U.S. House Candidate Profile

Rodney Blum

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RepublicanU.S. HouseIowa02

Background

Rodney Blum is a Republican candidate for U.S. Representative in Iowa's 2nd congressional district in the 2026 election cycle. Blum previously served as U.S. Representative for Iowa's 1st congressional district from 2015 to 2019. Blum was defeated in the 2018 general election by state representative Abby Finkenauer. Blum has held leadership roles on the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Committee on Small Business, including chairing the Subcommittee on Agriculture, Energy and Trade. Blum has described himself as a 'Tea Party Republican' and has supported conservative policy positions, including opposing abortion, supporting President Trump's 2017 executive order on immigration, and advocating for a constitutional amendment to balance the budget.

Summary compiled from cited public records. Sources: Official candidate filing records; Federal Election Commission; unitedstates.github.io/congress-legislators/legislators-histor…; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Blum.

Last updated 2026-10-06.

Sourced summary

Rodney Blum served as U.S. unitedstates.github.io

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

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Rodney Blum was born on 1955-04-26. unitedstates.github.io

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

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[Wikipedia: 2026] Blum briefly ran in the 2026 election for Iowa's 2nd congressional district, but ultimately withdrew from the race. en.wikipedia.org

Finance snapshot

Rodney Blum's FEC candidate id is H2IA01055

Claim timeline

On On Motion to Commit with Instructions: S. govtrack.us Retrieved 2026-05-14.

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Rodney Blum profile reference

Profile status: Active candidate. Roster status: challenger. Race status: discovered.

No certified general-election roster row matched this profile.

Valid citations 2806. Primary-source references 2806. First seen 2026-05-07. Last seen 2026-10-06. Profile record updated 2026-10-17.

Published claim kinds: Background 20, Positions 4, Finance 1, Votes 2335, Controversies 1, Other sourced notes 432.

Other ids: Other wikipedia-revisions:Rod Blum; Bioguide B001294; Wikidata Q18684853; Vote Smart 135714; Ballotpedia Rod Blum; OpenSecrets N00033744.

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