Related video – Upset: Catelin Drey and Democrats End GOP Supermajority

On Tuesday, Republicans lost their supermajority in the Iowa Senate.

Catelin Drey’s victory in Senate District 1 is not just a local upset — it is part of a growing national pattern of Democratic overperformance in state legislative special elections. Donald Trump carried this district by more than 11 points in 2024. Drey’s victory represents a 20-point swing toward the left — making this one of the most consequential state legislative flips of the year.

In fact, Democrats are overperforming their........

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