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The campaign arm of Democratic state legislatures is adding both the Iowa House and Iowa Senate to its 2026 target map, signaling that national Democrats see new opportunities to chip away at Republican power in Des Moines.

The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee said its post-2025 election analysis showed Democrats overperformed in targeted races by an average of 4.5 percentage points — gains the DLCC argued could translate into “the most significant Democratic gains at this ballot level in two decades” if repeated in 2026. The expanded target map, outlined in the group’s strategy memo, highlights efforts to break the GOP supermajority in the Iowa House and prevent Republicans from rega

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