“Iowa Democrats can be proud that they left it all on the field, fought their hearts out, and delivered a real, demonstrable change in leadership for hundreds of thousands of Iowa families.
Two years ago, pundits were writing Iowa off as the next brick in a red wall. Tonight, we are sending the first two Iowa women, Abby Finkenauer and Cindy Axne to join Dave Loebsack in the the House of Representatives, we have an incredible new watchdog in our State Auditor-Elect Rob Sand, and a whole host of rising stars in our State Legislature. We also turned out an incredible number of Iowans across the state. We can be confident we are building a bench to compete in elections to come in the Hawkeye State.
While, for some, progress may feel slow right now, it is coming. Iowa Democrats are resilient, we are organized, and we are creative and hopeful and determined. We believe in Iowa.”