Iowa
Brenna Bird wins race for Iowa attorney general over long-serving Democratic incumbent
Republican candidate Brenna Hen was elected Iowa’s subsequent lawyer normal after besting Democratic incumbent Tom Miller in a detailed race.
In a victory speech, Hen credited legislation enforcement brokers for her success.
“We again the blue right here in Iowa don’t we?” she mentioned. “And, tonight our success was because of the legislation enforcement help that we had.”
Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds, who gained her re-elected bid, was a robust backer of Hen, saying she needed “my very own” lawyer normal.
In the meantime, Miller, who holds the file because the longest-serving state lawyer normal in U.S. historical past, instructed reporters that he was upset within the outcomes of the election, however that he had known as Hen to congratulate her and inform her she is getting a “nice job.”
“I am very grateful for the 40 years that I had as lawyer normal,” he mentioned.
Hen served as a workers lawyer for Reynolds’ predecessor, former Gov. Terry Branstad. She was additionally the chief of workers for former Iowa congressman Steve King. King was sidelined by his personal get together following racist feedback and was defeated in a 2020 main.
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Iowa Republican Legal professional Normal candidate Brenna Hen speaks throughout a Republican Get together of Iowa election night time rally, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Des Moines, Iowa.
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Her win, together with wins by Reynolds and newly elected treasurer, Republican Iowa Sen. Roby Smith, bolstered the get together’s grip over the state’s politics.
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Smith beat Democratic Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald, the nation’s longest-serving state treasurer.
Zelly Muhammad, 15, watches her mom, Rebecca Muhammad, solid her poll at Davenport North Excessive Faculty in Davenport, Iowa, on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022.
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Republican Secretary of State Paul Pate and Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig had been re-elected as properly, though votes had been nonetheless being counted after Pate instructed election officers in Des Moines and Warren counties to start administrative recounts of precincts that had not totally reported outcomes.
Within the 50-seat Iowa Senate, Republicans expanded their majority to 34 seats. The final time Republicans held greater than 34 seats was 1973.
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The Related Press contributed to this report.