Vilsack stumps in Iowa for Judge's U.S. Senate campaign

DES MOINES — Tom Vilsack gave two examples of why Patty Judge can defeat longtime incumbent Chuck Grassley in Iowa’s U.S. Senate race this year: the biblical figure David and himself.

Vilsack, the current U.S. agriculture secretary and former governor of Iowa, spoke Saturday at a fundraiser in Des Moines for Judge’s Senate campaign.

A steady stream of polls on the Senate race have showed Grassley, the Republican and longtime incumbent, with a lead over Judge in the high single digits to low single digits. The latest, from Quinnipiac University this week, showed Grassley leading Judge by 9 percentage points.

Vilsack addressed those polls during his remarks, recalling when he trailed far worse in the polls in his 1998 gubernatorial campaign.

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