Democrat Catelin Drey has pulled off a victory in a special election for the Iowa Senate, flipping a Republican-held seat and breaking the GOP's supermajority in the chamber for the first time in three years.

Drey won with 55% of the vote to Republican Christopher Prosch's 44%, according to unofficial results from the Woodbury County Auditor's Office .

Gov. Kim Reynolds called the election to fill a vacancy in Iowa Senate District 1 after Republican Sen. Rocky De Witt died of pancreatic cancer in June .

The western Iowa Senate seat is based in Woodbury County and includes Sioux City.

Drey will serve the remainder of De Witt's term, which ends in January 2027. The seat will be on the ballot again in November 2026.

With Drey's win, Democrats now hold 17 seats in the 50-member Se

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