Democrat wins Iowa Senate special election as GOP loses supermajority

Because it’s state politics in Iowa, which, while meaningful, isn’t going to hugely impact people outside of Iowa.

Well, the Des Moines Register certainly is.

It's the state Senate, not the US Senate, so most people will never hear about it unless they actually read the local news. Major events happen locally that actually have an immediate impact on your life and I'll mention it to someone and usually they have no idea what I'm talking about.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/us/politics/iowa-senate-election-democrats.html

Because this merely goes from supermajority to simple majority, which isn't that meaningful since the governor is a republican.

Iowa has an independent redistricting board, but I wouldn't be shocked if Republicans saw the writing on the wall and did everything in their power to neutralize or destroy it.