Chuck Grassley

==== 2016 ====
{{Main|2016 United States Senate election in Iowa}}
[[File:Chuck Grassley by Gage Skidmore.jpg|right|thumb|Grassley speaking at the 2016 [[Conservative Political Action Conference]] (CPAC) in Washington, D.C.]]
Grassley sought a seventh term in the 2016 election. He was expected to face a strong challenge from former Democratic lieutenant governor [[Patty Judge]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Steinhauer |first1=Jennifer |last2=Herszenhorn |first2=David M. |title=Charles Grassley Faces Formidable Challenger in Iowa Senate Race |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=March 3, 2016 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/04/us/politics/charles-grassley-patty-judge-iowa-senate-race.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050502/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/04/us/politics/charles-grassley-patty-judge-iowa-senate-race.html |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> but won his seventh term with over 60% of the vote as Republican presidential nominee [[Donald Trump]] won Iowa with over 51% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web |date=August 1, 2017 |title=Iowa Presidential Race Results: Donald J. Trump Wins |url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/iowa-president-clinton-trump |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104014014/https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/iowa-president-clinton-trump |archive-date=January 4, 2018 |access-date=January 3, 2018 |website=[[The New York Times]]s}}</ref>