Des Moines Register Not even Deb Scholten is immune to the political speculation swirling around potential 2022 candidates like her son J.D. “Dad thinks you are going to run for Senate. Are you?” she texted him recently, getting right to the point. J.D. Scholten, a Democrat who lost to Republican Randy Feenstra in the 2020 4th District congressional race, tweeted a screenshot of the text with a facepalm emoji. It's not that he's not thinking about it. It's just that he's trying to keep his options wide open and he's not yet sure whether he even wants to run. Among the paths he's considering are a possible run for the U.S. Senate, for Congress, for governor or even for lieutenant governor as someone else’s running mate.