Democrats break GOP supermajority in Iowa Senate by flipping Republican seat in special election

By Zoë Richards 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. Catelin Drey won the Sioux City-area district with 55% of the vote to Republican opponent Christopher Prosch’s 44%, according to unofficial results with all precincts reporting. Democrats will now hold 17 seats in the Senate, compared with 33 for Republicans, breaking the GOP’s two-thirds supermajority. Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin celebrated Drey’s victory in a district Donald Trump won last year. “Iowans are seeing Republicans for who they are: self-serving liars who will throw

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