Articles Tagged: Mike Franken

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, on Wednesday called for passage of his Eagles Act, to expand the Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center with a greater focus on school violence prevention.

Also, Mike Franken’s third TV ad for his U.S. Senate campaign airs

A trio of Democrats vying for their party’s U.S. Senate nomination toed the party line on issues including protecting abortion rights and same-sex marriage, but showed their differences on cancelling student debt, expanding the Supreme Court and who offers the best opportunity for winning in November.

The Democratic candidates believe Grassley is vulnerable despite his long track record of electoral success in Iowa.

Differences over a hard line on when to send U.S. troops to Ukraine and over ethanol policy were among the few to emerge during a televised debate between the Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate in Iowa on Saturday night.

Also, Mike Franken picks up another endorsement in the Senate Democratic primary

Also, the Iowa Farm Bureau endorses U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley in Republican primary.

The debates are scheduled for May 7 and May 19, and will be televised by Hearst TV stations and Iowa PBS

Also, Liz Mathis’ Congressional campaign has opened its Cedar Rapids headquarters

Rep. Ashley Hinson has announced the endorsements of more than 550 grassroots supporters from all 22 counties of the new 2nd District that covers northeast Iowa.

The Grassley Works campaign has $4,600,001 cash on hand, according to Federal Election Commission first quarter reports. His three Democratic challengers have a combined $1,831,396 in their treasuries.

In endorsing Sen. Grassley, Stefanik noted his efforts since 2019 to uncover “deeply troubling financial entanglements of the Biden family and the communist Chinese regime” involving President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, and brother, James Biden.

The Democratic candidates – former U.S. Rep. Abby Finkenauer of Cedar Rapids, retired Admiral Michael Franken of Sioux City and Minden physician Glenn Hurst – agree that removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is important, but question proposals to move it through pipelines from Iowa ethanol plants to sequestration sites in other states.

A poll conducted for Cedar Rapids Democrat Abby Finkenauer shows her with a nearly 50-point lead over her nearest competitor in the three-way June 7 primary for the party’s U.S. Senate nomination to face Sen. Chuck Grassley.

In Iowa’s U.S. Senate race, Sioux City Democrat Michael Franken says he’s raised nearly $1.4 million from more than 36,000 unique donors “without one dime of corporate PAC money,.”