Aug. 26 (UPI) -- Democrat Catelin Drey is on track to break the GOP supermajority in the Iowa state Senate by flipping a seat previously held by a Republican in a Tuesday special election.
Drey was leading with 55% of the vote to Republican Christopher Prosch's 44%, according to the unofficial tally by the Woodbury County Auditor's Office.
Her victory is the latest bright spot for Iowa Democrats ahead of the 2026 elections after seeing their clout in the once competitive state decline over the last decade. It also means that Republicans will lose their two-thirds majority in the chamber, forcing GOP Gov. Kim Reynold to get the support of at least one Democrat for her executive appointments.
Democrat Mike Zimmer won a surprise victory for an eastern Iowa Senate seat in a special election in January, reported the Des Moines Register. That followed a competitive showing for an Iowa House seat and a win for a Cedar Rapids-based House seat in the spring, the paper reported.
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