Iowa Democrats pick Abby Finkenauer in 1st District to run against GOP's Rod Blum

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Source: desmoines Register



Kathy A. Bolten and William Petroski, [e-mail] Published 8:15 p.m. CT June 5, 2018 | Updated 1:15 a.m. CT June 6, 2018


Abby Finkenauer, a two-term state legislator from Dubuque, easily won the Democratic primary Tuesday in Iowa's 1st Congressional District.

She will oppose U.S. Rep. Rod Blum, a Republican, in a November general election race that is expected to draw national attention.
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Finkenauer defeated three other Democratic challengers to capture her party's nomination.

With all 416 precincts reporting, Finkenauer had 67 percent of the vote and was trailed by Thomas Heckroth of Cedar Falls, an ex-aide to former U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin, who received 19 percent................................................................

Read more: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2018/06/06/iowa-primary-election-2018-results-1st-district-democratic-primary-oppose-gops-rod-blum/647316002/

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IMHO---IOWA is shinning tonight!!

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[chillfactor]

1. Democrats doing very well tonight......

and happy to see so many women winning.

[riversedge]

2. Agree. 🌊🌊🌊 #FlipItBlue #BlueWave2018 #VoteThemOUT 🌊🌊🌊

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3. :-)

3 votes from our Eastern IA household today for Gov & for Abby Finkenauer. A year ago my mum was encouraging Abby to run for blum's seat. She's been raising A LOT of $$, and she won handily today. Hope she beats blum in November!