Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) has decided to run for reelection in 2016.
Grassley made the announcement on the Iowa Press public television show on Friday according to The Des Moines Register.
“I’m planning on running for reelection,” Grassley said according to the Iowa newspaper. The Republican senator said he had decided a few months ago and was motivated by Sen. Tom Harkin’s (D-IA) decision not to run for reelection.
“If Iowa had to start over two years from now with two very junior senators it would hurt Iowans’ opportunities to get anything done in the Senate,” Grassley said.
Grassley is expected to win reelection. If he does, he will be 89 by the time he finishes his next term (which would be his seventh).
In February Grassley said he was undecided about running for reelection.
