Who is Sen. Chuck Grassley and what is his net worth?
IOWA Republican Senator Chuck Grassley has had a decades-long political career.
The senator was elected to office in 1980 and is the longest-serving US senator in Iowa.
Who is Sen. Chuck Grassley?
Sen. Chuck Grassley was born Charles Ernest Grassley on September 17, 1933, in New Hartford, Iowa.
He has been married to Barbara Grassley since 1954.
He began his political career in 1958 when he was elected to the Iowa state legislature and remained in that position until he was elected to the US House of Representatives in 1974, per his .
The Republican was elected to the Senate in 1980 and began serving as the senior Iowa senator in 1981.
Now 90 years old, Grassley has held the position for over 40 years, making him the longest-running senator in Iowa.
As the reported, he won his eighth Senate term on Tuesday, November 8, 2022, in a race against Democrat Mike Franken.
What is his net worth?
reports that Grassley's net worth is $3.8 million.
Per the outlet, his largest asset is $1.5 million worth of farmland, "according to his most recent financial disclosure."
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According to , his base salary is $174,000.
Why was Sen. Chuck Grassley hospitalized?
As reported via The Associated Press, Grassley was hospitalized in the Washington, DC area with an infection.
The senator's office shared the news in a statement on Tuesday, January 16, 2024, saying that he will get back to work "as soon as possible following doctors' orders," and that he is in good spirits, per the outlet.
Per NPR, the statement did not provide any additional details about Grassley's condition.
The Iowa senator underwent hip surgery in 2023 and "briefly used a scooter to get around," according to the publication.
However, Grassley "was long known for his daily early morning runs" and has "appeared otherwise healthy in the halls of Congress even as he became the Senate's only nonagenarian in September."