Democrats flip Senate as Josh Turek dunks Ashley Hinson in Iowa race
WASHINGTON — Iowa state Rep. Josh Turek, a former wheelchair basketball star, defeated Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson Tuesday in the race to replace retiring GOP Sen. Joni Ernst, ensuring Democrats would take control of the upper chamber of Congress for at least the next two years. Turek, 47, the first Democrat elected to the Senate from the Hawkeye State since Tom Harkin in 2008, ran a surprisingly strong campaign as a centrist “common-sense...