Michigan businesswoman turned legislator Lisa McClain points to dangerous Iran policies

(JNS) - Lisa McClain will join the record-number of Republican women elected this year to the U.S. House of Representatives following her landslide victory over Democrat Kimberly Bizon, 66.3 percent to 33.7 percent, respectively, in Michigan's 10th Congressional District to succeed retiring Republican Rep. Paul Mitchell.

"I think America spoke," said McClain in an interview with JNS on Nov. 24, adding that the Republican women elected have "traditional American values."

Before being elected to Congress, McClain, 54, who is married with four children, worked in the financial-services industry -...