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OFFICIALLY SWORN IN TODAY. CAITLIN DRAYS ELECTION NOW CHANGES THE DYNAMICS IN THE IOWA STATE ����vlog. OLIVIA TYLER SPOKE WITH DRAKE ABOUT HER PRIORITIES AT THE CAPITOL. IOWA’S NEWEST SENATOR, CAITLIN DRAKE, WAS SWORN IN TODAY AND HER ADDITION TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE MARKS AN END TO THE GOP SUPERMAJORITY IN IOWA SENATE WITH HER HUSBAND AND HER DAUGHTER BY HER SIDE. THE DEMOCRAT, WHO WON A SPECIAL ELECTION LAST MONTH, WILL NOW OFFICIALLY REPRESENT IOWA SENATE DISTRICT ONE, WHICH INCLUDES SIOUX CITY. DRAKE TAKES OVER FOR FORMER REPUBLICAN SENATOR ROCKY DEWITT, WHO DIED OF CANCER IN JUNE. SHE SAYS RIGHT NOW, SHE’S FOCUSED ON BEING AVAILABLE TO CONSTITUENTS. I’M PERHAPS UNJUSTLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT WHAT THE SESSION IN 2026 HOLDS, BUT I AM REALLY EXCITED TO GET TO WORK WITH MY SENATE DEMOCRATIC COLLEAGUES AND DO WHAT WE CAN TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF IOWANS. SHE SAYS SHE’S ALREADY HEARD FROM PEOPLE CONCERNED ABOUT ISSUES SUCH AS CHILD SUPPORT AND WATER QUALITY, AND ADDS THAT SHE’S LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH REPUBLICANS, ESPECIALLY TO ADDRESS FUNDING IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND GUN VIOLENCE. I THINK RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TO TURN THE TEMPERATURE DOWN AND TALKING TO MY NEIGHBORS, I THINK THAT WE’RE MUCH CLOSER POLITICALLY THAN THE THE CLIMATE RIGHT NOW GIVES US CREDIT FOR DRAY’S WIN GIVES DEMOCRATS 17 SEATS TO REPUBLICANS 33, AND NOW MEANS REPUBLICANS NEED AT LEAST ONE DEMOCRAT SUPPORT TO CONFIRM STATE AGENCY APPOINTMENTS BY THE GOVERNOR IN DES MOINES, OLIVIA TYLE