Democrat Bob Krause was running for Iowa’s first district congressional seat until this week, when he announced his intentions to make a fourth try at winning Iowa’s U.S. Senate seat.
Krause was born in Algona and graduated from Sentral High School in 1968. After he attended the University of Iowa, Krause was commissioned in the Army Reserve in 1972. It’s the same year he was elected to the Iowa legislature, where he served for six years, representing parts of Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, and Humboldt counties.
Krause didn’t seek reelection to the Iowa House in 1978 and ran unsuccessfully for state treasurer that year. In 2010 and 2016 Krause unsuccessfully sought the Democratic Party’s nomination to face Republican Senator Chuck Grassley. In 2022, Krause ended his third U.S. Senate campaign after failing to collect enough signatures to make it on the Primary Ballot. Krause also ran for governor in 2014 but dropped out and endorsed another Democrat in the race. Krause has been active in various veterans’ groups, and along with his wife, currently runs the Veterans National Recovery Center website.
