A comparison
This was in the Des Moines Register. Pretty straightforward… (Mr. King and Mr. Hubler are vying for the Fifth Congressional District here in Iowa — the most Republican district in the nation, according to some experts.)
Steve King
PARTY: Republican
OFFICE SOUGHT: 5th Congressional District
AGE: 59
BORN: May 28, 1949
BIRTHPLACE: Storm Lake, Ia.
RESIDENCE: Kiron
EDUCATION: Attended Northwest Missouri State University
JOB HISTORY: Former construction company head
POLITICAL HISTORY: State senator from 1996-2002. Has served three terms in the U.S. House.
FAMILY: Wife, Marilyn; three adult sons, two grandchildren.
RELIGION: Catholic
CAMPAIGN CONTACT: P.O. Box 400, Early, IA 50535; (712) 273-5097; king@kingforcongress.com; www.kingforcongress.com.
Rob L. Hubler
PARTY: Democrat
OFFICE SOUGHT: 5th Congressional District
DATE OF BIRTH: June 6, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH: Concordia, Kan.
CURRENT RESIDENCE: Council Bluffs
EDUCATION: Bachelor’s, Parsons College, Fairfield; master of divinity, University of Dubuque Theological Seminary
JOB HISTORY: U.S. Navy, 1962-69; staff of U.S. Sen. Dick Clark, 1973-78; political consultant, 1979-89; Presbyterian minister serving five Iowa congregations and then churches in Nebraska, Kansas and California, 1991-2000; teacher of severely disabled children, Training Education and Research Institute, 2003-04.
POLITICAL EXPERIENCE: Staff to U.S. Sen. Dick Clark, 1973-1978; western Iowa coordinator for Clark’s and U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin’s campaigns in 1972. Directed the 3rd Congressional District campaign for Lynn Cutler of Waterloo, 1980.
RELIGION: Presbyterian
FAMILY: Two children
CAMPAIGN CONTACT: Hubler for Congress, P.O. Box 2041, Council Bluffs, IA, 51502, www.hublercongress.com.
Why do they have to state their religion. I do not like that. Not at all.
What would happen if they put Pastafarian?