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Charles Grassley

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 17, 1933 in New Hartford, IA

Education:

  • University of Northern Iowa, B.A., 1955, M.A., 1956

Career:

  • Assembly line worker
  • Farmer

Elected Office:

  • IA House, 1959-1974


Election Results for Charles Grassley


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1974 40 IA R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 13,495 42.0%
1974 40 IA R U.S. House District 03 General 1 77,468 50.8%
1976 42 IA R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 23,076 100.0%
1976 42 IA R U.S. House District 03 General 1 117,957 56.5%
1978 44 IA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 8,828 99.9%
1978 44 IA R U.S. House District 03 General 1 103,659 74.8%
1980 46 IA R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 170,120 65.5%
1980 46 IA R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 683,014 53.5%
1986 52 IA R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 108,370 100.0%
1986 52 IA R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 588,880 66.0%
1992 58 IA R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 109,273 99.7%
1992 58 IA R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 899,761 69.6%
1998 64 IA R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 149,943 99.7%
1998 64 IA R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 648,480 68.4%
2004 70 IA R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 78,919 100.0%
2004 70 IA R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 1,038,175 70.2%
2010 76 IA R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 197,194 100.0%
2010 76 IA R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 718,215 64.4%
2016 82 IA R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 90,089 98.4%
2016 82 IA R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 926,007 60.1%
2022 88 IA R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 143,634 73.3%
2022 88 IA R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 681,501 56.0%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this election.



Ideology Data for Charles Grassley


Click on the number in the 'Conserv.' column to see all of the key votes for that year.

YearAgeBodyConservative
Coalition		Party UnityPresidential
Support		Vote %LiberalConserv.
P
1975 41 House 84 16 80 20 R 54 46 100 21 75
1976 42 House 87 13 84 16 R 63 37 100 15 86
1977 43 House 91 9 92 8 D 34 66 100 15 95
1978 44 House 93 7 88 12 D 30 70 100 5 92
1979 45 House 91 6 86 12 D 33 66 98 11 86
1980 46 House 67 12 70 8 D 27 43 76 18 71
1981 47 Senate 91 7 84 15 R 81 16 99 5 87
1982 48 Senate 86 12 82 17 R 84 16 99 30 63
1983 49 Senate 77 23 81 19 R 74 26 99 15 64
1984 50 Senate 89 11 79 18 R 74 25 97 16 73
1985 51 Senate 78 22 64 35 R 66 34 99 10 52
1986 52 Senate 82 18 72 28 R 67 31 99 30 76
1987 53 Senate 69 31 77 22 R 58 40 99 25 81
1988 54 Senate 86 14 87 13 R 78 20 99 5 88
1989 55 Senate 84 16 91 9 R 79 21 100 25 84
1990 56 Senate 70 30 85 15 R 70 30 99 17 87
1991 57 Senate 83 18 83 17 R 75 25 100 15 81
1992 58 Senate 68 32 81 19 R 70 30 100 30 73
1993 59 Senate 80 20 90 9 D 25 75 99 20 88
1994 60 Senate 69 31 87 13 D 34 66 100 15 92
1995 61 Senate 84 16 92 8 D 26 74 100 5 91
1996 62 Senate 82 18 92 8 D 32 68 100 15 90
1997 63 Senate 84 16 91 9 D 60 40 100 5 79
1998 64 Senate 75 25 86 14 D 39 61 100 5 80
1999 65 Senate 90 10 91 9 D 33 67 100 0 92
2000 66 Senate 94 6 94 6 D 42 58 100 0 96
2001 67 Senate 93 7 R 97 3 100 5 92
2002 68 Senate 88 12 R 98 2 100 10 95
2003 69 Senate 96 4 R 99 1 100 5 80
2004 70 Senate 97 3 R 95 5 100 20 96
2005 71 Senate 96 4 R 87 13 100 5 96
2006 72 Senate 93 7 R 87 13 100 5 88
2007 73 Senate 79 21 R 80 20 100 25 84
2008 74 Senate 93 7 R 69 31 100 25 76
2009 75 Senate 92 8 D 47 53 100 20 96
2010 76 Senate 93 7 D 43 57 100 10 88
2011 77 Senate 91 9 D 53 47 100 5 90
2012 78 Senate 83 17 D 50 50 100 15 72
2013 79 Senate 97 3 D 38 62 100 0 88
2014 80 Senate 97 3 D 57 43 100 5 92
2015 81 Senate 96 4 D 57 43 100 0 92
2016 82 Senate 87 13 D 58 42 100 5 68
2017 83 Senate 98 2 R 97 3 100 5 80
2018 84 Senate 95 5 R 98 2 100 5 82
2019 85 Senate 99 1 R 98 2 100 0 76
2020 86 Senate 93 2 R 90 4 97 5 77
2021 87 Senate 79 21 D 61 39 100 0 76
2022 88 Senate 78 22 D 33 67 100 75
2023 89 Senate 76 20 D 100 73
2024 90 Senate 89 10 D 97
Lifetime conservative rating:   83%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this row.


Conservative Coalition: According to the publication "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ), this is an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats (from back when Southern Democrats tended to be conservative or at least moderate) against Northern Democrats in Congress.

This concept had significant meaning perhaps through the 1980's. These statistics stopped being computed after 2000 because conservative Democrats no longer existed except in very rare cases. The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the coalition; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the coalition. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Party Unity: According to CQ, a Party Unity vote in Congress is one in which the parties were split, with a majority of Democrats opposing a majority of Republicans.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with his party; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the party. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Presidential Support: These are votes for which the President has stated his position, either in via a message to Congress, by press conference remarks or other public statements and documents.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the President; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the President. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast. The "P" column indicates the party of the President in each year.


Vote %: The percentage of roll-call votes in which this Representaive or Senator participated by voting "Yes" or "No" (as opposed to "Present" or not voting at all.)


Liberal Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the ultra-liberal advocacy organization called "Americans for Democratic Action" (ADA). They have been rating members of Congress since 1947. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the liberal position on a key issue. The methodology behind the calculation can be found here. Ratings followed by an asterisk were calculated the "ADA way" due to missing data regarding key votes in the ADA source material.


Conservative Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the conservative advocacy organization called the "American Conservative Union" (ACU). They have been rating members of Congress since 1971. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the conservative position on a key issue.

The liberal and conservative ratings are not expected to add to 100% because the two groups use different sets of key votes to determine their ratings. Conservative ratings from 1961 through 1970 (and for 2024) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.