From Fox News: Iowa Democrat Catelin Drey on Tuesday defeated Republican Christopher Prosch for an open state Senate seat, flipping the Republican-held seat and breaking the GOP’s supermajority in the upper chamber for the first time in three years, according to unofficial results from the Woodbury County Auditor’s Office.
Drey secured 55% of the vote in the race to replace late Republican state Sen. Rocky De Witt, who died in June at the age of 66 after a battle with pancreatic cancer.
This is the second time this year Democrats have flipped a Republican-controlled state Senate seat in Iowa, after Democrat Mike Zimmer defeated Republican Katie Whittington in a special election in January.
Drey won a district President Donald Trump carried by more than 11 points last year, and the president won Zimmer’s district by more than 20 points.
The report notes that Democrats have flipped multiple other seats in special elections across the country this year, and are hoping to create enough momentum to flip the U.S. House and Senate during next year’s midterm elections.
THE HILL explained:
Drey’s victory breaks a GOP supermajority in the state Senate, giving her party more power despite its minority status in the body. In particular, the extra Democratic vote, which will bring the margin in the chamber to 33 Republicans to 17 Democrats, will ensure that nominees from the governor can’t get approved on a party-line vote.
A two-thirds majority is needed for nominees to be confirmed.
DNC Chair Ken Martin cheered the latest victory, writing on X, “We deployed our distributed organizing team of over 30,000 volunteers to help @IowaDemocrats and Catelin Drey’s campaign get out the vote. This is the result. Make no mistake: When Democrats organize everywhere, we win everywhere.”
We deployed our distributed organizing team of over 30,000 volunteers to help @IowaDemocrats and Catelin Drey’s campaign get out the vote.
This is the result.
Make no mistake: When Democrats organize everywhere, we win everywhere. https://t.co/CkfEzBa2kB
— Ken Martin (@kenmartin73) August 27, 2025
Democrats break GOP’s supermajority in Iowa after flipping state Senate seat https://t.co/vCckhVQDNy
— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 27, 2025
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