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Iowa's 1st Congressional District
Incumbent
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

2024

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

Iowa's 1st Congressional District election, 2024 (June 4 Republican primary)

Iowa's 1st Congressional District election, 2024 (June 4 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Iowa District 1

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

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

Total votes: 414,078
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 1

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

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

Total votes: 13,962
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 1

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

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

Total votes: 29,570
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2022

See also: Iowa's 1st Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Iowa District 1

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

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

Total votes: 305,380
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 1

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

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

Total votes: 37,585
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 1

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

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

Total votes: 41,806
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2020

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

General election

General election for U.S. House Iowa District 1

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

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

Total votes: 413,869
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 1

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

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

Total votes: 72,956
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 1

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

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

Total votes: 49,549
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2018

See also: Iowa's 1st Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Iowa District 1

Abby Finkenauer defeated incumbent Rod Blum and Troy Hageman in the general election for U.S. House Iowa District 1 on November 6, 2018.

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

Total votes: 334,243
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Iowa District 1

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

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

Total votes: 44,479
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Iowa District 1

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

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rod Blum
Rod Blum
 
100.0
 
14,737

Total votes: 14,737
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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.[1][2][3][4]

U.S. House, Iowa District 1 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngRod 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
Green check mark transparent.pngMonica 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 Green check mark transparent.pngRod 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


June 3, 2014, primary results

Republican Party Republican Primary

Democratic Party Democratic Primary

Rumored candidates

Withdrew from race

Declined to run

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.[27]

U.S. House, Iowa District 1 General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngBruce 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.[28]

U.S. House, Iowa District 1 General Election, 2010
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngBruce 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.[29]

U.S. House, Iowa District 1 General Election, 2008
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngBruce 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.[30]

U.S. House, Iowa District 1 General Election, 2006
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngBruce 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.[31]

U.S. House, Iowa District 1 General Election, 2004
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJim 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.[32]

U.S. House, Iowa District 1 General Election, 2002
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJim 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.[33]

U.S. House, Iowa District 1 General Election, 2000
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJames 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.[34] 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:[35]

  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)."[35]

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.[35]

State law establishes the following criteria for both congressional and state legislative districts:[35]

  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."[35]

Iowa District 1
until January 2, 2023

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Iowa District 1
starting January 3, 2023

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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.[36]

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.[37]

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%.[38]

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.[39]

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%.[40]

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.[41]

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.[42]

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. The Des Moines Register, "Former SNL cast member running for Congress in Iowa," April 7, 2015
  2. KWWL.com, "Pat Murphy announces Congressional bid," July 23, 2015
  3. Iowa Secretary of State, "Candidate Listing by Office," accessed March 19, 2016
  4. The New York Times "Iowa Caucus Results," June 7, 2016
  5. Marion Patch "Rod Blum Enters First Congressional District Race" accessed March 28, 2013 (dead link)
  6. 6.0 6.1 Politics1 "Iowa's 1st Congressional District" accessed April 22, 2013
  7. Gail Boliver for Congress, "Home," accessed January 13, 2014
  8. Des Moines Register "Democrat Dave O’Brien running for Congress" accessed July 10, 2013
  9. TH Herald, "Pat Murphy to run for Congress," February 13, 2013
  10. Bleeding Heartland "IA-01: Democrat Monica Vernon is in" accessed June 5, 2013
  11. Marion Patch "A Return to Election Politics for Swati Dandekar?" accessed May 22, 2013
  12. Des Moines Register "Dandekar joins race for congressional seat" accessed July 26, 2013
  13. KWWL "State Rep. Anesa Kajtazovic explores run for U.S. House" accessed July 9, 2013
  14. The Gazette, "Anesa Kajtazovic formally entering Iowa 1st District Democratic race," accessed August 20, 2013
  15. 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 The DesMoines Register, "Pat Murphy to run for Congress," February 13, 2013
  16. WCFCourier.com, "Iowa state senator announces plans to run for Braley's House seat," March 9, 2013
  17. Sioux City Journal, "Iowa's U.S. House 1st District GOP field doubles; Pate, Rogers join race," accessed September 16, 2013
  18. CT post, "State Rep. Walt Rogers of Iowa quits US House race," accessed March 1, 2014
  19. WCF Courier, "Cedar Falls State Rep. Walt Rogers forms group to probe run for Congress," accessed September 16, 2013
  20. Daily Iowan, "Rep. Walt Rogers throws his hat in the ring," accessed September 27, 2013
  21. Des Moines Register "Handful of Democrats eyeing Braley seat in northeast Iowa" accessed May 22, 2013
  22. The Gazette "Paulsen confirms he’s considering 2014 U.S. House 1st District race" accessed May 29, 2013
  23. Des Moines Register, "Iowa House Speaker Kraig Paulsen will not run for Congress," accessed August 9, 2013
  24. Dubuque Telegraph Herald, "Iowa House Speaker Paulsen will not run for 1st District seat," accessed August 9, 2013
  25. TH Online, "Lange says he will not run for Congress in 2014," accessed June 24, 2013.
  26. Iowa Republican "First Congressional Race" accessed April 22,2 013
  27. Politico, "2012 Election Map, Iowa"
  28. U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
  29. U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2008," accessed March 28, 2013
  30. U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2006," accessed March 28, 2013
  31. U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2004," accessed March 28, 2013
  32. U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002," accessed March 28, 2013
  33. U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2000," accessed March 28, 2013
  34. Des Moines Register, "Iowa lawmakers accept second redistricting plan, setting up next decade of politics," October 28, 2021
  35. 35.0 35.1 35.2 35.3 35.4 All About Redistricting, "Iowa," accessed April 21, 2015
  36. Cook Political Report, "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)," accessed July 1, 2025
  37. Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024
  38. Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
  39. Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed February 6, 2023
  40. Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
  41. Cook Political Report, "Introducing the 2017 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index," April 7, 2017
  42. FiveThirtyEight, "Election Update: The Most (And Least) Elastic States And Districts," September 6, 2018


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