TOM BARTON Lee-Gazette Des Moines Bureau

MARION — Actor Kate Mulgrew, a Dubuque native best known for her roles as Captain Kathryn Janeway on "Star Trek: Voyager" and as “Red” Reznikov on "Orange Is the New Black," returned to Iowa on Monday to lend star power to state Rep. Lindsay James’ congressional campaign.

The two women toured Feed Iowa First, a nonprofit urban farm in Marion that grows produce for food pantries and partners with beginning farmers. The pair spotlighted food insecurity, the struggles of small farmers and the stakes of Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District race.

Mulgrew’s endorsement

Mulgrew said she came home to stand alongside James because she believes she has the “fire in the belly” to flip the Northeast Iowa U.S. House seat.

James, a Presbyterian chaplain from Du

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