"Overwhelmingly the main frustration point that I am hearing is that we have an affordability crisis, whether that's housing, child care or health care," she told the Des Moines Register.

Republicans will no longer hold a supermajority in the Iowa State Senate after Democrat Catelin Drey won a special election for District 1.

The special election outcome means Democrats could now block Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds’ nominations to state agencies, boards and commissions in the final year of her term.