"It moved, you know, a lot in me," the former Iowa representative said of the July 2 incident that he described as a near-death experience.

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A retirement reception to celebrate the career of Rep. Ako Abdul-Samad will be from 5-8 p.m. Sunday at the DMACC Urban Campus, Building 7. He announced his plans to retire in February.

Abdul-Samad, 72, was elected in 2006 and started serving in the House of Representatives in 2007. He has won every race since then and is now the longest-serving Black lawmaker in Iowa.

Democrat Ako Abdul-Samad held the seat during that stretch, but earlier this year he announced his plans to retire. During the nearly two-decades in office, Abdul-Samad was only challenged by a ...

Abdul-Samad says there's a culture of violence among some locally — and a wider population nationally, referencing the two assassination attempts against former president Donald Trump.

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Abdul-Samad couldn’t form the words to reply in the moment, but he got in his car and drove to see her. He spoke with Rodney as the boy's mother wailed a cry like the one he'd heard a day earlier.