Editors’ note: J.D. Scholten is one of two rural Democrats in the Iowa State Legislature. When he is not in Des Moines representing the citizens of District 1, which includes Sioux City on the state’s western border, Scholten, 45, is the only state legislator to play professional baseball while actively serving. (His 2024 Sioux City Explorers jersey is in the National Baseball Hall of Fame after he became the oldest person in league history to earn a pitching win). On June 2, Scholten, wh...
