Democrat Renee Hardman has been elected to the Iowa state Senate in a holiday-week special election, denying Republicans' bid ...

Republicans needed a win to regain two‑thirds supermajority, but with 33 seats they fell one short, leaving them dependent on ...

Democrat Renee Hardman beat Republican Lucas Loftin by more than 40 percentage points in a special election Tuesday night.

Hardman bested Republican Lucas Loftin to win the seat representing parts of Des Moines’ suburbs. It became vacant after the ...

Renee Hardman, a West Des Moines council member and president and CEO of Lutheran Services in Iowa, won a special election ...

By holding a left-leaning seat in suburban Des Moines, Democrats ensured that Republicans would not have a supermajority in ...

Hardman had faced Republican Lucas Loftin for the seat left vacant after the Oct. 6 death of state Sen. Claire Celsi, a ...

Six special elections in 2025 slightly altered the 91st General Assembly with flipped seats and historic firsts. The election ...

Renee Hardman won over Lucas Loftin in a special election to retain the District 16 Senate seat for Democrats after Claire ...

Democratic candidate Renee Hardman won the Iowa Senate special election on Tuesday, preventing Republicans from regaining two ...

Democrat Renee Hardman was elected to the Iowa state Senate on Tuesday in a holiday-week special election, denying ...