Iowa newspaper breaks its tradition, endorses Steve King's Dem opponent

BY MORGAN GSTALTER - 10/27/18 02:27 PM EDT

The editorial board of an Iowa newspaper broke with tradition on Friday and endorsed the Democratic opponent to incumbent Rep. Steve King (R).

“Those were not easy words for us to write,” the editorial board of the Sioux City Journal wrote.

The Journal said it previously endorsed King, an eight-term congressman, because the board thought he was an “honest, principled family man,” who would reflect his constituents in Iowa’s 4th district.

“In spite of the criticisms we also shared in those endorsements, we believed King's strengths were enough to make him a better choice for this district than the Democratic challengers he faced in past elections,” the editorial board wrote. But King’s challenger, Democrat J.D. Scholten, has strengths of his own, the group wrote.

“With a candidate of Scholten's caliber on the ballot, we decided we wouldn't overlook, again, the concerns we have shared about King in the past in making an endorsement in this race this year,” the newspaper wrote.

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