DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A successor has been picked for Republican state Sen. Mariannette Miller-Meeks after she was elected to the U.S. House by just six votes. WHO reports that Republican Adrian Dickey defeated Democrat Mary Stewart in a special election Tuesday night to represent Miller-Meeks’s former district in the Des Moines area. Dickey is currently president of the family-owned Dickey Transport based out of the town of Packwood in Jefferson County. With the win, Republicans maintain a 14-seat majority in the Iowa Senate.
