The polls in Iowa closed at 9 p.m. Tuesday and Chuck Grassley was quickly declared the winner of a seventh term in the U.S. Senate.
Grassley was first elected to the state legislature in 1958. Grassley was a member of the Iowa House for 14 years, then he served six years in the U.S. House of Representatives. Grassley first won his seat in the U.S. Senate in 1980.
Grassley, who is 83 years old, is one of the most senior members of the U.S. Senate. He’s done a turn as chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and, since January of 2015, he’s been chairman of the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee.
