Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley, 93, doesn't want his replacement chosen by a Democratic governor
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley, 93, doesn't want his replacement chosen by a Democratic governor Rob Beschizza 6:57 am Tue Sep 29, 2026 Photo: Chuck Grassley / Instagram U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R—Iowa) is in his tenth decade of life and is displeased at the prospect of a Democratic governor appointing his replacement should he die in office. "At 93 years of age, I don't know how many more groups of Republicans like this I'm going to have a chance to talk to," Grassley said Friday at the GOP's annual Reagan Dinner.
- ▪Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley, 93, doesn't want his replacement chosen by a Democratic governor Rob Beschizza 6:57 am Tue Sep 29, 2026 Photo: Chuck Grassley / Instagram U.S.
- ▪Senator Chuck Grassley (R—Iowa) is in his tenth decade of life and is displeased at the prospect of a Democratic governor appointing his replacement should he die in office.
- ▪"At 93 years of age, I don't know how many more groups of Republicans like this I'm going to have a chance to talk to," Grassley said Friday at the GOP's annual Reagan Dinner.
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Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley, 93, doesn't want his replacement chosen by a Democratic governor Rob Beschizza 6:57 am Tue Sep 29, 2026 Photo: Chuck Grassley / Instagram U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R—Iowa) is in his tenth decade of life and is displeased at the prospect of a Democratic governor appointing his replacement should he die in office. "At 93 years of age, I don't know how many more groups of Republicans like this I'm going to have a chance to talk to," Grassley said Friday at the GOP's annual Reagan Dinner. "But I want to take advantage of it. But one of the reasons I'm worried about who's going to be elected governor. I don't plan on dying in office.
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