Lanon Baccam: 'I’m looking at Doug Burns right now, because his family looks like my family.'

How a congressional candidate is seeking a restoration of Iowa at its best

Congressional candidate Lanon Baccam celebrates with his family after his primary win in June. (Photo By Douglas Burns)

There’s not supposed to be any crying in politics.

Only sometimes there is. My own tears, even.

Iowa Congressional candidate Lanon Baccam, born in Mount Pleasant and raised by his immigrant parents, spent part of a summer speech talking a…