Rod Blum Official Bio

Rod Blum

Rodney Leland Blum is an American businessman and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Iowa's 1st congressional district from 2015 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he was first elected in 2014 and won a second term in the 2016 elections. Blum was defeated for reelection in 2018 by Democrat Abby Finkenauer. Wikipedia*

On the C-SPAN Networks:
Rod Blum has 45 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2014 Speech as a U.S. Representative Candidate. The year with the most videos was 2015 with 14 videos. The year with the highest average number of views per program was 2018 with an average of 9,672 views per program. Most appearances with Terry E. Branstad (3), Marsha Blackburn (3), Alan Lowenthal (3). Most common tags: House of Representatives, Iowa.

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Previously

U.S. Representative, R-IA 1st January 3, 2015 - January 3, 2019 Videos: 44 U.S. Representative Candidate,
R-0 January 1, 2012 - c. November 2, 2012 Videos: 1 U.S. Representative Candidate,
R-1 June 3, 2014 - c. November 4, 2014 Videos: 0

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Historical Member of Congress Record

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Former Ideology Rankings
Past Elections

Ideology data is based on DW-NOMINATE statistics developed by Keith Poole and Howard Rosenthal. More information can be found at Voteview .

Historic election results compiled from data found on FEC.gov

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Floor Activity

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