jim mowrer, risky, danger ous.oderator: tells me a lot about you with somebody else's for saying it. mr. mowrer: it really makes me angry because i have a long record of keeping our country safe. my entire career has been in service, serving in the iowa army national guard, serving in iraq. serving as an intelligence analyst as a civilian and going to the pentagon where i focused on keeping our country safe as well. so, i have been very disappointed to see these david young from and his allies who have questioned my commitment to national security. and i think i have a very clear record. i'm the only candidate in this race who has a clear, direct national security experience. that is what i will bring to congress. we have the lowest percentage of veterans serving in congress right now. then it any other point in our nations history. i believe -- while you do not need to be a veteran to be in congress, you bring a unique experience, i have always been committed to keeping america safe. it is what i have done. i know

incumbent republican david young will face democrat jim mowrer. that district is in southwest iowa, and includes des moines, red oak and council bluffs. the debate starts at eight o'clock on iowa public television. this year's election is featuring a pretty non- people are coming up with interesting ways of showing their distaste for some of the candidates. one dubuque woman was so disgusted as she drove past a trump billboard every day, she raised funds to counter the billboard. kcrg t-v nine's katie wiedemann joins us now. katie, the sign company she used says this is something they have never seen before? exactly, aaron vosmek from cr signs who owns them. never before has an an individual person, who is not attached to a campaign, bought a political ad like this. kate parks is a mom and teacher who says she's tired of driving past this trump billboard. it's been on display along highway 20 near h & r block for more than a year. parks says she does not care for trump, but she says what really bothers her is the lack of representation of the othe

jim mowrer, risky, dangerous.ongressional leadership fund is responsible for the content of this advertising. >> tells me a lot about you or somebody else's voice saying it. what is your response? >> really makes me angry, dean, because i have a long record of keeping our country safe. my entire career has been in service, serving in iowa army national guard. serving in iraq. serving as intelligence analyst, civilian in iraq and the pentagon where i focused keeping our country safe as well. i've been very disappointed see these attacks coming from david young and his allies who questioned my commitment to national security. i think i have a very clear record. i'm only candidate in this race who has a clear, direct, national security experience. that's what i will bring to congress. we have the lowest percentage of veterans serving in congress right now than at any other point in the nation's history. while you don't need to be a veteran to serve in congress, you bring unique perspective and unique experience. i've

freshman republican incumbent david young faces democrat jim mowrer. kyle lot of uncertainty about a lot of house races and this verwell could be one of them." young is leading mowrer in a recent loras college poll. 46-36. in the senate race. republican incumbent chuck grassley is leading democratic opponent patty judge in a recent iowa poll. kyle kondik "grassley's polling was a little bit softer than he is used to throughout some of 2016 he may not win by the huge huge margins that he is used but he still looks like a very solid bet for re-election." the national republican congressional committee incumbents are leading in their respective districts. although, experts warn it's possible for support to shift at the very last minute, so we'll just have to wait and see as the results come out on election night. samantha jo, dozens of republicans distanced themselves from their nominee donald trump this week. how could that impact races in iowa? beth, there's no doubt that the for re- election. one possible impact is that some voters could decide to puni

first, jim mowrer in and out about your candidacy. >> beheadings. executions.eadly terrorist attack right here in the midwest. isis is a real threat and jim mowrer supports bringing thousands of refugees from isis right here. he supports a dangerous deal putting a rant on a pass to get nuclear weapons, a deal that gives iran billions used to fund terrorism. jim mowrer, risky, dangerous. >> tells me a lot about you with someone else's voice. what is your response? >> it's really makes me angry because i have a long record of keeping our country safe. my entire career has been in service, serving in iowa army national guard, serving in iraq, serving as a intelligence analysts as a civilian and going to the pentagon were focused on keeping our country safe, so i have been very disappointed to see these attacks come from david young and his allies who have question my commitment to national security and i think i have a very clear record. on the own candidate in this race who has a clear direct, national security experience. that's what i will bring to congress. we

from i was the congressional young and jimd our -- jim mowrer. ♪ [applause] >> i was third congressional- more than half a million residents, it includes ankeny, des moines, indianola and mount air. .estward to council bluffs even with that geographic diversity, the candidates are the des moines central iowa part of the district. 48-year-old republican david young calls than meet her home. -- calls vanmeter home. rer ran unsuccessfully two years ago against steve king . welcome to this special edition of iowa press and western iowa. forward to seeing areas of agreement and your campaigns as well as the contrasts. we'll be going an hour as you know. and because this is an iowa election special edition, we have an audience here in the iowa western community college arts center. they're watching and listening and not cheering or otherwise distracting from our discussion. we have expanded this program to 60 minutes to accommodate additional issues and questions. across the iowa press table, "des moines register" political columnist kathie -- and radio iowa's news director. >> you have been a

representative david young and jim mowrer on c-span live this wednesday at 9:00. outside spending when it comes to the presidential campaigns, jason noble can you paint a picture? guest: we are seeing outside spending in the presidential race. the big democratic super pac is spending money here. there are couple pacs supporting donald trump. the bulk of money is from the hillary clinton campaign is self. we have nothing quite as robust as outside spending in the presidential race compared to congressional races. host: south carolina on our line for others is jim. caller: good morning. a quick comment about your guest is making that comment about the candidates not talking about the issues a it is the way they do not talk about the issues is they know if they tell the american people the truth and talk about the budget deficit and the spending cuts that need to happen, people would not want to hear it anyway. i think hillary and trumpet know this and think it is a lost cause. i would not blame the candidate -- i blame it on the voters who do not want to hear it and