Iowa Dems Break GOP Supermajority With Special Election Win

1 sourceUpdated Jul 2, 2026

Democrats scored a special election victory in Iowa on Tuesday, flipping a Republican-held state Senate seat and breaking the GOP supermajority in the upper chamber. Democrat Catelin Drey defeated Republican Christopher…

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