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Iowa House race, District 1

Mariannette Miller-Meeks holds this seat and is running to keep it. Three candidates are on the November ballot.

The November ballot

Miller-Meeks
$7.2M
Bohannan
$7.1M
Bridgford
$190K

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

General-election ballot as recorded August 27, 2026. Not a prediction.

The seat

Mariannette Miller-Meeks

Republican · Holds the seat now

Discloses no individual stock trades.

Cosponsored a bill that would ban it

From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.

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How to vote in Iowa

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks

Register 15 days before (mail postmarked 15 days before), or same-day through Election Day in person.

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How they won the primary

The primary · 52,623 votes

  • Christina BohannanWon81.5%42,862
  • Travis Terrell18.5%9,761

Primary results as recorded August 27, 2026, in the canvass's own published order. Source: the state's canvass, via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). A primary result is a filed fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.

The money on this race

Raised by candidates
$15M
Outside money
$446K

Outside money, for and against

Supporting Miller-Meeks$232K
Opposing Miller-Meeks$214K
Supporting Bohannan$241
Opposing Bohannan-
Supporting Bridgford-
Opposing Bridgford-

Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing.

Where each candidate's money comes from

Small donors give under $200; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.

Who is spending on this race

The 11 groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.

1 to 5 of 11 groups

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.

Not on the November ballot

5 filed

Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.

The district

Census context
People
801K
Median household income
$74K
Unemployment
3.6%
Living below the poverty line
12.0%
Without health insurance
4.7%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.

How this seat voted last time

R+0.2 in 2024

  • Mariannette Miller-MeeksWon50%
  • Christina Bohannan49.8%

414,078 votes for candidates. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.

Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.

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Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain; money figures carry their own coverage dates. Dataset built 2026-08-27. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.