Democratic chances of Senate majority improving with Iowa moving to toss-up
by Emily Larsen, Political Reporter |
| September 02, 2020 06:32 AM
Iowa’s tightening Senate race is becoming a battle of two farm-raised women that is reflective of the challenge for Republicans across the Senate map.
Republican Sen. Joni Ernst, an Army National Guard veteran who shot to the political scene with a 2014 campaign ad that said she grew up castrating hogs on a farm and hoped to make Washington “ squeal,†faces Democratic challenger Theresa Greenfield, a self-described “farm kid with farm kid values†who now runs a Des Moines-area real estate and development company.
A year ago, Ernst seemed to be in a relatively safe spot for election to a second Senate term. But now, polls indicate that the race is neck-and-neck, with the RealClearPolitics average showing Greenfield having about 45% support to Ernst's 44.7% support.
Election forecasters at the Cook Political Report moved the race from “lean Republican†to “toss-up†in late June. Inside Elections did the same in July.
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