Posted on 07/19/2010 7:43:17 PM PDT by iowamark
Longtime senator benefits from expected Republican-trending year.
If there's an anti-incumbent mood in the nation, someone forgot to tell Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley.
First elected to public office 52 years ago and sent to Washington in 1976, the Republican remains a favorite for winning his sixth Senate term despite strong competition from Democrat Roxanne Conlin.
Republican incumbents elsewhere have lost primary elections, but typically they have been ousted by candidates viewed as more conservative. Grassley didn't face opposition in the GOP primary, and polls indicate he's maintaining a lead over Conlin, a Des Moines lawyer.
Democrats said they remain optimistic about Conlin's chances, but they acknowledge it's a hard fight...
David Roederer, who ran Republican John McCain's presidential campaign in Iowa, said Grassley has cemented his standing by tireless campaigning. Grassley makes a point of holding events in each of Iowa's 99 counties every year.
"I think Grassley is a person who does constituent work, and he is out in the counties, be it a good year or a bad year or an in-between year," Roederer said. "I know this is kind of trite, but he does listen and he's very true to his roots."..
(Excerpt) Read more at thehawkeye.com ...
It boggles the mind that the good people of Iowa keep on reelecting Grassley AND Harkin...I mean, you can’t get much further apart politically than those two
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