Abby Finkenauer defeats Rod Blum in Iowa's first congressional district

[Bigredhunk]

Source: KCRG

DUBUQUE, Iowa (KCRG) - Iowa State House Representative Abby Finkenauer defeated Republican incumbent Rep. Rod Blum in the race for Iowa’s first U.S. congressional district on Tuesday.

Finkenauer is now one of the youngest women ever elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and the first woman in Iowa to serve as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Finkenauer is also the first Democrat to hold the first district seat since former Rep. Bruce Braley held it from 2007-2015. She is only the third Democrat to hold the seat since 1973.

Finkenauer, 29, worked with the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque before pursuing politics. She spent two terms representing the 99th District in the Iowa House of Representatives in 2014 and 2016.

Read more: https://www.kcrg.com/content/news/Abby-Finkenauer-defeats-Rod-Blum-in-Iowas-first-congressional-district-499567821.html

[Honeycombe8]

1. A flip? Great! nt

[rpannier]

3. Young is losing in IA-03

That would be two flips

[Bigredhunk]

5. Done

Axne defeated Young.

https://www.kcrg.com/content/news/Cindy-Axne-defeats-Rep-David-Young-will-represent-Iowa-in-US-House-499576431.html

[slumcamper]

2. YESSSSSSSS

Their scary ads toned black, red, and white tried to paint her as dangerous, a Pelosi stooge, a radical socialist who would destroy health care as we know it.

[George II]

4. Democrats have won three of four so far in Iowa, and King is hanging on by a thread. PLEASE.....

....let him lose, one of the most hateful people in Congress.

[47of74]

6. Yeah I was thrilled when I heard Abby won

I'll finally have actual representation in Congress again!

Three of our four Reps in Congress are Ds!