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Aug 29, 2022 · Retired Navy Admiral Mike Franken is on the ballot this November running as the Democrat to unseat long-time Republican U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley. Polls have shown Grassley more vulnerable this...
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After spending nearly 40 years in the U.S. Navy and working in Washington, D.C., Franken returned to Iowa in 2019 to run for theDemocratic U.S. Senate nomination to challenge Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst. That year, the powerful Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee endorsed businesswoman Theresa Greenfield just days after she launc...
Franken was born in rural Lebanon, Iowa, where he was one of nine kids and worked on farms and in a slaughterhouse. He went to college on a U.S. Navy scholarship. He held a variety of roles in Washington, including as the first military officer on U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy’s staff, at the U.S. Department of Defense and as chief of legislative affairs f...
Grassley easily defeated state Sen. Jim Carlin in a primary election Tuesday. Grassley’s long tenure in the state paired with a political climate that is broadly expected to favor Republicans makes him the favorite to win in November. National elections analysts rate Iowa’s U.S. Senate race as “solidly Republican.” Grassley’s closest U.S. Senate el...
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Oct 21, 2022 · The Iowa Poll, which was conducted by Selzer & Co., shows likely voters are reacting favorably to that part of his biography. Fifty-two percent say Franken’s military career spent outside the...
Jun 8, 2022 · Politics Jun 7, 2022 10:28 PM EDT. DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Democrat Mike Franken, a retired Navy admiral, will face Republican Chuck Grassley in the race for an Iowa U.S. Senate seat, winning...
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Oct 6, 2022 · Democratic Senate candidate Mike Franken speaks at an election-night event on June 7, 2022 in Des Moines, Iowa. | Stephen Maturen/Getty Images. By Lyz Lenz. 10/06/2022 04:30 AM EDT. Updated:...
Aug 15, 2022 · Democratic Senate candidate Michael Franken said while some national Democrats have written Iowa off, recent polls and election predictions show his and other state races remain competitive. “Iowa has disappointed Democrats nationwide for too long, so they’re not believing that we can at least this time pull it off,” Franken told ...
Aug 2, 2021 · CEDAR RAPIDS — Retired Admiral Michael Franken confirmed Monday that pending a clean bill of health from his doctors he plans to run for the U.S. Senate. Franken, 63, joins a field of Democrats...
