CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Iowa State Senator Charlie McClintock has announced he will run for Iowa 2nd Congressional District.

“Anyone who knows me, and my political career up to this point, knows my character, and my passion for listening to the people, and representing them in the legislature,” the Linn County republican said in a statement.

McClintock is the first republican to announce their bid for Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District since Rep. Ashley Hinson announced she will opt to run for Sen. Joni Ernst’s seat in the U.S. Senate. Ernst, a republican, announced this week that she will not run for re-election.

On the democratic side, Kathy Dolter, Lindsay James, and Clint Twedt-Ball have already launched campaigns.

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