Steve King

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Steve King is a former Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa known for his hardline conservative positions and controversial remarks on immigration and race.

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Steve King canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American politician ⓘ
human ⓘ
birthDate 1949-05-28 ⓘ
birthPlace Storm Lake, Iowa, United States ⓘ
linked to: Storm Lake, Iowa
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt Northwest Missouri State University ⓘ
electedIn 2002 United States House of Representatives elections ⓘ
2004 United States House of Representatives elections ⓘ
2006 United States House of Representatives elections ⓘ
2008 United States House of Representatives elections ⓘ
2010 United States House of Representatives elections ⓘ
2012 United States House of Representatives elections ⓘ
2014 United States House of Representatives elections ⓘ
2016 United States House of Representatives elections ⓘ
2018 United States House of Representatives elections ⓘ
endTime 2021-01-03 ⓘ
familyName King ⓘ
founded King Construction ⓘ
givenName Steven ⓘ
hasChild Jeff King ⓘ
ideology conservatism ⓘ
right-wing populism ⓘ
knownFor controversial remarks on immigration ⓘ
controversial remarks on race ⓘ
hardline conservative positions ⓘ
lostTo Randy Feenstra in the 2020 Republican primary ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party
name Steve King ⓘ
notableEvent lost 2020 Republican primary for Iowa's 4th congressional district ⓘ
occupation politician ⓘ
opposed comprehensive immigration reform ⓘ
positionHeld Member of the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
precededBy Greg Ganske ⓘ
Tom Latham ⓘ
reasonForSanction remarks widely criticized as sympathetic to white nationalism and white supremacy ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
representedArea Iowa's 4th congressional district ⓘ
Iowa's 5th congressional district ⓘ
residence Kiron, Iowa, United States ⓘ
linked to: Kiron, Iowa
sanctionedBy House Republican leadership removed committee assignments in 2019 ⓘ
servedOnCommittee United States House Committee on Agriculture ⓘ
United States House Committee on Small Business ⓘ
United States House Committee on the Judiciary ⓘ
spouse Marilyn Kelly King ⓘ
startTime 2003-01-03 ⓘ
succeededBy Randy Feenstra ⓘ
supported border wall on the U.S.–Mexico border ⓘ

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