RNC: Iowa GOP making historic gains in early voting

The Hill reports:

According to a memo provided by the RNC, registered Republicans have sent in 305 more absentee ballots or early votes than Democrats. At this point in the election cycle in 2010, the last election with an Iowa Senate seat up for election, the memo says Democrats led by 16,426 ballots.

“The momentum has been building for a long time, but this development means Republicans have crossed a major Democrat firewall that had given them a boost going into Election Day in previous election cycles,” Jeff Kaufmann, the chairman of the Republican Party of Iowa, said in a statement. “Democrats are nowhere near where they need to be, and they are quickly running out of time.”

It's still early.