Former congresswoman Abby Finkenauer is preparing for a possible run for the U.S. Senate, two sources confirmed to the Des Moines Register.
Finkenauer, 32, is a Democrat who won election in northeast Iowa s 1st Congressional District in 2018, unseating incumbent Republican Rod Blum. Last year, she lost her bid for re-election to Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson. Finkenauer lives in Cedar Rapids.
Republican U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley is up for re-election next year and has not publicly said whether he ll seek an eighth term in the Senate. Grassley has said he ll make up his mind sometime this fall.
The news that Finkenauer is considering a Senate bid was first reported Thursday by Politico.
Former U.S. Rep. Abby Finkenauer preparing for possible U.S. Senate campaign, sources say Brianne Pfannenstiel and Stephen Gruber-Miller, Des Moines Register
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Former congresswoman Abby Finkenauer is preparing for a possible run for the U.S. Senate, two sources confirmed to the Des Moines Register.
Finkenauer, 32, is a Democrat who won election in northeast Iowa s 1st Congressional District in 2018, unseating incumbent Republican Rod Blum. Last year, she lost her bid for re-election to Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson. Finkenauer lives in Cedar Rapids.
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