Current Position: US Senator since 1981
Affiliation: Republican
Former Positions: State Senator from 1975 – 1981; State Delegate
Other Positions:   Ranking Member, Committee on the Judiciary
Vice Chairman, Joint Committee on Taxation
Vice Chairman, United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control

Chuck Grassley is the longest-serving Republican in U.S. Senate history, having overtaken Orrin Hatch’s record in January 2023, and the sixth-longest-serving U.S. senator in history. During the 1950s, Grassley farmed and worked in factories in Iowa, first as a sheet metal shearer and then as an assembly line worker. From 1967 to 1968, he taught at Charles City College.

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Does Biden want an Iranian agreement so bad that he can’t condemn Iran when they attempt to kidnap a US citizen Ms Alinejad who is fighting human rights in Iran. We must standup for the human rights we espouse

Chuck Grassley Mocks ‘Washington Elites’ For Their Response To Inflation

Seven-term Republican Chuck Grassley was re-elected in 2016 with 60.1% of the vote. He is seeking re-election to an eighth term.

State Senator Jim Carlin was defeated in the Republican primary by Grassley.

Retired Admiral and former aide to U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy, Michael Franken,defeated former U.S. Representative Abby Finkenauer in the Democratic primary.

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Current Position: US Senator
Affiliation: Democrat
Candidate: 2023 US Senator
Former Position: Retired United States Navy vice admira

Michael Thane Franken (born November 8, 1957) is an American retired United States Navy vice admiral.[1] His final posting was as deputy director of military operations for the United States Africa Command. Franken is the Democratic nominee for the 2022 United States Senate election in Iowa.

Franken was a Democratic candidate in the 2020 United States Senate election in Iowa, but lost the June 2 primary to Theresa Greenfield.