Iowa Democratic Senate hopeful Abby Finkenauer will remain on the primary ballot for the June election to determine who will face 88 year-old desiccated corn stalk Sen. Chuck Grassley (Sedition-IA) in the November general election. A lower state court judge appointed by Trumpist Gov. Kim Reynolds had ruled that Dem frontrunner Finkenauer had failed to qualify because three signatures on her nominating petition had the wrong date, but today the Iowa Supreme Court ruled that was not a disqualifying factor, given a Rethuglican-supported election law enacted last year:
"Finkenauer was saved by a Republican-supported election law enacted last year that provided specific instructions about when objections to candidates' nominating petitions will be upheld.
Mistakes that would disqualify signatures include if the signature is missing, the signer leaves off their residential address, if any information is crossed out or if the petitions are missing information about the candidate. But they do not include the part of the law that requires the signature to include a date." (our emphasis)
Karma, it burns. Trying to rig the election, the state's Rethuglicans were hoping to knock the Dem frontrunner Finkenauer off the ballot and cause chaos in the Dem primary and beyond. Finkenauer served one term in the House of Representatives from 2019 to 2021, having served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019. The irascible Grassley, who will turn 89 in September, is the odds-on favorite to remain in office, until the Grim Reaper votes him out.
(photo: Finkenauer and her husband leave the Iowa Supreme Court Building. CNN)
