Iowa Senator Charles Grassley will be seeking his eighth term as a U.S. Senator in the upcoming November elections. Grassley is scheduled for a debate with his Democratic opponent and former U.S. Navy Admiral Michael Franken in early October. The debate will occur on October 6th as part of the Iowa Press program on PBS and will be live streamed on Iowa PBS’s YouTube and Facebook page.

Franken, when he spoke to KCII earlier, said that he wanted to press Grassley on his voting record under President Donald Trump and what policies he thought helped Americans during that time. Grassley also spoke with KCII about the issues he wants to focus on during the debate.

“I would want to talk about his (Franken) support for President Biden. At a debate for the Democratic Nomination, he said that he was doing a fabulous job and has said that he wanted to make Iowa more progressive than California. He’s also described the border wall as idiotic. Essentially, he’d be a rubber stamp for Biden’s policies and going off of Biden’s approval numbers, that is not something that Iowans want.”

Election day will be November 8th; contact the Washington County Auditor’s Office for polling place information and questions about absentee ballots.