Democratic victory could break the MAGA supermajority in the Iowa Senate:

Here is a spot from Democratic Candidate Catelin Drey: (30 seconds):

It would be easy to accidentally forget to vote in this special election. Having an election as the kids go back to school, football is kicking off and the weather has finally cooled to a more livable temperature may divert our attention. But this election is important.

Electing Catelin Drey is very important to restoring some sense of balance to Iowa politics. It won’t tip the scales back to total balance, but it will at least break the MAGA supermajority in the Iowa Senate. The MAGA Party has had the trifecta (the governorship and both houses the legislature) for the past 9 years. 

Iowa has definitely taken a downhill trip under MAGA leadership. Just last month Iowa got the economic news that we have either the worst or second worst economic growth in the country. To quote the headline from last month over at iowademocracy.org

Iowa’s Economy Is As Bad as Her Rivers are Dirty

Corn, soybean commodity prices are down, and farm bankruptcies are up – just another year living in a state governed by Republicans 

And that ain’t all folks. We all know what MAGAs have done to Iowa’s once proud school system. It has essentially been privatized using money meant for public schools. Healthcare especially for women is falling fast as Iowa’s physicians seek better places to live and work.

Republican leadership has put a once proud state near the bottom of most categories that measure the livability of a state. Iowa’s governor and legislator is much more concerned about the rich than the average human. As such, Iowa now ranks itself with states in the old South.

Here is a full interview of Catelin Drey talking to bleedingheartland.com’s Laura Belin shortly after Drey was selected as the nominee to run for the state senate: (17 minutes)