Chuck Grassley

=== Elections ===

==== 1980 ====
{{Main|1980 United States Senate election in Iowa}}
Grassley was first elected to the Senate in 1980, defeating Democratic incumbent [[John Culver]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rodriguez |first=Barbara |title=John Culver, former U.S. senator and father of Chet Culver, dies at 86 |url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2018/12/27/former-democratic-senator-john-culver-dies-86-chet-congressman-iowa-governor-public-policy-simpson/2423252002/ |website=[[Des Moines Register]]}}</ref>

==== 1986 ====
{{Main|1986 United States Senate election in Iowa}}
Grassley was reelected in 1986, defeating the Democratic nominee, attorney John P. Roehrick, in a landslide.<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 1, 2017 |title=Iowa U.S. Senate Results: Charles E. Grassley Wins |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/elections/2016/results/iowa-senate-grassley-judge |via=NYTimes.com}}</ref>

==== 1992 ====
{{Main|1992 United States Senate election in Iowa}}
Grassley was reelected in 1992, defeating Democratic [[Iowa State Senate|State Senator]] [[Jean Hall Lloyd-Jones]].<ref>{{Cite web |author=<!--Not stated--> |work=KTIV |date=September 24, 2021 |title=Iowa Senator Charles Grassley announces re-election campaign |url=https://ktiv.com/2021/09/24/iowa-senator-charles-grassley-announces-re-election-campaign/ |access-date=September 24, 2021 |archive-date=September 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924123650/https://ktiv.com/2021/09/24/iowa-senator-charles-grassley-announces-re-election-campaign/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==== 1998 ====
{{Main|1998 United States Senate election in Iowa}}
Grassley was reelected in 1998, defeating former [[Iowa House of Representatives|State Representative]] [[David Osterberg]], who won the Democratic nomination unopposed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Iowa Sen. Grassley to seek seventh term |url=https://www.thegazette.com/campaigns-elections/iowa-sen-grassley-to-seek-seventh-term/ |website=www.thegazette.com}}</ref>

==== 2004 ====
{{Main|2004 United States Senate election in Iowa}}
Grassley was reelected in 2004, defeating former [[Iowa State Senate|State Senator]] [[Arthur A. Small]].

==== 2010 ====
{{Main|2010 United States Senate election in Iowa}}
Grassley sought a sixth term in the 2010 election. He was challenged by Democrat [[Roxanne Conlin]], a former [[United States Attorney|United States attorney]], and [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]] John Heiderscheit, an attorney.

Grassley was unopposed in the Republican primary, although conservative Iowans such as Bill Salier and Craig Robinson said he had drifted "too far to the left".<ref>{{cite web |last=Hancock |first=Jason |date=April 10, 2009 |title=Salier: Grassley could be primaried |url=http://iowaindependent.com/13888/salier-grassley-could-be-primaried |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715164507/http://iowaindependent.com/13888/salier-grassley-could-be-primaried |archive-date=July 15, 2012 |access-date=August 23, 2010 |work=[[The Iowa Independent]] |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Grassley was reelected with 718,215 votes to Conlin's 371,686. Heiderscheit received 25,290 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sos.iowa.gov/elections/pdf/2010/senorr.pdf |title=Official Results Report |website=sos.iowa.gov |date=November 29, 2010}}</ref> Grassley is only the second Iowan to serve six terms in the Senate, the other being Iowa's then-longest-serving senator, [[William B. Allison]].{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}

==== 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>

==== 2022 ====
{{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>