Grassley, Charles
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Charles Ernest Grassley (born September 17, 1933) is an American politician serving as the senior U.S. senator from Iowa, a seat he has held since 1981. Since 2025, he has been the president pro tempore of the United States Senate, a position he also held from 2019 to 2021. He is a member of the Republican Party. Grassley was first elected to public office in 1958, serving in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1959 to 1975. In 1974, he was elected to represent Iowa's 3rd congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives. He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1980 and reelected in 1986, 1992, 1998, 2004, 2010, 2016, and 2022. During his four decades in the Senate, Grassley has chaired the Finance Committee, the Narcotics Control Caucus, the Judiciary Committee, and the Aging Committee. When Orrin Hatch retired in 2019, Grassley became the Senate's most senior Republican and its president pro tempore. When Patrick Leahy retired in 2023, Grassley became the dean of the Senate. Grassley is one of the longest-serving elected politicians in U.S. history, having consistently held elected office since 1959. At 92 years, 9 months and 24 days old, he is the oldest sitting United States senator, the longest-serving Republican in congressional history, and the sixth-longest-serving U.S. senator in history. He served as president pro tempore emeritus of the Senate from 2021 to 2025 before returning as president pro tempore.
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Core attributes
- Current office
- Senator
- Office level
- federal
- Canonical name
- Grassley, Charles
- First name
- Charles
- Last name
- Grassley
- Occupation
- —
- Education
- —
- Year of birth
- —
Races
- Iowa U.S. Senate — 2028 General Election 2028-11-07 REP C
- Iowa U.S. Senate — 2022 General Election 2022-11-08 REP C
Campaign finance
Money at a glance
2024 cycle
- Coverage
- 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-31
- Source
- Official FEC candidate summary
- Outside spending
- Outside spending details
- Total receipts
- $770,100.50
- Total disbursements
- $878,623.44
- Cash on hand
- $332,900.94
- Net self-funded
- $0.00
- Debts owed by the committee
- $0.00
Receipt components disclose $770,100.50 in total receipts for the 2024 cycle.
Sources: FEC candidate and committee summaries
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| Individual contributions | Dollars: $483,309.71;Share: 62.8%;Denominator: $770,100.50 |
| PAC/other committee contributions | Dollars: $109,000.00;Share: 14.2%;Denominator: $770,100.50 |
| Party committee contributions | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $770,100.50 |
| Candidate funding | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $770,100.50 |
| Transfers from other authorized committees | Dollars: $37,592.19;Share: 4.9%;Denominator: $770,100.50 |
| Other receipts | Dollars: $140,198.60;Share: 18.2%;Denominator: $770,100.50 |
Fundraising detail
Itemized totals do not match committee summary totals, so this view uses itemized-only contribution facts.
- Small-dollar share
- Small-dollar share unavailable
- Small-dollar amount
- Committee summary totals are not available yet.
- Coverage
- 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Individual contribution totals
- 2024 cycle
- $220,584.00
- Itemized
- $220,584.00
- Unitemized
- $0.00
- Itemized transactions
- 3771 transactions
Only itemized individual contributions are included; unitemized totals are unavailable for this view.
Itemized individual contributions total $220,584.00 in the 2024 cycle.
Monthly contribution columns
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| January 2023 | Dollars: $8,417.00;Transactions: 64;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2023 | Dollars: $2,975.00;Transactions: 44;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2023 | Dollars: $4,945.00;Transactions: 86;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2023 | Dollars: $4,196.00;Transactions: 94;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2023 | Dollars: $5,358.00;Transactions: 116;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2023 | Dollars: $14,133.00;Transactions: 149;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2023 | Dollars: $10,641.00;Transactions: 165;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2023 | Dollars: $6,043.00;Transactions: 167;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2023 | Dollars: $13,896.00;Transactions: 182;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2023 | Dollars: $4,688.00;Transactions: 150;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2023 | Dollars: $6,368.00;Transactions: 174;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2023 | Dollars: $6,565.00;Transactions: 140;Coverage: Covered |
| January 2024 | Dollars: $19,407.00;Transactions: 182;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2024 | Dollars: $5,681.00;Transactions: 153;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2024 | Dollars: $8,672.00;Transactions: 167;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2024 | Dollars: $11,870.00;Transactions: 165;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2024 | Dollars: $7,118.00;Transactions: 159;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2024 | Dollars: $12,083.00;Transactions: 160;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2024 | Dollars: $11,869.00;Transactions: 231;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2024 | Dollars: $12,472.00;Transactions: 200;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2024 | Dollars: $7,726.00;Transactions: 254;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2024 | Dollars: $21,266.00;Transactions: 268;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2024 | Dollars: $6,533.00;Transactions: 181;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2024 | Dollars: $7,662.00;Transactions: 120;Coverage: Covered |
Unitemized contributions are excluded from count and geography charts.
Itemized contribution-size buckets discloses $220,584.00 across 3,553 reported transactions in the 2024 cycle.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| $200 and under | Dollars: $103,172.00;Transactions: 3,392 |
| $200.01-$499.99 | Dollars: $24,179.00;Transactions: 94 |
| $500-$999.99 | Dollars: $20,810.00;Transactions: 37 |
| $1,000-$1,999.99 | Dollars: $17,700.00;Transactions: 17 |
| $2,000 and over | Dollars: $54,723.00;Transactions: 13 |
Reported rows exclude unitemized counts and do not equal unique donors.
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
- District share
- 33% in district
- District share basis
- $73,619.00 in district and $146,965.00 out of district.
Unknown is shown outside the classified geography denominator. Unknown is $0.00 with 0 reported transactions; classified denominator is $220,584.00.
Geography dollar share
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| IA | Dollars: $73,619.00;Transactions: 743;Denominator: $220,584.00 |
| TX | Dollars: $20,542.00;Transactions: 303;Denominator: $220,584.00 |
| NY | Dollars: $15,882.00;Transactions: 83;Denominator: $220,584.00 |
| CA | Dollars: $13,973.00;Transactions: 274;Denominator: $220,584.00 |
| CO | Dollars: $12,263.00;Transactions: 120;Denominator: $220,584.00 |
| Other states | Dollars: $84,305.00;Transactions: 2,248;Denominator: $220,584.00 |
| Unknown | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Denominator: $220,584.00 |
Top reported contributor names
| Reported contributor name | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| PECK JR, JOHN | $7,720.00 | 16 transactions |
| MALONE, KIP | $6,600.00 | 13 transactions |
| KUMAR, SHALLI | $6,600.00 | 1 transaction |
| SCHWARZMAN, CHRISTINE | $6,600.00 | 1 transaction |
| SCHWARZMAN, STEPHEN | $6,600.00 | 1 transaction |
| COLLINS, RICHARD | $5,963.00 | 12 transactions |
| STARRETT, RONALD | $5,800.00 | 1 transaction |
| ARVIG, ALLEN | $5,010.00 | 3 transactions |
| DEUPREE, ANNE K. MRS. | $4,000.00 | 16 transactions |
| LEIGH, JOHN | $3,875.00 | 26 transactions |
Top reported employer names
Top employers aggregate raw employer names from itemized individual contributions only.
The raw ranking remains employer-name data; see Methodology for source-linking and evidence limitations.
| Employer | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unclassified / not provided | $156,580.00 | 3484 transactions |
| GIZA | $6,600.00 | 13 transactions |
| AVG ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY | $6,600.00 | 1 transaction |
| BLACKSTONE | $6,600.00 | 1 transaction |
| ARVIG ENTERPRISES | $5,010.00 | 3 transactions |
| PECK ENT | $3,550.00 | 3 transactions |
| DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE | $3,300.00 | 1 transaction |
| HOOVER'S HATCHERY | $3,300.00 | 1 transaction |
| MCKEE FOODS | $3,300.00 | 1 transaction |
| THE HAWTHORNE GROUP | $2,500.00 | 1 transaction |
Industries among top reported employer names
Industries are assigned from reported employer names by the server. This rollup covers only eligible returned top-employer rows for the selected cycle.
| Industry | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown / unclassified | $40,760.00 | 25 transactions |
Classified: $0.00 and 0 transactions out of $40,760.00 and 25 transactions among eligible top-employer rows.
Finance data loading
Source and freshness
Last pulled: 5 days ago (2026-08-25)
Data is current.
FEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2022:S0IA00028
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2026:S0IA00028
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2024:S0IA00028
View source recordUS Congress Legislators (unitedstates/congress-legislators) (campaign_finance/federal/congress)
Source record ID: senate:G000386
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:S0IA00028:2022
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:S0IA00028:2028
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Key metrics
- Identifiers
- 5
Identifiers
- bioguide_id
- G000386
- fec_candidate_id
- S0IA00028
- fec_candidate_ids
- S0IA00028
- govtrack_id
- 300048
- wikidata_id
- Q529294