Former Iowa first lady Christie Vilsack is running for Congress in Iowa, declaring her bid to oust incumbent Republican Steve King in the newly redrawn 4th congressional district.

The locals expect the race to get ugly; Tim Carney notes that health-care and ethanol lobbyists are already writing checks to Vilsack.

(By the way, it’s an open secret that Christie Vilsack is sleeping with the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture.)

The NRCC welcomes her to the race:

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