Steve King

King is the son of Mildred Lila and Emmett King. His father was a state police dispatcher while his mother was a homemaker. He is of mixed ancestry.

He attended Denison Community High School and graduated in 1967.

He studied mathematics at the Northwest Missouri State University from 1967 to 1970. But he did not graduate and left before earning a degree.

He aspired to work in construction and founded King Construction, an earth moving business in 1975. He started his work with a single bulldozer and built the business with his hard work and tenacity.

In the 1980s he formed the Kiron Business Association. The nature of his business required him to get involved with the Iowa Land Improvement Contractors’ Association. Soon he was holding regional and national offices in the organization.

His interest in public policy was growing and so was his disappointment with the government and the office holders who he felt were indifferent to the problems of the common man.

He successfully ran for Iowa’s 6th Senate district in 1996 by defeating Democrat Eileen Heiden 64%-35%. He won the re-election to a second term in 2000 after defeating Democratic Dennis Ryan.

He served as an Iowa State Senator from 1996 to 2002 during which he helped in eliminating the inheritance tax, passed taxation reforms, strengthened parental rights and passed a law for making English the official language in Iowa.

He is a Congressman serving as the U.S. Representative for Iowa's 4th congressional district. A former businessman, he implemented several reforms to encourage the growth of small businesses in Iowa, and made production of renewable energy one of his top priorities. He is widely respected for his accomplishments not just in Iowa, but throughout the U.S.