<p>Bob's guest this week is&nbsp;<a href="https://www.scholten4iowa.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">JD Scholten</a>, the Democratic candidate for Congress in Iowa's 4th district.&nbsp;JD grew up on his family farm near Sioux City and travelled the world as a pro baseball player before taking an unexpected turn into politics in 2018.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><br><p>Without any political experience JD took on longtime incumbent Steve King,&nbsp;who for 15 years has been the face of white nationalist immigration policy on Capitol Hill.&nbsp;&nbsp;Scholten lost that race by three points but he gave King his closest contest to date, piling his underdog campaign into a Winnebago&nbsp;RV, visiting all 39 counties, and earning 25,000 more votes than there are registered Democrats. Scholten hopes to build on that foundation in his 2020 race against Randy Feenstra, who defeated&nbsp;King in the primary.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><br><p>JD explains how his agricultural district has been hit hard by the trade war, and why a promise to his grandmother that he’d save his family farm pushed him to run for office.&nbsp;&nbsp;Scholten also discusses his choice to run a campaign independent from the national party and why that’s important to him.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Politics of Truth is brought to you by Osiris Media. Executive Producer is Adam Caplan. Produced by RJ Bee. Edited, mixed and mastered by Brad Stratton.&nbsp;Art by Mark Dowd.&nbsp;To discover more podcasts that help you connect more deeply with the music you love, check out&nbsp;<a href="http://osirispod.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">osirispod.com</a>.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>