Amid DSCC Pressure, Democratic Populist J.D. Scholten Exits Iowa Senate Race

J.D. Scholten speaks to guests attending the Groundhog Day Dinner on February 2, 2019 in Jefferson, Iowa. - It is a sparsely populated and homogenous state where agriculture rules. But Iowa -- equally disparaged and cherished as a folksy American backwater -- remains a political titan, first in the nation in picking presidential candidates. With nearly a year to go before the all-important Iowa caucuses, Democrats seeking the right to challenge Donald Trump for the presidency are already pouring in, impatient to raise their profile in the state that votes before any other in the 2020 primary process. (Photo by Joshua Lott / AFP) (Photo credit should read JOSHUA LOTT/AFP via Getty Images)

Scholten, who is among a small coterie of anti-establishment Democrats to outperform Kamala Harris in deep red states, will endorse Josh Turek.

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