Finkenauer, who served one term in Congress, is a top Democratic recruit in the race against longtime Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa).
Finkenauer, who served one term in Congress from 2019 to 2021, is a top Democratic recruit in the race against longtime Sen. Charles E. Grassley . The primary is June 7.
“The GOP’s attempts to undermine ballot access and our election process were pathetic and desperate,” Finkenauerposted to her Twitter feed Friday afternoon. “Today they lost. With a unanimous decision by the Iowa Supreme Court, we’re still in this fight and we WILL beat Chuck Grassley in November. It’s a good day for our democracy.”
Two other candidates — retired Navy vice admiral Mike Franken and doctor Glenn Hurst — are also running in the Democratic primary. Grassley faces a longshot challenge by state Sen. Jim Carlin in the GOP primary.Candidates for U.S. Senate in Iowa are required to file at least 3,500 valid signatures on their nominating petitions, including at least 100 each from 19 counties.
Finkenauer initially persuaded a three-member election panel to keep her on the ballot. The two Democrats on the panel had sided with her, saying that there was precedent for accepting signatures with flawed dates, as long as the signatures were legitimate. The third member, Republican Secretary of State Paul Pate, disagreed.that the three signatures could not in fact be submitted and that Finkenauer did not qualify for the June primary ballot.that ruling.
in September showed Grassley leading Finkenauer 55 percent to 37 percent in a potential matchup, well outside the survey’s 3.9 percentage-point margin of error.
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