Iowa Senate election could alter party control
Never mind the presidential candidates: The epicenter of Iowa politics for the next five days is here, a suburb of Cedar Rapids where the results of a special race for an open Iowa Senate seat could alter party control of the chamber.
Republicans view the 26-24 Democratic control of the Senate as a last barrier holding them back from marching ahead on issues from tax cuts to a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage.
Small-business owner Cindy Golding, a Republican, and former television news anchor Liz Mathis, a Democrat, say they’re focusing their campaigns on issues important to the district they seek to represent. But the possibility of a 25-25 Senate split has attracted hundreds of activists from around the state to the district and hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign spending in an attempt to sway the outcome.
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