Iowa Democrats Flip Republican Seat, Break State Senate GOP Supermajority

National Democrats tout organizing push, while Iowa GOP leaders downplay the win as fueled by outside money.

The state capitol building in Des Moines, Iowa, on Jan. 15, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

Democrat Catelin Drey won an Aug. 26 special election for Iowa Senate District 1, flipping a Republican-held seat and breaking the GOP’s supermajority in the chamber.

Drey defeated Republican Christopher Prosch with 4,208 votes (55 percent) to Prosch’s 3,411 votes (44 percent), according to preliminary returns from the Woodbury County Election Department.