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Kim Weaver
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Last election

November 8, 2016

Kim Weaver was a 2018 Democratic candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 4th Congressional District of Iowa. She dropped out of the race in June 2017.[1][2]

Weaver was a 2016 Democratic candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 4th Congressional District of Iowa.[3]

Elections

2018

See also: Iowa's 4th Congressional District election, 2018

Weaver briefly sought election to the 4th Congressional District of Iowa in 2018. She dropped out of the race in June 2017.[1][2]

2016

See also: Iowa's 4th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Steve King (R) defeated Kim Weaver (D) in the general election on November 8, 2016. King defeated Rick Bertrand in the Republican primary on June 7, 2016, while Weaver ran unopposed in the Democratic primary.[4][5]

U.S. House, Iowa District 4 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngSteve King Incumbent 61.2% 226,719
     Democratic Kim Weaver 38.6% 142,993
     N/A Write-in 0.1% 547
Total Votes 370,259
Source: Iowa Secretary of State


U.S. House, Iowa District 4 Republican Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngSteve King Incumbent 64.7% 29,098
Rick Bertrand 35.3% 15,872
Total Votes 44,970
Source: Iowa Secretary of State

Campaign themes

2016

The following issues were listed on Weaver's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.

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  • Student Loan Debt Relief: New graduates are burdened with high interest student loans and large monthly payments that make it extremely difficult for them to start families, buy homes, explore entrepreneurial interests or even save for their own retirement. As the Iowa State University Foundation has acknowledged, recent graduates of Iowa’s own Regent institutions leave school with some of the highest student debt levels in the nation.
  • Financial Stability for Seniors: Seniors face many difficult financial choices. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the average cost of long-term care in a nursing home is just under $8,000 a month but by 2037, it is expected to rise to over $22,000 a month. In addition to the high cost of long-term care, our seniors incur the financial burden of costly medications to treat age-related medical conditions and illnesses.
  • College Affordability and Labor Ready Workforce: While wages have remained stagnant for most middle and low-income families, the costs to attend college and other post-secondary training programs have skyrocketed. Because of this, people are forced to either take on crushing levels of debt or abandon their dreams of a higher education altogether. Kim believes that the future of our country depends on well-educated citizens. Supporting measures to make education affordable and accessible should be a top priority for Congress.
  • Immigration Reform: Immigration reform is about both compassion and economic common sense. Many of our neighbors, friends, and people we interact with on a daily basis are immigrants. They work in many sectors of our economy and enrich our communities both culturally and economically.

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—Kim Weaver's campaign website, http://weaverforcongress.nationbuilder.com/issues

Recent news

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See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kim Weaver for Congress, "Home," accessed March 22, 2017
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Shareblue, "Woman running to unseat Steve King forced out of race due to death threats," June 4, 2017
  3. ↑ Sioux City Journal, "Weaver announces bid to defeat King in Iowa 4th District," August 14, 2015
  4. ↑ Iowa Secretary of State, "Candidate Listing by Office," accessed March 19, 2016
  5. ↑ The New York Times "Iowa Caucus Results," June 7, 2016
  6. ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.


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