2022 United States Senate election in Iowa
The 2022 United States Senate election in Iowa was held on November 8, 2022, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Iowa. Incumbent Republican Senator Chuck Grassley faced Democratic nominee Michael Franken.
Image: Chuck Grassley official photo 2017 (cropped)
Image: VICE ADMIRAL MICHAEL T. FRANKEN (cropped)
State Senator Jim Carlin challenged Grassley in the primary.
Former U.S. Representative Abby Finkenauer finished second in the primary.
Charles Ernest Grassley is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Iowa, having held the seat since 1981. Grassley was first elected to the Senate in 1980 and has been reelected seven times. He is the longest-serving Republican in Congressional history and the sixth-longest-serving U.S. senator in history.
Official portrait, 2017
Grassley speaking at the 2016 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, D.C.
Grassley with President Ronald Reagan in 1981
Senators Grassley and Max Baucus (D-MT), and Representative Clay Shaw (R-FL) (left to right) address the media after a meeting at the White House with President Bill Clinton