Now they’re feeling more bullish.
“The margins from last night reflect what we’ve been seeing on the ground here in Iowa, and my hope is that national observers will start to make the connection between the dots,” said state Sen. Zach Wahls, who’s running in the Iowa Senate primary for the open seat that Republicans are favored to win.
“There is real excitement and energy in the state,” Wahls added, “and fundamentally, we have to win Iowa in order to flip the Senate.”
Wahls said his campaign had its best fundraising day of the quarter after Tuesday’s elections.
Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin called the off-year success a “sign of a really systemic sea change,” adding, “[when] you see the swing with independent voters, it starts to give us even more opportunities.”
According to half a dozen donor advisers, granted anonymity to discuss private conversations, major donors are now “waking up” after holding onto their cash following T
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