{"id":809209,"date":"2021-09-24T09:13:30","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T13:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=809209"},"modified":"2021-09-24T09:13:33","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T13:13:33","slug":"chuck-grassley-seeking-an-eighth-term-in-iowa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chuck-grassley-seeking-an-eighth-term-in-iowa\/","title":{"rendered":"Chuck Grassley Seeking An Eighth Term In Iowa"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchuck-grassley-seeking-an-eighth-term-in-iowa%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=809209&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley announced he was running for an eighth term Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Grassley, who turned 88 last week, made his announcement at 4 a.m. with a gif of him embarking on his morning run.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s 4 a.m. in Iowa so I\u2019m running. I do that 6 days a week. Before I start the day I want you to know what Barbara and I have decided,\u201d Grassley tweeted. \u201cI\u2019m running for re-election\u2014a lot more to do, for Iowa. We ask and will work for your support. Will you join us?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His announcement follows months of speculation over whether Grassley would seek another term. If he wins in 2022, he would be 95 by the end of his next term, and earlier this year several polls showed that a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/03\/15\/chuck-grassley-iowa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">majority of Iowans<\/a> believed he should retire. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/11\/30\/grassley-returns-capitol-recovering-coronavirus-covid-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Chuck Grassley Returns To Work After Beating Covid-19)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"10.485013623978\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It\u2019s 4 a.m. in Iowa so I\u2019m running. I do that 6 days a week. Before I start the day I want you to know what Barbara and I have decided.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m running for re-election\u2014a lot more to do, for Iowa. We ask and will work for your support. Will you join us? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GrassleyRuns?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GrassleyRuns<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GrassleyWorks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GrassleyWorks<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cwv8yu9wkx\">pic.twitter.com\/cwv8yu9wkx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Grassley Works (@GrassleyWorks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GrassleyWorks\/status\/1441326699593932805?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 24, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Grassley is set to hold multiple campaign events Friday and Saturday, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/get-access\/?return=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.desmoinesregister.com%2Fstory%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2F2021%2F09%2F24%2Fiowa-us-senate-republican-chuck-grassley-announces-run-2022-election%2F5799029001%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Des Moines Register<\/a>&nbsp;(DMR), and he is set to campaign alongside Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds, also up for reelection.<\/p>\n<p>Grassley\u2019s announcement means that this seat is much more likely to remain in Republican hands as the GOP tries to win back the Senate next year. In 2016, Grassley won Iowa by nearly 25 points, while former President Donald Trump won the state by less than 10.<\/p>\n<p>Grassley will likely face former Democratic Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/22\/chuck-grassley-iowa-senate-abby-finkenauer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Abby Finkenauer<\/a> in the general election. He leads her by 18 points, according to the most recent DMR <a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/news\/politics\/iowa-poll\/2021\/09\/21\/iowa-poll-chuck-grassley-leads-abby-finkenauer-in-test-possible-senate-match\/8378103002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">poll<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley announced he was running for an eighth term Friday.Grassley, who turned 88 last week, made his announcement at 4 a.m. with a gif of him &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-809209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=809209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=809209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=809209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=809209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}