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Iowa Democrats admitted they felt the party was at the "lowest point
in decades" ahead of the 2024 election, as Republicans continue to
dominate in the Hawkeye State.
The once purple state has turned bright red, in recent years, as
Republican Governor Kim Reynolds signed into law a school choice
bill, and restrictions on abortion and gender transition treatments
for minors this year.
Despondent Democrats complained to the New York Times that they are
exhausted by defeat after defeat at the ballot box.
"It is so bad," Claire Celsi, a Democratic state senator from West
Des Moines told the paper. "I canât even describe to you how bad it
is."
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Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds
Former Representative Dave Loebsack, who represented Iowa's 2nd
congressional district from 2007 to 2021, said it was undeniable
that Democrats were struggling in the state.
"Thereâs no question that Democrats are at a low point in Iowa," he
said. "Itâs difficult even to recruit people to run when weâre so
far down."
First-term Democratic state senator Sarah Trone Garriott admitted
her party has struggled more than she expected.
"Itâs just been so exhausting and frustrating to continue to take
losses," she said. "If I had known everything that I was getting
into, I donât think I would have run in the first place, because
itâs just been really hard, but I see so much opportunity in Iowa."
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Not long ago Democrats were competitive in the state, controlling
the governorâs office for a dozen straight years and one of the two
U.S. Senate seats for three straight decades. But Democrats havenât
won a gubernatorial election since 2006 or a Senate contest since
2008.
In the race for the White House, former President Barack Obama
carried Iowa by nearly 10 points in 2008 and by six points in 2012.
But four years later, former President Donald Trump won the state by
nine points in his White House victory. Trump carried Iowa by eight
points in 2020 in his re-election defeat.
Last November, the sole remaining Democrat in the stateâs
congressional delegation went down to defeat.
Democrats told the Times the state was a "warning sign" to their
party for ignoring rural working class voters who once made up a key
part of their base.
Democrats are left "doing a lot of finger-pointing and soul-
searching about what has gone wrong, whether they have hit rock
bottom yet and how to maneuver their way back to political
relevance," the report said.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/despondent-democrats-frustrated-
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