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TexasTowelie

(112,116 posts)
Sat Oct 9, 2021, 05:56 PM Oct 2021

Bob Krause launches third U.S. Senate campaign

The Iowa Democratic field for U.S. Senate expanded again this week, as veterans advocate Bob Krause joined the field. In a video enclosed below, Krause said he was running in order to “elevate the battle of ideas,” such as saving the country “from a dictatorial future,” climate change, environmental degradation, “economic elitism,” and international threats.

Krause served in the state House for six years during the 1970s, representing a district in north central Iowa. He has run for U.S. Senate twice before, finishing second in the 2010 Democratic primary with about 13 percent of the vote and fourth in the 2016 primary with 6.6 percent.

He’s the fourth Democrat seeking the nomination. Abby Finkenauer is the front-runner, and Dave Muhlbauer and Glenn Hurst are also running.

Mike Franken, who was the runner-up in the 2020 Democratic Senate primary, is widely expected to announce another campaign in the coming weeks. Franken tweeted on October 8, “Appears Senator Grassley was very much involved and aware of attempts to overturn the election. Amazing that we now, after a generation in the US Senate, see his true colors. Time to shut the barn door on that career.”

Read more: https://www.bleedingheartland.com/2021/10/09/bob-krause-launches-third-u-s-senate-campaign/

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Bob Krause launches third U.S. Senate campaign (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2021 OP
Grassley is quaking. rsdsharp Oct 2021 #1
I had the opportunity to meet Bob Krause several times rurallib Oct 2021 #2

rurallib

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2. I had the opportunity to meet Bob Krause several times
Sun Oct 10, 2021, 04:03 PM
Oct 2021

during his 2010 run. He is really a great guy and would make an exceptional senator.

Sorry to say I doubt he will ever have a chance in Iowa.

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