National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman Rick Scott told the Des Moines Register that he’s believes that Sen. Chuck Grassley (R) will seek an eighth term in 2022.
Said Scott: “I’m very optimistic that Sen. Grassley’s going to run. Actually, I’d be surprised if he doesn’t.”
A new Des Moines Register poll finds 55% hope Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) does not run for U.S. Senate again in 2022, while 28% think he should and another 17% are not sure.
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), 87, filed paperwork with the FEC to set up another run for the Senate in 2022.
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) said he expects to make a decision about whether to seek re-election “sometime in September, October or November’ of this year, the Des Moines Register reports.
Said Grassley: “That’s plenty of time to make up my mind. And in the meantime, I’ve got a job working for Iowans. I love my work. I’m working hard.”
Earlier this month, Grassley said a decision would be coming within “several weeks.”
Longtime Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) said he may decide in a few weeks whether to seek another term in 2022, the DeWitt Observer reports.
Grassley, 87, would be 95 at the end of what would be his eighth term.
Longtime Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) hasn’t announced whether he would seek another term in office in 2022 when he turns 89, but his grandson, Iowa House Speaker Pat Grassley (R), told WHO that he expects his grandfather to run again.
Said the younger Grassley: “As I sit here right now, I think my grandfather is going to be running for reelection and I have not been led to believe anything otherwise.”
Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball moved the Iowa U.S. Senate race from Toss-up to Leans Democratic.
The Democratic candidate for Senate in Iowa, Theresa Greenfield (D), was asked in a debate last night what a bushel of corn cost. She nailed it to the penny.
Sen. Joni Ernst (R), who grew up on a farm, was asked what the price of soybeans was and she wasn’t even close.
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) pushed a debunked conspiracy theory that just 6% of people reported dead from the new coronavirus in the U.S. actually died from the disease, according to Iowa Starting Line.
Said Ernst: “They’re thinking there may be 10,000 or less deaths that were actually singularly COVID-19. I’m just really curious. It would be interesting to know that.”
Washington Post: “Ernst’s comments echo conspiracy theories pushed by QAnon followers that have been debunked by doctors and public health experts.”
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) has challenged her Democratic opponent Theresa Greenfield to six debates ahead of November’s general election, the latest sign of what is expected to be a tight race in the Hawkeye State, The Hill reports.
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) “is running for reelection in what will likely be one of the nation’s most closely watched Senate contests this year. But her campaign has shielded a key bit of financial information from voters and the public: who she’s paying to run her re-election effort, and how much,” the Daily Beast reports.
“Through a subtle accounting maneuver, Ernst’s campaign has for months avoided reporting the names of the campaign staffers on her payroll, how many of those staffers there are, and the extent of payments they’ve received. Instead, the campaign appears to have grouped all of its employees together in large lump-sum payments to a staffing and human resources company it uses to administer its payroll.”
A new Public Policy Polling survey in Iowa finds Se. Joni Ernst (R) holds only a 47% to 41% lead over likely Democratic challenger Theresa Greenfield.
Ernst also has a 45% favorable and 43% unfavorable rating from Iowa voters.
Three times in a row yesterday, Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) dodged questions about whether it’s appropriate for a president to ask a foreign power to investigate a political rival, Iowa Starting Line reports.
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), facing an increasingly tough reelection as President Trump’s approval tanks in Iowa, defended the whistleblower from Trump’s rage, NBC News reports.
Said Ernst: “Whistleblowers should be protected. I stand with Chuck Grassley on this. We have laws in place.”
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) said at a recent town hall that lawmakers should discuss fixing Social Security “behind closed doors,” the Washington Post reports.
Ernst, who is running for reelection in 2020, made the remarks Saturday, according to a video posted by the Democratic super PAC American Bridge.
Said Ernst: “I do think, as various parties and members of Congress, we need to sit down behind closed doors so we’re not being scrutinized by this group or the other, and just have an open and honest conversation about what are some of the ideas that we have for maintaining Social Security in the future.”
Washington Post: “On her way to capturing the Republican nomination in 2014, now-Sen. Joni Ernst released one of the most memorable ads of the cycle. In it, she bragged about having castrated hogs while growing up on an Iowa farm and pledged to use those pork-cutting skills to ‘make ’em squeal’ in Washington.”
“On Monday, a new Democratic challenger to Ernst sought to turn her words against her.”
Proclaims Theresa Greenfield (D) in a video announcing her 2020 Senate bid: “Listen folks, she didn’t castrate anyone. She cast a vote to let the corporate lobbyists keep feasting like hogs at the trough.”
Former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack (D) will not run for the U.S. Senate against Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) in 2020, the Des Moines Register reports.
A new Des Moines Register poll finds 57% of Iowans say they approve of the job that Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) is doing — a 10 percentage-point increase since September.
No other candidate, Republican or Democrat, has announced intentions to challenge Ernst in 2020.
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