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TexasTowelie

(116,601 posts)
Fri Aug 17, 2018, 05:13 AM Aug 2018

Democrats aim to take control of Iowa

DES MOINES — Democrats believe it’s their turn to flip control in the Iowa Capitol.

If they do, it will be thanks to a two-year fundraising effort that has been strong but falls well short of the record numbers posted in 2015 and 2016, when Republicans gained their majority in the Iowa Senate.

Democrats feel a majority in the Iowa House is within their grasp in this fall’s elections, even though they go in at a nine-seat disadvantage. There are 41 Democrats in the House, so they need to flip 10 seats to gain a majority.

Thanks in part to many Republican retirements, the potential for a national wave of support for Democratic candidates and what they consider encouraging trends in special statehouse elections held over the past two years, Iowa Democrats believe they can flip at least 10 seats.

Read more: https://wcfcourier.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/update-democrats-aim-to-take-control-of-iowa/article_5cf458fc-3fd5-5af2-ae2b-326523e29ff9.html

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Democrats aim to take control of Iowa (Original Post) TexasTowelie Aug 2018 OP
anything is possible as trump destroys our country with racism and class warfare beachbum bob Aug 2018 #1
 

beachbum bob

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1. anything is possible as trump destroys our country with racism and class warfare
Fri Aug 17, 2018, 07:06 AM
Aug 2018

sometimes, people a slow in responding. And admitting they have been DUPED

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