Democrat Wins Iowa State Senate Special Election, Blocking GOP From Reclaiming Supermajority

Democrat Renee Hardman’s victory prevents state Senate Republicans from reclaiming a supermajority they lost in August.
Democrat Wins Iowa State Senate Special Election, Blocking GOP From Reclaiming Supermajority
Democrat Renee Hardman in a file photo. Hardman for Iowa via AP
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Democrat Renee Hardman has won a special election for the Iowa state Senate, dashing Republicans’ hopes of reclaiming a supermajority in the upper chamber of the state legislature.

The race was called by The Associated Press shortly after the polls closed at 9:00 p.m., with Hardman overwhelmingly defeating Republican challenger Lucas Loftin.