The MeidasTouch Podcast - GOP gets Wiped Out in Shock Election Loss in Iowa!!

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Democrats winning a special election in Iowa by 43 points as major momentum builds heading into the midterms as Democrats keep over performing against MAGA in special elections and elections across the country. Go to https://armra.com/MEIDAS or enter MEIDAS to get 30% off your first subscription order! Visit https://meidasplus.com for more! Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast The Influence Continuum: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show Burn the Boats: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 Political Beatdown: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdown On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Coalition of the Sane: https://meidasnews.com/tag/coalition-of-the-sane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Duration: 18m
Broadcast on: 31 Dec 2025
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Republicans just got wiped out yet again in another special election in Iowa. Maga Republicans are getting crushed in Iowa. A Democrat by the name of Renee Hardman will go on to win Iowa State Senate District seat 16 with 71.5% of the vote. She won by 43 points in this race against the Maga Republic in candidate Lucas Lofton. This is a 27 point Democrat over performance from 2024. Kamala Harris won this district by 16. Now Hardman's victory has major implications in the legislature as well. It blocks a GOP super majority and it makes history as the first black woman elected to the Iowa State Senate. Now this follows other big Democratic wins at during special elections. You will recall back in January Mike Zimmer flipped a plus 21 Donald Trump seat and Zimmer went on to win that special election. That was a flip, then there was another flip, you'll recall, back a few months ago where Democrat Caitlin Dre flipped Iowa's Senate District one, a district that Donald Trump won by 11.5 points in 2024. She defeated Republican Christopher Prosk in a landslide special election, breaking the GOP super majority. There it wasn't even close. Now you have to have this Democratic hold for the Senate District seat 16 and the Democrat over performed by 43 points. Let's dig into it deeper. By the way, this is a photo right here of Renee Hardman who won this special election. Here's how the Hill reports that Hardman is a West Des Moines mayor pro temp. She defeated Republican Lucas Lofton to fill the seat that has been vacant since state senator Claire Celsi died in October with Hardman's when Iowa Democrats are closing out the year strong. Back in January, Democrat Mike Zimmer flipped the Iowa State Senate District had an overwhelmingly voted for Trump in 2024. Back in August, Caitlin Dre flipped another open state Senate seat, breaking the GOP super majority then. However, win is also the last in a string of notable victories for the party nationwide. Democrats most recently saw success in a special election for a state Senate seat in Kentucky. Prior to that, the party over performed in a special election in Tennessee and Democrats had a better than expected election in November. Blue tsunami when they overwhelmingly won the governor's mansions in New Jersey and Virginia, the mayor's office in New York City and a number of other notable down ballot races. Take a look at this chart that Chris Salisa previously posted. So far in 2025, Democrats flipped 25 GOP held state legislative seats, 25 flips for the Democrats, whereas Republicans flipped zero Democratic held seats. This is via the down ballot. Let's dig deeper now. What do you think that the Democratic victor Renee Hardman was running on kitchen table issues? Okay. She was running on issues of affordability. She was running on issues of health care. She was running on issues that matter to the American people while the maggots are talking about bathrooms and PPs and duties and vaginas and wooden and this bathroom and that bathroom and trans this and da da da da da and trying to hard marginalized communities.

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