The DNC congratulates Iowa Democrat Catelin Drey on her historic win to break the Republican-supermajority in the Iowa state Senate, by winning a district that Donald Trump won by over 11 points in November. This marks the third major overperformance in Iowa in districts that Trump won by at least 10%. 

In the final sprint of the election, the DNC supported Senator-elect Drey and the Iowa Democratic State Party’s strong campaign by deploying our distributed organizing team of over 30,000 volunteers for GOTV and hosting phone and text banks to help Iowans make a plan to vote.  

This victory is the latest in a string of Democratic overperformances and victories in 2025. This year alone, Democrats have won or overperformed in 37 out of 38 key elections — a clear sign that Americans are putting their faith in the party of the working class — not billionaires and elites. 

In response to Drey’s groundbreaking victory, DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement: 

“Iowans are seeing Republicans for who they are: self-serving liars who will throw their constituents under the bus to rubber stamp Donald Trump’s disastrous agenda — and they’re ready for change. They are putting Republicans on notice and making it crystal clear: any Republican pushing Trump’s unpopular, extreme agenda has no place governing on behalf of Iowa families. That’s why all year long, Iowans have been electing Democrats ready to fight for working Iowans. Make no mistake: when Democrats organize everywhere, we win everywhere, and today is no exception.”