4th quarter of 2006, previously held the record for money raised by an Iowa Congressional candidate in a quarter.

The statement also says that 83 percent of his King's contributions are from Iowans.

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