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News director and politics editor for the Des Moines Register, leading coverage of the first-in-the-nation Iowa Caucuses. Dog dad, avid fiction reader, lapsed runner (swear daily I'll restart).
Five maps show how Democrat Catelin Drey flipped a Senate seat in deep-red Iowa
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Five maps show how Democrat Catelin Drey flipped a Senate seat in deep-red Iowa
Catelin Drey's margin of victory was a 20-point shift to the left from last year's elections in Iowa Senate District 1.
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August 27, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Five maps show how Democrat Catelin Drey flipped a Senate seat in deep-red Iowa
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Who is Catelin Drey? Meet the Iowa Democrat who won a special election to flip a GOP seat
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Who is Catelin Drey? Meet the Iowa Democrat who won a special election to flip a GOP seat
Democrat Catelin Drey's win an Iowa State Senate special election broke the Republican's super majority in the state's upper chamber.
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August 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Who is Catelin Drey? Meet the Iowa Democrat who won a special election to flip a GOP seat
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Democrat Catelin Drey wins Iowa Senate special election, breaking Republican supermajority
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Democrat Catelin Drey wins Iowa Senate special election, breaking Republican supermajority
National and state support from Republicans and Democrats poured into the race for Iowa Senate District 1 with the GOP supermajority in the balance.
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August 27, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Democrat Catelin Drey wins Iowa Senate special election, breaking Republican supermajority
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With GOP congressional members absent, Iowans are holding “people’s town halls” to vent their anger.
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'They're not listening': With GOP lawmakers absent, people's town halls channel Iowans' fury
Iowans have hosted more than a dozen so-called people's town halls across Iowa. Here's what that means.
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April 7, 2025 at 3:12 PM
With GOP congressional members absent, Iowans are holding “people’s town halls” to vent their anger.
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Hundreds of Iowans got their votes counted despite being challenged as possible noncitizens. But dozens of others saw their ballots rejected.
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November 26, 2024 at 5:18 PM
Hundreds of Iowans got their votes counted despite being challenged as possible noncitizens. But dozens of others saw their ballots rejected.
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