Democrat Catelin Drey won a state Iowa Senate seat in a special election yesterday and flipped the seat blue, which breaks a Republican supermajority.
That is a 19 pt. shift towards Democrats in that district relative to Trump’s numbers in November.
Democrats have averaged more than a 10 point swing in all special elections since the 2024 election.
Maybe all the talk about the Dem party dying is dumb.
Iowa GOP loses supermajority after Drey wins special election:
https://www.kcci.com/article/catelin-drey-iowa-special-election-results-democrats-celebrate-breaks-supermajority/65909443
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