Steve King Will Not Run for Senate #IASEN

By Shira T. Center

Posted May 4, 2013 at 3:47am

Republican Rep. Steve King announced on Twitter late Friday night that he would not run for Senate:

[field name = iframe]King marks the third — and highest-profile — contender to pull themselves from consideration in the last couple weeks.

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