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Randy

Feenstra

Republican
IA
-4
Sioux City, Ames, Mason City
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Personal Background

Birthdate

1/14/69 (51)

Race/Ethnicity

Caucasian/White

Gender Identification

M
Twitter

@RandyFeenstra

Religion

Christian

Family

Married, 4 children

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

B.A., Dordt University; MPA, Iowa State University

KEY HEALTH LINK

Feenstra has prior experience as a volunteer EMT in northwest Iowa before entering politics.

Political/Professional Background

LEGISLATIVE EXPERIENCE

Iowa State Senator (2nd district), 2009-2020; Treasurer of Sioux County, 2006-2008; City Administrator of Hull, IA, 2000-2006

2020 ELECTION CONTEXT

Feenstra decided to challenge Rep. Steve King in 2018 after inflammatory comments caused King to be stripped of his committee assignments. With the backing of GOP leadership, Feenstra received 45.7% of the vote in the primary, while the incumbent King received only 36%.

INCUMBENT REPLACED

Steve King (R), defeated in primary

MOST RECENT PROFESSION

Iowa State Senator (2nd district), 2009-2020

POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY

Before entering public service, Feenstra led a regional sales team for The Foreign Candy Company and taught business at Dordt University. He also worked at an insurance company. In the Iowa Senate, Feenstra served on the Capital Projects, Fiscal, Tax Expenditure, Transportation and State Government Committees as well as chaired the Ways and Means Committee. While serving in the Iowa Senate, Feenstra worked for ISB Insurance and served as a faculty member of Dordt University, his alma mater.

On The Issues

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Feenstra supports funds for rapid COVID-19 testing for schools and workplaces. He does not support a federal COVID-19 mandate that closes schools or requires face masks.

HEALTH COVERAGE

Feenstra wants ACA repealed and replaced. He endorses a free market approach to health care, opposing a government "takeover" of care. He supports protecting people with pre-existing conditions while eliminating the ACA. Feenstra is in favor of eliminating third-party billing and hopes to increase competition and transparency together.

MARIJUANA

Feenstra supported the legalization of medicinal marijuana with restrictions but does not support legalization for recreational use.

MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION

As state senator, Feenstra supported adding more psychiatric beds for mental health care in Iowa. Feenstra supported Senate Study Bill 1187, which allowed counties within a mental-health service region to equalize—but not significantly raise—their property tax levies which go toward mental health care.

PRESCRIPTION DRUGS

Feenstra supports placing price caps on how much drugs can cost.

VETERANS HEALTH CARE

No Data

WOMEN’S HEALTH

Feenstra is pro-life and supports defunding Planned Parenthood and passing a federal Heartbeat Bill. As state senator, Feenstra sponsored a bill to define life at conception. Feenstra introduced legislation in the IA Senate that would make female child genital mutilation a class "D" felony.

OTHER HEALTH CARE ISSUES

Feenstra says that patients who pay with cash should receive reduced health care costs.

DID YOU KNOW?

Feenstra started working at the age of 9 delivering newspapers and worked at a local bakery starting at 14.