Thursday 28th March 2024

State Senator James Carlin, a Republican from Sioux City, will announce this morning that he plans to run for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Chuck Grassley. Carlin told the conservative Iowa Standard website he’s very concerned about the direction of the country. Carlin did not directly mention Grassley’s vote in the Senate to certify that Joe Biden won the Electoral College, but Carlin did question the outcome.

Carlin, who is 58, has been a trial lawyer in Iowa for 23 years and a member of the state senate since winning a special election in late 2017.