Maybe I got the legislative assistant job in Jim Leach’s Washington congressional office because I was the only one who could keep the Gestetner mimeograph machine running, a tribute to my youth ...

Jim Leach was always gracious to me as the last Democratic candidate he defeated for U.S. Congress back in 2004. Unlike for so many in today’s environment, Jim listened thoughtfully and engaged ...

Leach, a Republican, won election to the U.S. House in 1976 and went on to represent parts of eastern Iowa in Congress for 30 years.

Flags across Iowa were at half-staff Sunday to honor former Congressman Jim Leach, who died Dec. 11, 2024, at the age of 82. Leach served 30 years as a politician from eastern Iowa and later ...

Jim Leach, Former US Representative From Iowa, Dies at 82 DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Jim Leach, who served 30 years as a politician from eastern Iowa and later headed the National ...

When Jim Leach recently passed away from a heart attack and stroke at the age of 82, Iowa lost a great representative of the state and a patriot. Jim was my good friend in Congress from whom I ...

Jim Leach, an Iowa Republican who served three decades in the U.S. House, broke party ranks by opposing the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and later served as head of the National Endowment for ...