Iowa Democrat Catelin Drey defeated Republican Christopher Prosch for an open state Senate seat, breaking the GOP’s supermajority in the upper chamber.
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IowaDemocratCatelinDreyonTuesdaydefeatedRepublicanChristopherProschforanopenstateSenateseat,flippingtheRepublican-heldseatandbreakingtheGOP’ssupermajorityintheupperchamberforthefirsttimeinthreeyears,accordingtounofficialresultsfromtheWoodburyCountyAuditor’sOffice.
Dreysecured55%ofthevoteintheracetoreplacelateRepublicanstateSen.RockyDeWitt,whodiedinJuneattheageof66afterabattlewithpancreaticcancer.
ThisisthesecondtimethisyearDemocratshaveflippedaRepublican-controlledstateSenateseatinIowa,afterDemocratMikeZimmerdefeatedRepublicanKatieWhittingtoninaspecialelectioninJanuary.
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DreywonadistrictPresidentDonaldTrumpcarriedbymorethan11pointslastyear,andthepresidentwonZimmer’sdistrictbymorethan20points.
Democratshavewonseveralotherspecial-electionwinsthisyearasthepartyh
