Grassley leads Judge by double digits, new poll says
DES MOINES — A new Iowa-based poll on the state’s U.S. Senate race shows Republican incumbent Chuck Grassley with a bigger lead over Democratic challenger Patty Judge than most other recent polls have found. In a poll published Monday by Simpson College and RABA Research, Grassley leads Judge by 13 percentage points. Fifty percent of likely Iowa voters said they plan to vote for Grassley, and 37 percent said they plan to vote for Judge. Most other polls on the race have showed Grassley leading Judge by roughly 7 to 10 percentage points. Real Clear Politics’ average of polls on Iowa’s U.S. Senate race shows Grassley with an average lead of 8.6 percentage points. Read More