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Democrat wins Iowa state Senate race, blocking GOP from regaining supermajority
Renee Hardman won with 71.5% of the vote, becoming the first Black woman in the Iowa Senate and blocking Republicans from regaining a two-thirds supermajority.
- Democrat Renee Hardman was elected to the Iowa state Senate in a special election, denying Republicans a supermajority in the chamber.
- Hardman, CEO of Lutheran Services of Iowa and a West Des Moines City Council member, becomes the first Black woman elected to the Iowa Senate.
- Without a supermajority, Republicans will need support from at least one Democrat to approve Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds' nominees.
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Democrat Renee Hardman was elected to the Iowa Senate on Tuesday in a late-year by-election, preventing Republicans from regaining control of the upper chamber with a two-thirds majority.
·Montreal, Canada
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Democrat Wins Iowa State Senate Special Election, Blocking GOP From Reclaiming Supermajority
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. The election will be held to replace state Sen. Claire Celsi, a Democrat, who died in October. Her distri…
·New York, United States
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