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Iowa Democrat Catelin Drey flips state senate seat to break GOP supermajority, CNN projects

Iowa Democrats secured a consequential victory in a special election on Tuesday, CNN projects, breaking the Republican supermajority in the state Senate by flipping a seat in a district President Dona...

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

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Democrats celebrate special election victory in Iowa State Senate, ending GOP supermajority

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Joni Ernst won't seek reelection to Senate in 2026, sources say

Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa has told confidantes she plans to reveal next week that she won't seek reelection in 2026, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.

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Iowa Republican Ernst Expected Not to Seek Reelection to Senate

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Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst not seeking re-election

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Ernst expected to retire from Senate, forgo reelection campaign

Several Democrats are vying for Ernst’s seat, including Des Moines School Board Chair Jackie Norris, former Knoxville Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Nathan Sage, state Rep. Josh Turek and sta...

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Republican Senator Joni Ernst expected to announce she won’t seek reelection — leaving swing seat open

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Republican Sen. Joni Ernst won't seek re-election in Iowa in 2026

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer calls special election for state Senate seat that could split Michigan chamber

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has called a special election for a state Senate seat that has been vacant for nearly nine months

Georgia state Senate election to replace former Sen. Brandon Beach goes to a September runoff

The lone Democrat in a seven-way race easily advanced to a runoff in a special election that will decide who will replace former Alpharetta Republican state Sen. Brandon Beach, and the top GOP candidates battled it out for second place.

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Georgia state Senate race in metro Atlanta goes to a September runoff

The lone Democrat in a seven-way race has advanced to a runoff in a special election that will decide who will replace former Alpharetta Republican State Sen. Brandon Beach, and the top GOP candidates battled it out for second place.

Gov. Whitmer calls special election to fill 35th state Senate seat left vacant for months

The vacancy in the bay area seat, a key post in the balance of power in Lansing, had spurred outcry and even a lawsuit ahead of Whitmer's Tuesday announcement.

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Candidates endorsed by GOP and DFL win special primaries for Minnesota state Senate

Two favorites won primaries for a pair of Minnesota Senate seats heading for a special election in November. Republican Michael Holmstrom Jr. won with more than 73% of votes against Rachel Davis and Bradley Kurtz in the safely red Senate District 29,

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Why Trump is railing against the Senate's blue slip tradition for nominees

President Donald Trump says the Senate’s century-old tradition of allowing home state senators to sign off on some federal judge and U.S. attorney nominees is “old and outdated.” Republican senators disagree.