Chuck Grassley concerned a Democrat could replace him if his health fails - Polidicks

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2018/10/24/chuck-grassley-republican-democrat-iowa-senate-judiciary-committee-reynolds-hubbell-trump-election/1749335002/?fbclid=IwAR1zBlAHzDN2_GYZYXuAkXZKYs-ZiTqYcu13wbhhcRKwBEWYDn9pk7AXNSU U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, who turned 85 years old in September, acknowledged Wednesday the possibility his health could fail in the next few years and a Democratic Iowa governor would appoint a Democrat to succeed him in the Senate. Grassley, a New Hartford Republican who easily won re-election in 2016, said he is "very, very healthy." But he urged a crowd of about 175 people at the Westside Conservative Club in Urbandale to recognize he will be in his late 80s as his six-year term progresses. He asked the audience, which was dominated by Republicans, to look at the Nov. 6 election from the perspective that if Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds loses, she will be replaced by Democrat Fred Hubbell. "Something could happen to me in the next four years. I don’t want a Democrat appointing my successor who would then be a Democrat, not a Republican. Keep that in mind when you work for Kim Reynolds," Grassley said. An Iowa Poll conducted in September showed Hubbell with a narrow lead in the governor's race, and political analysts have rated the contest as a toss-up. The senator praised Reynolds for her support of education, her work to develop a skilled Iowa workforce, and her efforts to reduce taxes and maintain a balanced state budget. He also noted her work to lobby the White House in support of Iowa's ethanol industry and her initiatives to build international trade ties. Grassley also strongly endorsed U.S. Rep. David Young, R-Van Meter, who is locked in a tight race for re-election with Democrat Cindy Axne of West Des Moines. He said that if Democrats win a majority in the House they will block President Donald Trump's policy agenda and could move to impeach him. Grassley, who was first elected to the Senate in 1980 and now chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he doesn't want anyone asking him now if he intends to run for re-election. He plans to wait until about a year before the next election. "If I am healthy who knows what I might do," the senator remarked, adding, "My wife will have something to say about it."

Grassley doesn't get to decide if Democrats can hold certain offices, can he?

Good

Can't say I've ever heard of a senator leaving office early and the governor appointing a replacement from the other party.

Iowa has completely flipped democrat almost entirely statewide, I sure fucking hope he retires so a democrat can replace his stupid ass.

I'm not sure that's entirely true. I've seen way more signs up for Kim Reynolds and her republican cronies than I have for Fred Hubbell, and I live in 1 of the 6 counties that went blue in 2016.

538 gives Hubbell alsmot 85% chance of winning, but they don't show the stats for governor elections with things like fundraising on there.

There should be an upper age limit for holding public office.

There is for most courts in other countries as well as state level courts in the US, not federal offices or courts tho.

Well then a toast to your health, or rather the lack thereof.

You should get re-election eligibility based on approval rating. You want be eligible for re-election? You need 50% or more approval rating. Oh, you want a raise? Better have 65-75% or better approval rating (maybe add 5% for every term served?

Strom Thrumond won reelection at 96 and served until he retired at 100 and died the same year.

I think there is on federal courts just not district and above. State courts are probably a crapshoot of rules, my state has a maximum, but judges don't have to retire they can become inactive meaning they can be called up if needed

How about you just keel over you worthless shit? Do something good for the world.

🤞

In Iowa, the U.S. Constitution provides for our system in which a vacancy can be filled by gubernatorial appointment, who will serve until the next regularly scheduled election. Since Governor Kim Reynolds is not especially popular right now and Chuck Grassley's re-election seems as likely as always, it is possible that we might encounter a situation where Grassley is re-elected and shortly afterwards becomes incapable or dies in office. Were Reynolds to lose her re-election, a newly-elected Democratic governor could then appoint a Democratic replacement to serve out the remainder of Grassley's 4-year term, effectively invalidating his election. The obvious solution here would have been for Grassley to resign or to run a different Republican candidate for the midterms, but it seems his position on the Judiciary Committee was considered far too important to him and the party to consider that. Or maybe these shortsighted fools just never anticipated it would get this bad for them. This is simply not true. Republicans swept the state in 2016 and currently control all three branches of our government at present. Though some polls show Democratic candidates in the lead for midterms, we have always been a somewhat unpredictable purple state when it comes to polling.