She is a former state representative who is serving her first term in Congress after defeating Democratic incumbent, Abby Finkenauer, in 2020. Its time for us to run a candidate against Chuck Grassley that can win, said candidate Glenn Hurst, a city council member and doctor from Minden. Grassley doesnt read the replies: 90 percent of them hate me. I think there was an inherent sense of fairness, she said to me in a phone interview. He was the middle child of five. State Rep. Christina Bohannan, a Democrat and University of Iowa law professor, announced her candidacy in August. But even so, history is catching up with him. But Grassleys future is certainly on Iowans minds. In the Senate, Grassleys career initially became defined by a certain individualism. | Raised in a small town that had more cows than people, as she puts it, Abby Finkenauer was brought up in a working-class family that shaped her outlook on service and politics. 6 West Burlington. He voted to impeach Bill Clinton, but voted against impeaching Trump. Still, the episode turned off a number of veteran state Democratic activists, former candidates and officeholders, prompting some to give Franken a second look. He has worked on the staff of U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy, and at the U.S. Department of Defense, and he has served as the chief of legislative affairs for the Navy. In November 2022, my colleague streiff reported on an investigation conducted by Senators Chuck Grassley and Josh Hawley, which revealed that this same Disinformation Governance Board that DHS . In 2018, after multiple media outlets reported on Kings racist comments, he lost the support of the National Republican Congressional Committee, corporate sponsorships, and the endorsement of his hometown paper, but he still had Grassleys support. Not So Much. I know for a fact that is not true, said state Rep. Lee Hein, a Republican close to Pat Grassley. She also opened up about her personal diagnosis with endometriosis and pushed for increased research funding on it. No Democrats have challenged first-term Rep. Randy Feenstra, 52. I asked David Yepsen, former longtime political reporter for The Des Moines Register, why Grassley would conspicuously avoid distancing himself from associations with racism and antisemitism. In his memoir, Obama describes Grassley as toying with the administration over possibly supporting the Affordable Care Act. Momentum and reaction are always simultaneous events in American politics. Low around 30F. Just 10% of respondents had a favorable view of her. J. D. Scholten, who nearly defeated former Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) in 2018, is also contemplating a Senate run. She served in the Iowa House for ten years and served as chair of the Economic Growth Committee. Mike Franken brings an extensive resume to the campaign, having spent nearly four decades in a world-spanning military career that included him rising to the rank of a three-star admiral, working in the Pentagon and serving as a senior military official in Africa. Grassley is in his seventh term as senator and will turn 89 in 2022 - the year Iowa will elect a senator for a six-year term. DES MOINES, Iowa Bob Krause, a Democrat from Burlington, announced Thursday he is running for the U.S. Senate seat Chuck Grassley has held since 1981. What you said is accurate, he said to the man. Franken will talk on the campaign trail about his foreign policy background, including how he was the only vote against the Iraq War at a military council in 2002 and that he resigned after Donald Trump was elected. According to a release, he holds degrees in history and political science from Iowa State University and the University of Kansas. ), who led Democrats campaign arm in 2016. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Cond Nast. Kim Reynolds' and Sen. Chuck Grassley's reelection races to early Iowa caucus action. It doesn't exist. She is a teacher and currently works for a nonprofit in Council Bluffs that provides care for children with mental and behavioral health needs. At the time, Conlin was the assistant attorney general, and she says her job was to purge Iowas laws of sexism, including laws that mandated that only men could cut mens hair, or that allowed women to be sentenced to prison for longer than a man for the same crime. The radical anti-abortion group Iowa Pro-Life Action Council distributed fliers with the image of an 18-week-old thumb-sucking fetus, telling Iowans to vote for Grassley otherwise that baby might not live. After more than 14 years at the state capitol, Grassley ran for Congress. I'm proud of it, she said. In the summer of 2021, there was chatter Grassley wouldnt run again. has been credited with conservatives big wins in the 1980s. Its nominating process had jumped to the front of the line in 1972, and in 1976, Jimmy Carter won the caucuses and catapulted to the presidency. And after Trump-supporting rioters stormed the Capitol, Grassley voted to certify Bidens win. For those of us tired of hearing the same story ten times we can mute and read, he railed this month. Finkenauer has highlighted her past support for expanded voting rights legislation and has warned about the influence of misinformation on social media and how its undermining democracy. But plenty of senators misspeak, and hes one of few willing to face questions extemporaneously for hours on end. Former Iowa Rep. Mary Ann Hanusaannounced in April that she would seek Axnes seat, but her home in Pottawattamie County was drawn into the new 4th District. Three Democrats running for the U.S. Senate took aim at Republican Chuck Grassley during a forum Saturday in Des Moines, challenging the audience to weigh which candidate is best suited to take him on in November. I didnt eat the Chinese stuff; Im an American. (The restaurant is now the site of Fongs Pizza, a regionally famous Chinese-American fusion pizza parlor, renowned for its crab rangoon pizza. Whatever else he is, hes a member of the political gerontocracy. Raw electoral politics aside, theres a more delicate topic. He said he's "all over the map" in different situations. Hes rarely profiled, and there is only one biography of him, written by a reporter who later went on to become his campaign flack. Abby Finkenauer in July became the first major Democrat to announce a 2022 run for the U.S. Senate seat long held by Republican Chuck Grassley. Hovelson has gotten a lot of mileage out of this story. Its time for the 88-year-old to call it quits if hes unable to stand up to the Big Lie. Reach her at bpfann@dmreg.com or 515-284-8244. Contact Editor Kathie Obradovich for questions: info@iowacapitaldispatch.com. More: Iowa Sens. Watch the video & then chip in to help build our campaign: https://t.co/DPPR2wVD19 pic.twitter.com/YWvsgwcwvo, Download the We Are Iowa app Sign up for Local 5's "5 Things to Know" email newsletter Subscribe to Local 5 News on YouTube, In a campaign video released Monday, Dave Muhlbauer says many Iowa voters just feel like Democrats are leaving rural areas high and dry., No. Finkenauer stressed limiting the number of terms a member of the Senate can serve. If you want Grassley out, youve got to vote for the one that you think can beat him, Mahl, 66, said after voting at a downtown Council Bluffs church. "You want me to do 35 for you?" he responded when asked . Mike Franken celebrates US Senate primary win, to face Chuck Grassley, Mike Franken, retired Navy admiral from Sioux City, speaks to Des Moines crowd after winning the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, on Tuesday, June 7, 2022, Iowa 2022 primary election race results from June 7. Mahls top priority is a candidate she views as stronger against Grassley. 1:13 Three Democrats running for the U.S. Senate took aim at Republican Chuck Grassley during a forum Saturday in Des Moines, challenging the audience to weigh which candidate is best suited. Do you have information you want to share with HuffPost. Trumps Relationship With Jared and Ivanka. Im sorry., I dont consider myself a charming person, he said afterward. State Sen. Jim Carlin, a 58-year-old trial lawyer and Army veteran, was the first candidate of either party to officially jump into the race in February. Patty Judge was his closest since first taking office in 1980 and he won by 24 percentage points. And the people didnt seem to care about the KKK or any of that. While he wants Iowas famous first-in-the-nation presidential caucus to be wide open in 2024, he doesnt say his party should move on from Trump: If he runs in 2024, nobody can do anything about that.. Grassley was running against the incumbent Democrat John Culvera big, blond, Harvard-grad Iowa boy. Retired Navy Adm. Mike Franken campaigned on his 40 years of experience in the military and in Washington D.C. When I ask Jim Hovelson, 89, Grassleys childhood friend and one of the few people around who remembers him as a boy, who Chuck Grassley is, he laughs and tells me a parable. The KKK cited Grassley, giving him an eight out of 10 for his voting record. $4.8 million cash on hand at the beginning of the year. You heard me yelling at those kids.. but attended at least one Trump campaign event. to officially jump into the race in February, his recent vote on a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, announced plans to seek reelection to the 2nd District, She announced in November she would run for reelection in Iowa's 1st District, She launched her congressional campaign in July, formally announced her re-election plans Aug. 28, Axne was considering a run for governor in 2022, was the first Republican to enter the 3rd District race. Ryan O'Leary, an Auburn businessman, has filed paperwork to run in the 4th District as an independent. Hurst has positioned himself as the most progressive in the Democratic primary, and as such, he argues, the most electable of the group. Honestly, Chuck, youre an Iowan, for Gods sakes! Partly cloudy this evening, then becoming cloudy after midnight. Some think theres little reason to believe 2022 would be much different. Certainly it didnt seem to hurt Grassley. U.S. House incumbents also face fierce challengers in 2022, as Iowas redistricted map shakes up the races. Having dealt with folks out in D.C. the past couple cycles, I dont think they understand fully whats going on here in Iowa, Scholten said. His unconventional moves aside, Grassleys a political pro, toeing the line between establishment Republicans and Trump-era hardliners. Part of HuffPost Politics. She grew up on the South Side of Chicago, earned an academic scholarship to Drake University and works now in financial services. He said Pat Grassley is not interested in being a senator and encouraged Chuck to run again. Hanusa ended her congressional campaign after redistricting changed the makeup of the district and instead mounted a race for state auditor. While Iowas senior senator has easily won reelection in the past, theres been some warning signs for him lately, including an approval rating that is now consistently falling under 50%. If reelected, Grassley will be the most senior member of the Senate, and as such, is front of the line for president pro tempore if the Republicans win a majority in 2022. They say some of her signatures are invalid and should disqualify her from competing. She is also a former television reporter and anchor at KCRG-TV in Cedar Rapids. Regardless of which of the three wins the nomination they are in for a very uphill campaign. And he will be fighting that war on two fronts. God, I hate to give you an on-the-record comment on this, sighed Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont. At 37, Muhlbauer is also a half-century younger than the 87-year-old Grassley, who has said he will announce his reelection plans in the fall. Just the opposite. For years, Grassley has played the mumbling, grumbling, honest regular guy, who is willing to work across the aisle. The important June 7 primary election is fast approaching in Iowa, with early voting already underway at local county auditors offices. I'm running on Democratic principles and Democratic priorities: health care for all, access to immigration into this country, setting rules reform and a woman's right to control her own body, he said. Carlin, 59, has aligned himself closely with former President Donald Trump, frequently invoking misinformation about the 2020 election. A rural family practice doctor, Glenn Hurst is the only doctor in his small town and has seen up-close how the health care system and costs have made life difficult for rural Iowans. But still, his grip on the conservative movement he helped build is precarious. On November 5, 2018, King tweeted a video of the senator saying, Iowa needs Steve King in Congress. Its not impossible for Democrats to break through, Scholten argued. He has also held a variety of roles in Washington, including as the first military officer on U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedys staff, at the U.S. Department of Defense and as chief of legislative affairs for the Navy. Asked about that recent viral tweet about Fox News Channels news ticker, Grassley replied: Im disgusted! Hes now watching CNN but hopes Fox notices his demand. Melton works in a leadership role at Nationwide Insurance and lives in Nevada, Iowa. Redistricting made things a little trickier for Iowas House races. He supported Trumps agenda in Congress about 88% of the time, but occasionally showed his frustrationsparticularly when it came to Trumps trade agenda. I'm a problem. Figure 2 If you shift the vaccination curve by 6 months, it seems to align well with the death spikes. It speaks to this growling in America, something changing, again. The candidate filing deadline closed March 18 with a trio of Democrats running to unseat Republican Chuck Grassley, Iowa's senior U.S. Once, during one of the lessons, the minister asked, Well, boys, what is it you like about girls?. And asking him why he was playing footsie with liberals. Naval Academy, Postgraduate School- MS of Physics, Major civic activities: Special Olympics coach - 2017 - 2019, U.S. Navy 40 years, Defense department Wide Energy Efficiency Award. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); According to the non-partisan Cook Political Report this race is rated as solid Republican The room was filled with older white Iowans in sweatshirts and sneakers. He needed the endorsement. As the former head of the judiciary during the first two years of the Trump administration, hes one of the reasons Roe is poised to be overturned. Physically and mentally. State Auditor Rob Sand has expressed interest in the Senate race, but backed out of an interview in Des Moines the day before. In 1985, the Chicago Tribune noted that other senators had compared him to Jimmy Stewarts character in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington: naive maybe, but direct, stubbornand honest. No one could beat him. Gary Leffler, a Republican activist from West Des Moines, has filed a statement of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission, but he has not yet filed financial reports. He is running against long-time Iowa State Senator Chuck Grassley in the upcoming Iowa Caucuses on Feb. 7. HuffPost's top politics stories, straight to your inbox. Hurst got more involved in local politics after Donald Trumps election in 2016, becoming a leader in the grassroots Indivisible movement. And that that is a huge game-changer for me.. Multiple Democrats have lined up to challenge Grassley. Last week, Senator Grassley announced his campaign with a short video of him on an early morning run. 1:49. Here's a look at how federal races are shaping up. Slight chance of a rain shower. And after five GOP retirements this cycle, Grassley is under pressure to save his party from defending yet another open seat as it labors to retake the majority. But his message on the campaign trail also emphasizes the need to bring down the temperature of political rhetoric and find ways that Iowans can unify around solutions. Grassley has always walked a delicate balance with Trump; he did not formally endorse him in 2016, but attended at least one Trump campaign event. Her home county of Wapello was drawn into the 3rd District in the new maps. He will hold on to it with every frail and wobbly ounce of his strength. With just four months until the primary election, Iowas congressional and governor races are starting to solidify. MANILLA, Iowa An Iowa farmer and former Crawford County supervisor has become the first Democrat to announce he is running for Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley's seat. Her father was a union pipefitter-welder, her mother a school secretary. Hurst also chairs the Iowa Democratic Party's Rural Caucus and the party's 3rd District Central Committee, and he was involved in founding a branch of Indivisble, a progressive activist organization, in western Iowa. DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) Democrat Mike Franken, a retired Navy admiral, will face Republican Chuck Grassley in the race for an Iowa U.S. Senate seat, winning his party nomination Tuesday over two competitors. He thought he was going to be talking to a financial seminar, to economists and people like that.) In 1977, Grassley was the only member of the Iowa House delegation to vote against a congressional resolution sanctioning Rhodesia for being an aparthied state. A total of 15 senators - including 76-year-old Ed Markey, 89-year-olds Chuck Grassley and Dianne Feinstein, 81-year-old Bernie Sanders, 80-year-old Mitch McConnell, 78-year-old Angus King of . By Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty Images. Bills, Bills, Bills: What Legislation Survived Funnel Week In Iowa? He was part of the wave of conservative election upsets in 1980. The room was small, with vinyl tile flooring, wood paneling, and homemade curtains. I will condemn it. Right now, Rep. Ashley Hinson represents Iowas 1st District, but she will reside in and run for the 2nd District in 2022. LOCAL 5 FORECAST: Enjoy a relatively mild weekend before Sign up for Local 5's "5 Things to Know" email newsletter, Republican 2024 contenders plan trips to early nominating states, DOJ: Iowa has a pattern of endangering Glenwood Resource Center residents, Iowans dismiss partisan politics, back Vilsack as next USDA leader. Abby Finkenauer in July became the first major Democrat to announce a 2022 run for the U.S. Senate seat long held by Republican Chuck Grassley. I feel that Grassley has not been especially effective in the last decade-plus and has turned more obstructionist at this point.. More: Chuck Grassley sails past Jim Carlin in Republican US Senate primary; moves on to run for 8th term. The senator, who is the second oldest in the Senate, had already endured COVID; by the end of another term hed be 95 years old. From 2022 races to caucus action, what to watch for in Iowa politics. Grassley defined himself as a conservative Republican in opposition to Ray. Hes pitching a universal health care system, while also pledging to bring down prescription drug costs. I was impressed with all three of them, really, said Kevin Shilling, a 68-year-old Greenfield resident who attended the event. Born on a military base in Germany, his family later moved to the Midwest and Hurst would attend medical school at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. Muhlbauer ended his campaign in November following the death of his nephew. His legacy in Iowa and the nation has become a palimpsest for a certain cultural political anxietyif you are a Democrat, Grassley is a symbol of all that has been lost by politics, a grand tradition of stately bipartisanship tossed aside for toxic extremist politics. Grassley, who had previously condemned the actions of the January 6 insurrection, stumbled through an answer. The two-term incumbent already faces several Republican challengers. Katie Akin is a politics reporter for the Register. This is Trump's first rally in Iowa since the 2020 election. Kim Reynolds and Sen. Chuck Grassley are up for reelection in 2022, although Reynolds has not officially announced her bid. She announced in early November after the Iowa Legislature finished its redistricting work. In his campaign, Franken emphasized a need to dial down the political tension in Washington. OSSIAN, Iowa Chuck Grassley still gets up at 4 a.m. every day and often goes for a 2-mile run. God will take care of tomorrow.. Dave Muhlbauer, an Iowa farmer and a former county supervisor, was the first Democrat to announce a campaign. Incumbent U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson formally announced her re-election plans Aug. 28 at her first annual "Ashley's BBQ Bash" fundraiser at the Linn County Fairgrounds. LeBron at one point. I have voted to put us back into the Paris Climate Accord. WASHINGTON Former Iowa Democratic Rep. Abby Finkenauer is running for Senate, looking to win the seat currently held by longtime Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley in next year's midterms.. he was talking to Iowans at the rally about the Biden administrations failures. Candidates are listed in alphabetical order. You can contribute to us here. Hes also in favor of expanding the Supreme Court. Winds NNE at 5 to 10 mph. Floridas wannabe autocrat and possible 2024 contender isnt Trump, but hes as dangerous to democracy. Yes, the Cook Political Report and other analyses are not promising. And though he never seriously contemplated challenging Bidens win, he says his colleagues had every right to do so. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), whos sparred with Grassley for years, deemed him extraordinary. Ryan Melton announced his campaign Jan. 31, citing a need to protect the nation's democracy. Grassley, 88, announced in September thathe will run for an eighth term in the U.S. Senate. He also called for adding a public insurance option to the Affordable Care Act. When he needed some water, he fumbled, and spilled on his pants. If Grassley was toying with supporting the legislation, that idea met an early death, due to, as Yepsen argues, the backlash Grassley received from critics back home. After Culver wiped the floor with Grassley in the first debate, Ailes allegedly took matters into his own hands. After the leaked Supreme Court opinion on abortion rights, Finkenauer has spoken out at several pro-choice rallies about her longtime support of womens health care and noting how useful it would be to have a young woman in the Senate who can talk personally about reproductive rights. I steal from them their entire narrative.

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