Republican Rep. Steve King wins re-election in Iowa

Steve King.
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Rep. Steve King (R) defeated Democrat J.D. Scholten to keep his seat representing Iowa's 4th Congressional District, CNN and NBC News project.

King was first elected in 2002, in a district that is rural and very red. Scholten, a paralegal and former professional baseball player, lost by about 4 percentage points.

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.