Democrats break GOP's supermajority in Iowa after flipping state Senate seat

Iowa Democrat Catelin Drey on Tuesday defeated Republican Christopher Prosch for an open state Senate seat flipping the Republican-held seat and current 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 of the vote in the race to replace late Republican state Sen Rocky De Witt who died in June at the age of 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 ballot in January KEY SENATE SEATS REPUBLICANS AIM TO FLIP IN MIDTERMS TO EXPAND THEIR MAJORITYDrey won a district President Donald Trump carried by more than points last year and the president won Zimmer's district by more than points Democrats have won several other special-election wins this year as the party hopes to build on the momentum leading into next year's midterm elections when they'll attempt to flip the GOP majorities in the U S House and U S Senate SENATE DEMOCRATS ARE FEVERISHLY RECRUITING TOP CANDIDATES TO WIN BACK MAJORITY IN MIDTERMS Iowans are seeing Republicans for who they are self-serving liars who will throw their constituents under the bus to rubber stamp Donald Trump s disastrous agenda and they re ready for change Democratic National Committee chair Ken Martin revealed in a message They are putting Republicans on notice and making it crystal clear any Republican pushing Trump s unpopular extreme agenda has no place governing on behalf of Iowa families he continued That's why all year long Iowans have been electing Democrats ready to fight for working Iowans Make no mistake when Democrats organize everywhere we win everywhere and currently is no exception Drey s triumph breaks a Republican supermajority in the state Senate giving Iowa Democrats more authority to stop GOP initiatives including the ability to stop the governor's nominees who require two-thirds patronage for confirmation Fox News' Paul Steinhauser contributed to this record