IOWA
      Nov. 8, 2016 U.S. Senate

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+Chuck Grassley (R) i
926,007
60.09%
Patty Judge (D)
549,460
35.66%
Charles Aldrich (L) 41,794
 2.71%
Jim Hennager (NIP)
 17,649
 1.15%
Michael Luick-Thrams (Pet.)
 4,441
 0.29%
write-ins
 1,685
 0.11%

1,541,036
Registration: 2,000,567.  Total voters: 1,581,371.
Plurality: 376,547 (24.43 percentage points).
 IA Secretary of State


Notes:  Sen. Chuck Grassley (R), first elected to the Senate in 1980, won a seventh term, handily defeating former Lt. Gov. Patty Judge (D) and several other candidates. 

In the June 7 Democratic primary Judge topped a field of four candidates (>), garnering 47.6% to defeat state Sen. Robert Hogg (38.9%), former state Sen. Tom Fiegen (6.8%) and former state Rep. Bob Krause (6.6%).

The Judge campaign had difficulty gaining traction and brought on a new manager in July.  Grassley and Judge debated at Morningside College in Sioux City on Oct. 19 broadcast by KTIV-TV (>) and on WHO Radio.  Disagreement between the two campaigns led to cancellation of IPTV's Iowa Press debate. 

According to the FEC for 2015-16 the Grassley campaign reported disbursements of $11.0 million compared to $2.3 million for the Judge campaign (>). 


Campaign Managers:
Chuck Grassley:  Bob Haus
(April 2016)  Chief advisor to Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds, Sept. 2015-April 2016.  Owner of RH Public Affairs, May 2014- Sept. 2015.  Vice president of public affairs at Policy Works, Nov. 2010-May 2014.  Co-founder and owner of Eagle Media Group LLC.  Iowa state director on Fred Thompson's 2007-08 Iowa caucus campaign.   Managing consultant for public policy and public affairs (corporate communications and issue campaigns) for DCI Group, 2000-06.  Senior consultant on Steve Forbes' 2000 Iowa caucus campaign.  Managed Sen. Phil Gramm's 1996 Iowa caucus campaign.  Managed Sen. Chuck Grassley's 1992 re-election campaign.  Worked for the Iowa Senate Republican Caucus.  J.D. from the University of Iowa, 1988; B.A. in political science/sociology from Iowa State University.

Patty Judge:  Joe Fox
(July 2016)  Political desk at House Majority PAC, 2014.  Campaign manager on Tarryl Clark for Congress (MN), 2012.  Campaign manager on Debbie Halvorson for Congress (IL), 2008.  Campaign manager on Leslie Byrne for Congress (VA), 2008.  Campaign manager on Tom Henry for Mayor (Fort Wayne, IN), 2007.  PAC director/campaign manager for Sierra Club, 2003-04.  Political contractor for AFL-CIO, 2002.  Studied at Macalester College. Sam Roecker served as campaign manager for the primary, and deputy campaign manager for the general election.

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