Chuck Grassley

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{{Main|2022 United States Senate election in Iowa}}
In May 2021, Grassley said that he would not decide whether to run for reelection in 2022 until between eight and 12 months before the election.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chuck Grassley is the 80-something everyone's waiting on |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/10/chuck-grassley-2022-485648 |website=[[Politico]]|date=May 10, 2021 }}</ref> Given Iowa's swing nature and Grassley's strong results in past elections, many believed that an open seat in Iowa would benefit the Democrats as they could convince many Grassley supporters to vote for their nominee. In July 2021, former U.S. Representative [[Abby Finkenauer]] announced that she would run for the seat regardless of Grassley's decision and criticized him and Republican Senate leader [[Mitch McConnell]] for being "obsessed with power" and not taking a strong stance against those who breached the Capitol in the [[January 6 United States Capitol attack]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Thrush |first=Glenn |date=July 22, 2021 |title=A young Democrat challenges Grassley for Iowa Senate seat, citing his failure to confront the Jan. 6 rioters. |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/22/us/politics/abby-finkenauer-charles-grassley-iowa.html |url-access=limited |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211228/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/22/us/politics/abby-finkenauer-charles-grassley-iowa.html |archive-date=2021-12-28 |via=NYTimes.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|number=1418194238039339010|user=Abby4Iowa|title=I'm Abby Finkenauer, and I'm running...|date=July 22, 2021}}</ref>

In September 2021, Grassley announced his intention to run for an eighth term.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Karl de Vries |title=Longtime Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley is running for reelection |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/24/politics/chuck-grassley-reelection/index.html |access-date=2021-09-24 |website=[[CNN]]|date=September 24, 2021 }}</ref> His announcement was viewed as advantageous to Republicans seeking to hold Grassley's seat and to retake the Senate majority in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Everett |first=Burgess |title=Grassley will seek reelection, boosting GOP's majority hopes |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/24/chuck-grassley-2022-elections-iowa-514090 |website=[[Politico]]|date=September 24, 2021 }}</ref> He won [[2022 United States Senate election in Iowa|the general election]], defeating Democratic nominee [[Michael Franken]] on November 8, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=United States Senate election in Iowa, 2022 |url=https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_Senate_election_in_Iowa,_2022 |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}</ref>