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Iowa Democrat Franken will face Grassley in Senate race
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FILE - Retired Navy Admiral Mike Franken salutes before speaking at the Iowa Democratic Party's Liberty and Justice Celebration, on April 30, 2022, in Des Moines, Iowa. - photo by AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Democrat Mike Franken, a retired Navy admiral, will face Republican Chuck Grassley in the race for an Iowa U.S. Senate seat, winning his party nomination Tuesday over two competitors. Franken beat former congresswoman Abby Finkenauer and physician Glenn Hurst and earned the right to run against Grassley, who is seeking an eighth Senate term and beat back a nominal primary challenge of his own on Tuesday. Franken’s primary win is something of a surprise, given Finkenauer was better known throughout the state after her 2018 victory over a Republican congressman that made her the second-youngest woman elected to Congress.