Iowa remains solidly red as Nunn wins and several legislative races still undecided
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Iowa remains solidly red, continuing Republican domination in the U.S. Congress and the Iowa Legislature, including probable supermajorities in both state chambers.
Why it matters: The last Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll projected that Iowa could actually become more blue, but the state, and much of the country, ended up as a GOP landslide.
Driving the news: Republican U.S. Rep. Zach Nunn narrowly fended off a challenge from Democrat Lanon Baccam in Iowa's 3rd Congressional District, the Associated Press reports.
- Meanwhile, the race for Iowa's 1st District between Christina Bohannon and U.S. Rep. Marianne Miller-Meeks (R) was not called by the AP as of 5:15am Wednesday. Miller-Meeks was several hundred votes ahead and gave a victory speech Tuesday night.
More results: One major local upset was Democrat Matt Blake defeating five-term incumbent Republican Brad Zaun in an Iowa Senate race, according to the AP.
- Meanwhile, Republicans Jill Altringer and Mark Holm won their Polk County Supervisor races, according to unofficial results.
What we're watching: Several Iowa Senate races were still too close to call as of 5:15am Wednesday — including those between Democrat Nate Boulton and Republican Mike Pike, as well as incumbent Democrat Sarah Trone Garriott and Republican Mark Hanson.
- Pike appears ahead by about 0.1% of the vote, according to unofficial election results.
- Trone Garriott declared victory on social media last night after garnering just 19 more votes than Hanson.
- Both of the races appear close enough for a recount covered by the state.
Plus: It's possible Zaun could become Gov. Kim Reynolds' pick for lieutenant governor, writes Laura Belin of Bleeding Heartland, a left-leaning publication.
- "He's on very good terms with Trump, and Reynolds will need to mend fences with the next president after spending months campaigning for Governor Ron DeSantis before the Iowa caucuses," Belin writes.