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

Democrat J.D. Scholten, a two-term Iowa state House representative and former candidate for Iowa’s fourth congressional district, announced Monday that he intends to withdraw from the Iowa Senate primary, ending his race only a few months after launching his campaign. 

The withdrawal announcement follows a push from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, or DSCC, to recruit…