Some good news to end the year. More over-performance by a Democrat in a special election, once again in Iowa:
Democrat Renee Hardman was elected to the Iowa state Senate on Tuesday in a year-end special election, denying Republicans from reclaiming two-thirds control of the chamber.
Hardman bested Republican Lucas Loftin by an overwhelming margin to win a seat representing parts of the Des Moines suburbs. The seat became vacant after the Oct. 6 death of state Sen. Claire Celsi, a Democrat.
Hardman, the CEO of nonprofit Lutheran Services of Iowa and a member of the West Des Moines City Council, becomes the first Black woman elected to the 50-member Senate.
“I want to recognize that while my name was the one on the ballot, this race was never just about me,” Hardman told a room of supporters in West Des Moines after declaring victory.
With 99% of votes counted, Hardman led by about 43 percentage points.
Her win is the latest in a string of special election victories for Iowa Democrats, who flipped two Senate seats this year to break up a supermajority that had allowed Republicans to easily confirm GOP Gov. Kim Reynolds’ appointments to state agencies and commissions... (our emphasis)
Here's how Hardman's victory compares with the 2024 election vote:
"[O]verperform Harris by nearly 30 points." Every special and off-year election that Democrats win or over-perform in is another sign of a landslide coming in November 2026, to begin to turn the tide in this country that won't stop until the Malignant Fascist and his regime of goons is deposited on the ash heap of history.
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