Rod Blum

Quick Facts

Full Name	Rod Blum
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Apr 26, 1955(1955-04-26)
Age	69
Country	United States
Birth City	Dubuque
Horoscope	Aries

Rod Blum Biography

Rod Blum is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on April 26, 1955 in Dubuque, United States. Rodney Leland Blum, /’bl m /; was born April 26, 1955. He served as the U.S. Rep for Iowa’s 1st congressional District from 2015 to 2019. He is a member of the Republican Party and was first elected to office in 2014. He won a second term in 2016. Blum was defeated by Democrat Abby Finkenauer in 2018. Blum has said that he is a Tea Party member.

Blum gave $102,000 of the unpaid 2015 office budget back to the United States Treasury in 2015 to pay down the nation’s debt. Blum did not say whether he intended to donate half his congressional salary to charity as he had promised on his campaign website. Blum stated that he was not saying he didn’t. Blum said: “I’m not saying I didn’t. It’s not something that I will comment on.”

Blum believes that same-sex marriage should be determined by states. In 2016, he voted against an amendment aimed at upholding an executive order barring discrimination against LGBT employees by federal contractors.

In March 2016, in light of a $2 billion redevelopment of D.C.’s Southwest waterfront, Blum said that Washington D.C. “needs a recession.”

Blum supported a constitutional change to limit the term limits of congressmen. Blum answered the April 2015 interview question by saying that he would not limit his term limits. Blum said that he believes in term limits but not in unilaterally disarming. Do you see yourself in the House of Representatives in 10 years? “No, I don’t.”

Rod Blum Net Worth

Rod Blum is one of the richest Politician from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Rod Blum 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Blum was the former CEO at Eagle Point Software (1990-192000). Since 2000, Blum has been the owner of Digital Canal, a company that develops software.

Blum won the Republican primary in June 2014. He defeated Pat Murphy, a Democratic state representative, with 51% of votes in the general election on November 4, 2014. The surprise Republican win was considered surprising, since the seat had a D+5 Cook PVI score. Blum succeeded Democrat Bruce Braley who vacated his U.S. House Seat to run unsuccessfully in the U.S. Senate.

In 2015, Blum voted against legislation that would have averted a government shutdown. Discussing the government shutdown, Blum said, “I think the Founding Fathers are smiling right now for the first time in a long time”.

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Who is Rod Blum Dating?

According to our records, Rod Blum married to Karen Blum. As of December 1, 2023, Rod Blum’s is not dating anyone.

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Blum supported tax reform and voted in favor of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of

2017. After the vote passed, Blum tweeted that “families…will see their take home pay increase.”

Facts & Trivia

Rod Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Rod Blum celebrates birthday on April 26 of every year.

During his town halls in May 2017, Blum falsely claimed that if the current version of AHCA became law that coverage would not change for those on Medicaid. He also told his constituents, “If you’re getting your insurance through the group health care marketplace — your employer — nothing changes.” This was found to be partly false when fact checked by National Public Radio, as whether someone’s insurance would change under the GOP bill depends on whether an employer is based in and purchases its insurance in a state that gets a waiver. Blum also said that AHCA would take care of the same people as the ACA; the Telegraph Herald wrote that under the AHCA, “Insurers still would be prohibited from setting premiums based on health status and denying coverage to someone with a pre-existing condition. However, those who do not maintain continuous coverage could be charged higher premiums for a pre- existing condition” and that states that seek waivers from the federal government would be allowed to charge older individuals up to five times as much as young people and to exempt insurers from a list of essential health benefits mandated by the ACA.