Iowa Democratic Senate candidate to appeal judge's decision to keep her off ballot

Iowa Democratic Senate candidate Abby Finkenauer announced Monday that she will appeal a judge's decision that she did not have enough signatures to qualify for the primary ballot.

Finkenauer, a former one-term congresswoman who lost her bid for reelection in 2020, is one of the Democrats mounting a longshot bid to unseat seven-term Republican Senator Chuck Grassley.

Two Iowa Republicans challenged Finkenauer's signatures after she submitted her paperwork to the secretary of state's office in March. They alleged that she had failed to obtain at least 100 eligible signatures from at least 19 counties in Iowa.