The race in Iowa’s new Fourth District in north-central and northeastern Iowa pits Democrat John Norris against incumbent Tom Latham, a Republican. A former top aide to Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack, Norris is a longtime farm and community activist running to ensure quality jobs with good wages and benefits for working families. Norris is also campaigning on Social Security, Medicare, education and health care.

In critical votes last year, Latham voted against the IBEW 78 percent of the time. Latham also supported Social Security privatization and raiding the Social Security trust fund to pay for President Bush’s tax cut for the wealthy.

The IBEW has 984 members in Iowa’s 4^th District.