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Democrats’ final sliver of leverage in Iowa’s Senate is on the road Tuesday, with Republicans poised to grab a supermajority that will let GOP leaders govern with little resistance.
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The Iowa State Capitol constructing is seen on Oct. 9, 2019 in Des Moines, Iowa. (Joe Raedle/Getty Photos)
Renee Hardman, the Democratic candidate, will face off towards Republican Lucas Loftin in a race for Iowa Senate District 16 to fill the seat of the late Sen. Claire Celsi, who died of undisclosed medical problems in October.
Celsi, a Democrat, had held a seat in Iowa’s Senate since 2019.
With management of two-thirds of the chamber, Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds might extra simply push by her appointments to state businesses. With out it, she requires the assistance of at the very least one Democrat to verify her nominations.
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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds takes half in a panel dialogue throughout a Republican Governors Affiliation convention on Nov. 15, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Picture/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
That lone vote gives Democrats with a uncommon degree of energy within the Hawkeye State.
Democrats, now in peril of shedding their foothold within the Senate, additionally discover themselves dwarfed within the state’s Home of Representatives, the place Republicans maintain 66 of the chamber’s 100 seats. Democrats, in the meantime, maintain simply 33.
There’s one emptiness within the chamber.
On the federal degree, Republicans maintain all 4 of Iowa’s districts within the Home of Representatives and each U.S. Senate seats. Notably, Democrats will possible attempt to wage a aggressive Senate race to interchange retiring Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, in 2026.
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Sen. Joni Ernst, a Republican from Iowa, launched the McSCUSE ME Act to deal with SNAP advantages on Nov. 20, 2025. (Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg by way of Getty Photos)
Democrats narrowly escaped a Republican supermajority again in one other particular election in August. Tuesday will mark Iowa’s sixth particular election of the 12 months.
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Polls open at 7 a.m. and shut at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 30.
