DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa voters elected Republican Charles Grassley to a sixth Senate term on Tuesday, extending a political career that dates to…
Charles Ernest "Chuck" Grassley (born September 17, 1933) is the senior United States Senator from Iowa. A Republican, he has served in the Senate since 1981. From 1958 to 1974, he was an Iowa state legislator. Thereafter he served three terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives. He has twice held the chairmanship of the Finance Committee, from January to June 2001 and from January 2003 to December 2006; as of April 2009, he is the committee's ranking minority member.






















