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Lawyer and Democrat Taylor Wettach launched a campaign for Iowa’s 1st Congressional District, the seat held by Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks. Wettach said he decided to run for office when the firm he worked for, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, struck a deal with President Donald Trump.
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President Donald Trump’s priority tax and policy bill is headed to his desk after passing the U.S. House a second time. The bill's passage received support from Iowa’s four Republican House members.
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University of Iowa law professor and Democrat Christina Bohannan announced another bid for Iowa’s 1st Congressional District. It’s the third time she has tried for the seat, and it comes after a close defeat in November by incumbent Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks. Now, she’s using the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and DOGE as fodder for her campaign.
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Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks wins reelection in Iowa's 1st Congressional District race after a recount. The 1st District covers southeast to eastern Iowa.
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In the last presidential year election, Rep. Miller-Meeks won her Congressional seat by six votes. This year, the race is a toss-up, and neither candidate is taking any votes for granted.
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Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks and Democratic challenger Christina Bohannan are running in one of the most competitive districts in the country.
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A new Iowa Poll shows former President Donald Trump's lead in the state has shrunk significantly now that Vice President Kamala Harris is at the top of the Democratic ticket.
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Libertarian Nicholas Gluba, who is running for Congress in Iowa's 1st District, said he wants to ban the use of eminent domain for private gain and rebalance government powers.
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Democratic 1st Congressional District candidate Christina Bohannan criticized Republican U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks' record on immigration and abortion at the Iowa State Fair on Saturday at The Des Moines Register’s Political Soapbox.
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U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks did not vote for Iowa's new abortion ban. But her Democratic challenger in Iowa's 1st Congressional District, Christina Bohannan, says Miller-Meeks has been part of the effort that banned most abortions for Iowans.