Iowa Rep. Steve King Ousted In GOP Primary, AP Projects

Rep. Steve King, shown here during a news conference in August 2019, faced criticism for his comments on abortion, including when he questioned whether there would be"any population of the world left" if not for births due to rape and incest.Rep.

First elected in 2002, King faced the toughest primary campaign of his career in Iowa's 4th Congressional District, trailing in the polls with a limited cash supply and minimal advertising. He faced an onslaught of challengers feeding off of his vulnerability due to inflammatory rhetoric. The writing may have been on the wall for King, who President Trump once dubbed"the world's most conservative human being." In his last general election, he scraped by with a margin of just 3% of the vote in his bright red district against Democrat J.D. Scholten, a paralegal and former minor league baseball pitcher.

The guy who's beaten him was endorsed by anti-abortion organisations and Ben Shapiro so he's not likely to be different on the views, just quieter about them

Time to defund npr

Hi Stevie. I suspect that you’re not feeling well...😂

This racist should have been kicked out and silenced a long time ago.

Good riddance!

new guy isn't A LOT better! tRumper through and through. important to turn that part of house blue. work starts now.

Bye bitch.

So the Republicans did a good thing here, right?

1. Thank you Iowa 2. Just say he was racist he sorta wore it on his sleeve

Voting Rep. Stephen King out means great day for our nation! Please continue: vote out Trump, McConnell and many others! They do not represent the ideals of our nation.

A great day for our nation! Please continue: vote out Trump, McConnell and many others! They do not represent the ideals of our nation.

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Thanks Iowa!

👏🏼👏🏼 Fantastic. How troubling through that many people still voted for this blatant racist and bigot.

Yesssssssss!

Thanks NPR. Finally some relatively positive news🙃

Like what?! There need to mass hyspanic arrests in Illlinois?! THAT’S TRUE!

For years he was openly racist, fixed it.

Open mouth insert more than your foot. Too bad.

They supported him until it became untenable. Wasn't he about to get his committee seats back?

Hallelujah!

Best news of the week.....

Oh how the mighty have been held accountable.

brycetache I wish I could like this one million times.

The guy who beat him is a Trump boot licker, unfortunately. I just hope he’s a little less racist than King. We’ll see...

brycetache That made my morning.

Way past time for this racist to be booted.

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Glad he’s gone, but I think this seat stays red without him. Stood a good chance of turning blue if he was the candidate. He’s easy to run against and people were tired of him. More moderate Republican keeps this seat.

Great, now he can go join Trump's Task Force on Racial Injustice.

Except the guy replacing him is just as bad.

Good job voters time for change

Best news of 2020

Ayeee! get all them dummies out! We have to vote ! As much as we all hate it & think it doesn’t work! It really does! Let’s vote all our peers into office after all they hard work!

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy--AMF! Now, hopefully the Dems will be able to fill the seat.

BYE

Happy days!!!!

thoughts and prayers.

That can't be why. Sounds morally correct, nah, that can't be it.

Now, let’s get rid of equally bigoted democrats.

Wonderful! And one more Down!

Bubye

1 down.

Excellent win for Pro Trump Feenstra. We don't need the distractions while were taking our country back.

So glad to see NPR highlight the real victims of King's racism - GOP electoral ambitions. 🙄

To be fair the guy replacing him on the Republican ticket is more than a bit of an asshole too

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they prefer their anti-abortion and racist comments a bit softer eh? they replaced him with someone with the same politics but slightly more palatable demeanor.

WooooooooHoooooooooo!!!!!!!! As an Iowan I can be happy about this. He does not represent me!

Good riddance to bad rubbish!!

ClaraJeffery Hallelujah!

SteveKingIA We 'support' you Steve, run as an independent! Seriously do it, you got this! We got your back! BelieveInYourself YOLO

Ew he got 35% still

Bye Felicia!

Racist pig!!!! Yay!!!!

LMAOOOOOOO

That's what he gets for saying what Republicans believe publicly. All the Republicans who keep it in the locker room can continue to Republican.

Good.

Good first start to reclaim the Republican party

Good. Now vote out the other racists like Bobby Rush and AOC.

The era of 'calves the size of cantaloupes' has come to an end. RIP

You hate to see it

seriously, just say racist! nothing bad will happen to you if you call the racist a racist!

Thoughts and prayers

Good, joe 2020

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