Any of you guys wanna weigh in on this?
Since 1972, that district has had pretty rotten members. First it had left-wing Dem “Fast Eddie” Mezvinsky for two terms (though he could barely be bothered to return to Iowa and moved to Pennsylvania), then the execrable RINO Jim Leach for 30 years and then Loebsack.
I think it will boil down to recruitment and $$. Obviously the Dems can’t afford to lose this seat. No excuse for the IA GOP not to put up excellent candidates to take back the 3 seats they formerly held.
Usually the most rat seat in IA, it was actually Trump’s 2nd best in 2016 (by a slight margin). Loesbeck did not see any significant increase in his vote last year (though a Libertarian stole 2 points from the Republican).
It needs to be targeted and we can definitely win it. It would be nice to get a clean sweep of the IA delegation.