Rodney Blum

Rodney Blum's gender is recorded as M in the unitedstates/congress-legislators dataset.

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Rodney Blum served as U.S. Representative from IA-01 (Republican) from 2015-01-06 to 2017-01-03.

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Rodney Blum served as U.S. Representative from IA-01 (Republican) from 2017-01-03 to 2019-01-03.

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Rodney Blum was born on 1955-04-26.

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Rodney Blum is listed by the FEC as a Republican candidate for U.S. House in IA-02 in the 2026 election cycle.

Source: api.open.fec.gov retrieved Jun 30, 2026

[Wikipedia: 2018] Blum was defeated in 2018 by state representative Abby Finkenauer by 16,900 votes.

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[Wikipedia: Political positions] Blum describes himself as a "Tea Party Republican," and has said that "the Tea Party is what the Republican Party should have always been." As of October 2017, Blum had voted with the Republican Party in 90% of votes in the 115th United States Congress and voted in line with Pre…

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[Wikipedia: Immigration] Blum supported President Donald Trump's first 2017 executive order. The order temporarily curtailed immigration from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen until better screening methods are devised. Blum stated that "...The bottom line is they can't properly vet pe…

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[Wikipedia: LGBT issues] Blum believes that same-sex marriage should be determined by states. In 2016, he voted against an amendment aimed at upholding an executive order barring discrimination against LGBT employees by federal contractors.

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[Wikipedia: Abortion] Blum opposed abortion. He had voted to defund Planned Parenthood. He supported creating a select committee to investigate Planned Parenthood for allegedly selling fetal tissue.

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> It's quite amazing to watch people who robbed us blind, trying to justify being upset at us for catching them. > @elonmusk > @DOGE

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> Truth.

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> Selling sections of border wall for $5. An absolute insult to the American taxpayers. But what's new? > https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-calls-end-border-wall-auctions-almost-criminal-act

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> Couldn't happen to a better liberal rag than the Des Moines Register. > https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-sues-des-moines-register-top-pollster-brazen-election-interference-fraud-over-harris-poll

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> Beautiful. Good start.

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> Joe says his son was treated differently because of who he was. Welcome to Trump's world Joe. https://abcnews.com/US/president-joe-biden-pardons-son-hunter-biden/story?id=116358693

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FEC totals for the 2026 cycle report that Rodney Blum raised $250,196, spent $3,544, reported $246,652 cash on hand.

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On H.R. 185: Regulatory Accountability Act of 2015, Rodney Blum voted Yea (House Roll Call 28, 2015-01-13T17:29:00). Result: Passed.

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On H.Amdt. 6 (Aderholt) to H.R. 240: Amendment prevents use of any funds to: (1) carry-out the Executive actions announced on November 20, 2014 to grant deferred action to certain unlawful aliens and for other purposes, or four of the "Morton Memos" on pros, Rodney Blum voted Yea (House Roll Call 29, 2015-01-14T11:15:00). Result: Agreed to.

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On H.R. 734: Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting Act of 2015, Rodney Blum voted Yea (House Roll Call 85, 2015-02-24T19:06:00). Result: Passed.

Source: govtrack.us retrieved May 14, 2026