DES MOINES, Iowa -- Former U.S. Rep. Jim Leach, who served 30 years as a politician from eastern Iowa and later headed the ...

Representing eastern Iowa in the U.S. House of Representatives for three decades, Leach developed a close connection to the ...

Former Governor of Massachusetts, Bill Weld, left and former U.S. Rep. from Iowa Jim Leach, appeared together as Weld ...

He later became a University of Iowa chair in public affairs and a visiting professor in the College of Law and Department of Political Science. In 2016, he was named interim director of the UI Museum ...

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.

Former U.S. Rep. James Leach, a Republican who represented southeast Iowa in Congress for 30 years, died at 82 on Wednesday.

Jim Leach, a Davenport native who represented Iowa in congress for 30 years, has died at the age of 82. Leach was first elected to the U.S. House in 1976 and rose to be Republican chairman of the ...

Leach served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1977 to 2007, a tenure rivaled only by two others in Iowa history.

Davenport native and former Iowa Congressman Jim Leach has died at the age of 82, according to our sister station, WHO-TV.

Former Iowa congressman Jim Leach has died at age 82. Leach served as a Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1977 to 2007. He then served as the head of the National Endowment for the ...

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