Iowa Democrats scored a significant victory Tuesday by flipping a Republican seat in a special election and breaking the GOP supermajority in the state Senate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Catelin Drey won the Sioux City-area district with 55% of the vote to Republican opponent Christopher Prosch’s 44%, according to unofficial results<\/a> with all precincts reporting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Democrats will now hold 17 seats in the Senate, compared with 33 for Republicans, breaking the GOP’s two-thirds supermajority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin celebrated Drey’s victory in a district Donald Trump won last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIowans are seeing Republicans for who they are: self-serving liars who will throw their constituents under the bus to rubber stamp Donald Trump\u2019s disastrous agenda \u2014 and they\u2019re ready for change,” Martin said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Make no mistake: when Democrats organize everywhere, we win everywhere, and today is no exception,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gov. Kim Reynolds, a Republican, had called the special election after Sen. Rocky De Witt, a Republican, died of cancer in June. He was first elected in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Republicans also hold the majority in the state House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Democrats have consistently performed well in special elections this year after Vice President Kamala Harris lost to Trump last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Democrat Mike Zimmer flipped a state Senate<\/a> seat in January when he bested his Republican opponent by 4 percentage points. Trump won Zimmer\u2019s district by 25 points in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n