Iowa's 1st Congressional District

Iowa's 1st Congressional District

Incumbent

Mariannette Miller-Meeks

Assumed office: January 3, 2023

Iowa's 1st Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R).

As of the 2020 Census, Iowa representatives represented an average of 798,102 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 763,447 residents.

Elections

• 2030
• 2028
• 2026
• 2024
• 2022
• 2020
• 2018

See also: Iowa's 1st Congressional District election, 2030

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

See also: Iowa's 1st Congressional District election, 2028

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

See also: Iowa's 1st Congressional District election, 2026

Note: At this time, Ballotpedia is combining all declared candidates for this election into one list under a general election heading. As primary election dates are published, this information will be updated to separate general election candidates from primary candidates as appropriate.

General election

The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.

General election for U.S. House Iowa District 1

The following candidates are running in the general election for U.S. House Iowa District 1 on November 3, 2026.

		Candidate
		Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R)
		Christina Bohannan (D)
		Bob Krause (D)
	Submit photo	Travis Terrell (D)
		Taylor Wettach (D)
		Grant Hill (R)
		David Pautsch (R)

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See also: Iowa's 1st Congressional District election, 2024

General election

General election for U.S. House Iowa District 1

Incumbent Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R) defeated Christina Bohannan (D) and Nicholas Gluba (L) in the general election for U.S. House Iowa District 1 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R)	50.0	206,955
		Christina Bohannan (D)	49.8	206,156
		Nicholas Gluba (L) (Write-in)	0.0	0
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2%	967

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 414,078
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 1

Christina Bohannan (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 1 on June 4, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Christina Bohannan	99.3	13,870
		Other/Write-in votes	0.7%	92

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 13,962
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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 1

Incumbent Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R) defeated David Pautsch (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 1 on June 4, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mariannette Miller-Meeks	55.9	16,529
		David Pautsch	43.9	12,981
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2%	60

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 29,570
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See also: Iowa's 1st Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Iowa District 1

Incumbent Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R) defeated Christina Bohannan (D) in the general election for U.S. House Iowa District 1 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R)	53.4	162,947
		Christina Bohannan (D)	46.6	142,173
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1%	260

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 305,380
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 1

Christina Bohannan (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 1 on June 7, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Christina Bohannan	99.7	37,475
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3%	110

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 37,585
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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 1

Incumbent Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 1 on June 7, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mariannette Miller-Meeks	98.7	41,260
		Other/Write-in votes	1.3%	546

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 41,806
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Kyle Kuehl (R)

See also: Iowa's 1st Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Iowa District 1

Ashley Hinson (R) defeated incumbent Abby Finkenauer (D) in the general election for U.S. House Iowa District 1 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ashley Hinson (R)	51.2	212,088
		Abby Finkenauer (D)	48.6	201,347
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1%	434

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 413,869
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 1

Incumbent Abby Finkenauer (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 1 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Abby Finkenauer	99.3	72,474
		Other/Write-in votes	0.7%	482

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 72,956
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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 1

Ashley Hinson (R) defeated Thomas Hansen (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 1 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Ashley Hinson	77.8	38,552
		Thomas Hansen	21.9	10,845
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3%	152

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 49,549
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Darren White (R)

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Iowa District 1

Abby Finkenauer (D) defeated incumbent Rodney Blum (R) and Troy Hageman (L) in the general election for U.S. House Iowa District 1 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Abby Finkenauer (D)	51.0	170,342
		Rodney Blum (R)	45.9	153,442
		Troy Hageman (L)	3.1	10,285
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1%	174

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 334,243 (100% precincts reporting)
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Henry Gaff (G)

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 1

Abby Finkenauer (D) defeated Thomas Heckroth (D), Courtney Rowe (D), and George Ramsey (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 1 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Abby Finkenauer	66.9	29,745
		Thomas Heckroth	19.1	8,516
		Courtney Rowe	7.6	3,381
		George Ramsey	6.4	2,837

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 44,479
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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 1

Incumbent Rodney Blum (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 1 on June 5, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rodney Blum	100.0	14,737

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Previous election results

2016

See also: Iowa's 1st Congressional District election, 2016

Iowa's 1st Congressional District was a battleground district in 2016. Incumbent Rod Blum (R) won re-election to his second term, defeating Monica Vernon (D) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Vernon defeated Patrick Murphy in the Democratic primary, while Blum faced no primary challenger. The primary elections took place on June 7, 2016.

U.S. House, Iowa District 1 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Rod Blum Incumbent	53.7%	206,903
	Democratic	Monica Vernon	46.1%	177,403
	N/A	Write-in	0.2%	671
Total Votes				384,977
Source: Iowa Secretary of State

U.S. House, Iowa District 1 Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Monica Vernon	67.6%	21,032
Patrick Murphy	32.4%	10,090
Total Votes		31,122
Source: Iowa Secretary of State

2014

See also: Iowa's 1st Congressional District elections, 2014

The 1st Congressional District of Iowa held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Rod Blum (R) defeated Pat Murphy (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Iowa District 1 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Pat Murphy	48.8%	141,145
	Republican	Rod Blum	51.1%	147,762
	Write-in	Other	0.1%	399
Total Votes				289,306
Source: Iowa Secretary of State Official Results

General election candidates

• Rod Blum
• Pat Murphy

June 3, 2014, primary results

Republican Primary

• Rod Blum- Software Company Owner, Real Estate Developer & 2012 Candidatea
• Steve Rathje - Businessman, Gun Rights Activist, 2010 candidate and 2008 U.S. Sen. candidate
• Gail Boliver

Democratic Primary

• Dave O'Brien: Attorney
• Pat Murphy - State Rep. District 99a
• Monica Vernon - Cedar Rapids City Council member
• Swati Dandekar - Iowa Utilities Board member and former state Senator
• Anesa Kajtazovic - State Rep. District 61

Rumored candidates

• Jeff Danielson - State Sen. District 10
• Steve Sodders - State Sen. District 36
• William Dotzler - State Sen. District 31
• Pam Jochum - President of the Iowa State Senate
• Tyler Olson - State Rep. District 65
• Paul Pate - Former Iowa Secretary of State and two-term mayor of Cedar Rapids

Withdrew from race

• Walt Rogers - State Rep. District 60

Declined to run

• Liz Mathis - State Sen. District 24
• Kraig Paulsen - Speaker of the state house
• Ben Lange - 2012 candidate for the 1st District
• Jason Welch - John Deere Employee and 2010 candidate

2012

See also: Iowa's 1st Congressional District elections, 2012

The 1st Congressional District of Iowa held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Bruce Braley won re-election in the district.

U.S. House, Iowa District 1 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Bruce Braley Incumbent	56.9%	222,422
	Republican	Ben Lange	41.6%	162,465
	Independent	Gregory Hughes	1.2%	4,772
	Independent	George Todd Krail II	0.2%	931
Total Votes				390,590
Source: Iowa Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

2010
On November 2, 2010, Bruce Braley won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Benjamin M. Lange (R), Rob J. Petsche (L) and Jason A. Faulkner (I) in the general election.

U.S. House, Iowa District 1 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Bruce Braley incumbent	49.5%	104,428
	Republican	Benjamin M. Lange	47.5%	100,219
	Libertarian	Rob J. Petsche	1.9%	4,087
	Independent	Jason A. Faulkner	1%	2,092
	N/A	Write-In	0%	76
Total Votes				210,902

2008
On November 4, 2008, Bruce Braley won re-election to the United States House. He defeated David Hartsuch (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, Iowa District 1 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Bruce Braley incumbent	64.6%	186,991
	Republican	David Hartsuch	35.4%	102,439
Total Votes				289,430

2006
On November 7, 2006, Bruce Braley won election to the United States House. He defeated Mike Whalen (R), James F. Hill (Pirate) and Albert W. Shoeman (Nominated by Petition) in the general election.

U.S. House, Iowa District 1 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Bruce Braley	55.1%	114,322
	Republican	Mike Whalen	43.2%	89,729
	Pirate	James F. Hill	1.1%	2,201
	Nominated by Petition	Albert W. Shoeman	0.6%	1,226
Total Votes				207,478

2004
On November 2, 2004, Jim Nussle won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Bill Gluba (D), Mark Nelson (L) and Denny Heath (Nominated by Petition) in the general election.

U.S. House, Iowa District 1 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Jim Nussle incumbent	55.2%	159,993
	Democratic	Bill Gluba	43.3%	125,490
	Libertarian	Mark Nelson	0.9%	2,727
	Nominated by Petition	Denny Heath	0.6%	1,756
	N/A	Write-in	0%	88
Total Votes				290,054

2002
On November 5, 2002, Jim Nussle won election to the United States House. He defeated Ann Hutchinson (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Iowa District 1 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Jim Nussle	57.2%	112,280
	Democratic	Ann Hutchinson	42.6%	83,779
	N/A	Write-in	0.2%	396
Total Votes				196,455

2000
On November 7, 2000, James A. Leach won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Bob Simpson (D) and Russ Madden (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Iowa District 1 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	James A. Leach incumbent	61.8%	164,972
	Democratic	Bob Simpson	36.1%	96,283
	Libertarian	Russ Madden	2.1%	5,564
	Scattering		0.1%	171
Total Votes				266,990

District map

Redistricting

2020-2021

See also: Redistricting in Iowa after the 2020 census

On November 4, 2021, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) signed new congressional and state legislative maps into law after the state's Legislative Services Agency had proposed them on October 21, 2021. The Iowa legislature approved the maps on October 28, 2021, by a vote of 48-1 in the state Senate and 93-2 in the state House. The legislature could only vote to approve or reject the maps and could not make any amendments. These maps took effect for Iowa's 2022 congressional and legislative elections.

How does redistricting in Iowa work? The Legislative Services Agency prepares redistricting plans for approval by the Iowa State Legislature. According to All About Redistricting, the Legislative Services Agency (LSA) consists of "civil servants committed to nonpartisanship and otherwise charged with tasks like legal and fiscal analysis of state legislation and state government oversight." The LSA is assisted by a commission, which consists of the following members:

1. one member selected by the majority leader of the Iowa State Senate
2. one member selected by the majority leader of the Iowa House of Representatives
3. one member selected by the minority leader of the Iowa State Senate
4. one member selected by the minority leader of the Iowa House of Representatives
5. one member selected by the first four members

The members of this commission cannot "hold partisan public office or an office in a political party, and none may be a relative or employee of a federal or state legislator (or the legislature as a whole)."

Working with this commission, the LSA drafts congressional and state legislative district lines. The maps are presented as a single bill to the state legislature, which may approve or reject the bill without altering it (the legislature can provide feedback). If the legislature rejects the plan, the LSA must draft a second proposal. If the legislature rejects the second proposal, the LSA must draft a third, and final, set of maps. If the legislature rejects this plan, it may then approve its own maps. Since the implementation of this process in 1980, the state legislature has never chosen not to approve an LSA proposal. Redistricting plans are also subject to gubernatorial veto. In addition, the legislature may repeal or revise the maps at any time, though it has never done so.

State law establishes the following criteria for both congressional and state legislative districts:

1. Districts must be "convenient and contiguous."
2. Districts must "preserve the integrity of political subdivisions like counties and cities."
3. Districts must "to the extent consistent with other requirements, [be] reasonably compact–defined in terms of regular polygons, comparisons of length and width, and overall boundary perimeter."

In addition, state House districts are required to be contained within state Senate districts "where possible, and where not in conflict with the criteria above." It is explicit in state law that district lines cannot be drawn "to favor a political party, incumbent, or other person or group."

2020

2024

2010-2011

This is the 1st Congressional District of Iowa after the 2001 redistricting process.

See also: Redistricting in Iowa after the 2010 census

In 2011, the Iowa State Legislature re-drew the congressional districts based on updated population information from the 2010 census.

District analysis

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores

2026

Heading into the 2026 elections, based on results from the 2024 and 2020 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district is R+4. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 4 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Iowa's 1st the 198th most Republican district nationally.

2024

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+3. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 3 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Iowa's 1st the 203rd most Republican district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Donald Trump (R) would have defeated Joe Biden (D) 50.5%-47.6%.

2022

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+3. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 3 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Iowa's 1st the 200th most Republican district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 47.6% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 50.5%.

2018

Heading into the 2018 elections, based on results from the 2016 and 2012 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+1. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 1 percentage point more Democratic than the national average. This made Iowa's 1st Congressional District the 190th most Democratic nationally.

FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 1.06. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.06 points toward that party.

See also

• Redistricting in Iowa
• Iowa's 1st Congressional District election, 2024
• Iowa's 1st Congressional District election, 2022
• Iowa's 1st Congressional District election, 2020
• Iowa's 1st Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack District 1

Footnotes

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Iowa's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Joni Ernst (R)

Chuck Grassley (R)

Representatives

District 1

Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R)

District 2

Ashley Hinson (R)

District 3

Zach Nunn (R)

District 4

Randy Feenstra (R)

Republican Party (6)