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FILE PHOTO: Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) leaves the Senate floor as the Senate continues to work through the bipartisan infrastructure bill, at the United States Capitol in Washington, U.S., August 9, 2021. REUTERS\/Evelyn Hockstein<\/figcaption>

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley on Friday said he will seek another term in next year\u2019s congressional election, boosting the party\u2019s chances of holding onto his seat amid a closely divided chamber.<\/p>\n

Grassley, the oldest Republican senator and the longest-serving Iowa senator, has also helped shepherd conservatives into the federal judiciary, including the U.S. Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

He is seeking his eighth term in the chamber, now divided 50-50 with Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris serving as tie-breaker to give Democrats narrow control.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m running for re-election \u2014 a lot more to do, for Iowa. We ask and will work for your support. Will you join us?\u201d he said in a post on Twitter.<\/p>\n

Republicans, who lost control of the Senate in January following a special election in Georgia, aim to retake the upper chamber and the House of Representatives next year to counter Democratic U.S. President Joe Biden, who won in 2020. Grassley\u2019s seat is considered a \u201csolid\u201d Republican, according to the nonpartisan Cook Political Report.<\/p>\n

Grassley serves as the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, which he previously chaired when the party controlled the Senate under former Presidents Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Barack Obama and helped reshape the nation\u2019s top court with three more solidly conservative justices.<\/p>\n

He played a central role in conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh\u2019s contentious U.S. Supreme Court confirmation in 2018.<\/p>\n

Earlier, in 2016 he embraced then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell\u2019s decision not to act on Obama\u2019s nomination of centrist Merrick Garland to fill a Supreme Court vacancy, an action with little precedent in U.S. history. That left Trump to fill the position – left vacant for more than a year – in 2017 with Neil Gorsuch.<\/p>\n

In 2020, Grassley was no longer chairman but was on the committee when the Senate confirmed Trump\u2019s third Supreme Court appointee Amy Coney Barrett. (This story corrects to add dropped letter in headline)<\/p>\n

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