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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow did Rep. Steve King win? An Iowan named Ray has a few ideas
By Matthew Hansen / World-Herald staff writer 5 hrs ago
On Election Day, before the votes were counted, a man named Ray neatly summed up what would come to be Steve Kings squeaker of a win in deep-red northwest Iowa.
Ray Beebe spent his entire career proudly serving as general counsel at Winnebago Industries, the good folks who build your motorhomes.
And, for decades, the 76-year-old viewed himself as a reliable small-town Iowa Republican, the sort of guy who entered the voting booth every two years eager to re-elect his incumbent Republican congressman.
Except this year, Ray has been writing a letter to the editor of his local paper nearly every week. The letters say Republican congressman Steve King is a bigot. The letters begged northwest Iowa to get rid of him.
FULL story: https://www.omaha.com/news/plus/hansen-how-did-rep-steve-king-win-an-iowan-named/article_167f526c-2c5b-5a2c-b7d2-3862f795b467.html
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How did Rep. Steve King win? An Iowan named Ray has a few ideas (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
Nov 2018
OP
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,182 posts)1. What was the final percentage points in King's race? nt
Omaha Steve
(99,630 posts)2. 10,000 according to the story
catbyte
(34,386 posts)4. 50.4% - 47%
154,221 - 146,698
He won by a margin of 61.3% - 38.7 in 2016. Maybe 2020...
Zambero
(8,964 posts)5. 50-47 if I recall correctly
A much tighter race than King was accustomed to. Hopefully come 2020 enough of his constituents will reconsider whether they wish to be represented by a racist bigot.
dlk
(11,566 posts)3. King Came Very Close to Losing this Midterm Election-Next Election I Predict He'll be Gone
Sometimes it takes a while for good to overcome evil.
vi5
(13,305 posts)6. There are more bigots than non-bigots in his Iowa district...
..this has been another installment of "Simple Answers to Simple Questions".
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)7. Too many bigots in his district
rurallib
(62,415 posts)8. But there are a lot of farmers who will be burned by the tariff war
by then the full effects may be felt