IOWA -- On Monday night former Democratic State Representative Bob Krause announced he would be running for US Senate after originally announcing his candidacy for Iowa's First Congressional District.

The announcement comes roughly a week after reports came out claiming that current Senator Joni Ernst would not be seeking reelection in 2026. Krause said in a statement that those reports are what drove him to run for US Senate as a Democrat again. He previously ran for the same senate seat in 2010, 2016, and 2021, but lost.

"Senator Ernst's withdrawal from the Republican Senate Race was a card that was not previously on the table, and I now endorse Christina Bohannon to be the Democratic nominee in Iowa's First District. I have run for the US Senate before and have many friends across the

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