Last week, Democrat Kim Weaver announced her intentions to run against incumbent, Congressman Steve King, in the 2018 4th Congressional District election. Since that announcement she has received over 50 new endorsements, gained over 22,000 new followers on her Facebook and Twitter campaign pages, had more than 400 volunteers sign up to assist with her campaign and raised just under $180,000 from over 6,800 individual donations. “We’re overwhelmed at the support and attention this campaign is receiving,” Weaver said. “The number of people stepping up to volunteer is what’s going to fuel our field program across the district and give us a real chance to win this election.” Weaver added that the average donation made to date is around $26, and she will not be accepting any money from Corporate PACs, saying she is not running to represent them, she is running to represent the people of northwest Iowa. A full listing of recent endorsements can be found below.
Sen. Tony Bisignano, Iowa State Senator
Sen. Matt McCoy, Iowa State Senator
Sen. Janet Petersen, Iowa State Senator
Sen. Rich Taylor, Iowa State Senator
Rep. Helen Miller, Iowa State House Rep.
Rep. Ako Abdul-Samad, Iowa State House Rep.
Rep. Lisa Heddens, Iowa State House Rep.
Rep. Timi Brown-Powers, Iowa State House Rep.
Rep. Liz Bennett, Iowa State House Rep.
Rep. Amy Nielsen, Former Mayor of North Liberty, Iowa State House Rep.
Rep. Jerry Kearns, Iowa State House Rep.
Rep. Mary Mascher, Iowa State House Rep.
Rep. Monica Kurth, Iowa State House Rep.
Jack Hatch, Author, Former Iowa State Senator
Jon Neiderbach, Atty, Former Des Moines School Board member*
John Wittneben, Chair – Emmet County Democrats*, Former Iowa State House Rep.
Mark Sturgeon, Chair – Plymouth County Democrats*
Beth Winterhoff, Co-Chair – Cherokee County Democrats*
Catherine Crooks, Chair – Franklin County Democrats*
Sue Seedorff-Keninger, Chair – Hardin County Democrats*
Phyllis Holland, Vice-Chair – Grundy County Democrats*
George Ensley, Former Chair – Boone County Democrats*
John Flecky, Former Chair – Harrison County Democrats*
Daryl Beall, Former Iowa State Senator
Tom Foster, Former Boone County Supervisor
Michelle D. Servadio, Director and Co-Founder of Iowa Hemp Association*, Acting Chair of the Iowa Veterans’ Caucus*
Mike Carberry, Johnson County Board of Supervisors*, State Central Committee member, IDP
Kurt Friese, Johnson County Board of Supervisors*
Jessica Fears, State Central Committee member, IDP
Jonathan “Jon” Greene, State Central Committee member, IDP
Dave Dawson, Former Iowa State House Rep.
Ed Fallon, Former Iowa State House Rep.
Susan Bangert, Former State Senate Candidate
Dave Grussing, Former State House Candidate
Holly Herbert, State Central Committee member, IDP
Jason Frerichs, State Central Committee member, Chair of Progressive Caucus* IDP
Jack Schuler, 3rd District Presidential Elector
Annaleah Moore, State Central Committee member, IDP
Kate Revaux, State Central Committee member, IDP
Brent Christopher, Linn County Board of Supervisors*
Melanie Carlson, Vice Chair, IDP Women’s Caucus*
Bill Brauch, former Director – Consumer Protection Division at Iowa Attorney General’s Office*
Gary Kroeger, Former Iowa State House Candidate, Actor
Chris Laursen, Bernie Sanders National Delegate, Grassroots Activist
Luke Haffner, Bernie Sanders National Delegate, Grassroots Activist
Ruth and Scott Thompson, The Caucus Couple
Rosie O’Donnell, Actor, Activist
Howie Klein, Political Activist
Blue America, Progressive Group
Mark Thompson (Matsimela Mapfumo), Activist, Radio Host
Make It Plain, Progressive Radio Program
*Indicates Organizational name is for Identification Purposes only.
