Democrat Catelin Drey won a state Iowa Senate seat in a special election yesterday and flipped the seat blue, which breaks a Republican supermajority. That is a 19 pt. shift towards Democrats in that district relative to Trump’s numbers in November. Democrats have averaged more than a 10 point swing in all special elections since the 2024 election. Maybe all the talk about the Dem party dying is dumb. Iowa GOP loses supermajority after Drey wins special election:
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Iowa Democrats celebrate as Drey wins special election, breaks GOP supermajority
Iowa Republicans’ supermajority in the state Senate was broken Tuesday as Democrat Catelin Drey won the special election for Iowa Senate District 1.
The consequence of sitting out an election because you thought both sides suck is not that the country persists in some state of political stasis until the next election happens and you get to vote your conscience again next time. Voting is a basic of community care. Debate over 19th Amendment resurfaces in Tennessee - Nashville Banner:
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Debate over 19th Amendment resurfaces in Tennessee - Nashville Banner
Discover the heated debate over women's right to vote in Nashville 105 years ago and how it resurfaces today with the influence of Christian n...
 Three Obstacles That Could Erode Your Right to Vote - Capital B News:
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Why Voting Is Becoming Harder for Black Americans in Southern States
Since a 2013 case that scaled back federal approval of voting changes, Black access to the ballot box has become increasingly uncertain, advocates ...
I’m still reading how working class factory workers prefer this to the Biden economy and that their Trump vote was the Democrats’ fault and I’ll just say it’s clearly not about the economy or Democratic messaging and much more about racism and people in office and in the media profiting off of dumping on Democrats but a lot of people clearly aren’t ready for that conversation. Layoffs at John Deere reveal how Trump’s trade war is bleeding jobs - Las Vegas Sun News https://lasvegassun.com/news/2025/aug/24/layoffs-at-john-deere-reveal-how-trumps-trade-war/