Iowa’s senior U-S Senator has filed the paperwork needed to run for a seventh term. Senator Chuck Grassley’s office says the Republican has submitted more than 20-thousand signatures to get on the June 7th primary ballot to the Iowa Secretary of State’s office. Grassley was required for file only 33-hundred-31 signatures to qualify.

A news release announcing the filing of the signatures, says the “extraordinary number of signatures reflects Iowans’ recognition that Chuck Grassley works hard on the issues that are important to them.” Grassley, who has served in the U-S Senate since 1981, has come under fire over his decision to not hold any hearings on a new Supreme Court justice until after the presidential election.

(Radio Iowa)