Mariannette Miller-Meeks (Republican), Christina Bohannan (Democrat) and Michael Bridgford (Independent) are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for U.S. House in Iowa District 1, as recorded September 21, 2026 from the Iowa Secretary of State.
The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
Official candidate list: Iowa Secretary of State. Not a prediction.
The seat
Mariannette Miller-Meeks
Republican · Holds the seat now
First took office 2021 · Age 71
Discloses no individual stock trades.
From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.
How to vote in Iowa
- General electionNovember 3, 2026
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 · 52,667 votes
- Christina Bohannan Won: 81.4% 42,862
- Travis Terrell: 18.5% 9,761
The total includes 44 write-in or scattered votes not listed by candidate.
The primary · 49,218 votes
- Mariannette Miller-Meeks Won: 71.5% 35,182
- David Pautsch: 28.4% 13,957
The total includes 79 write-in or scattered votes not listed by candidate.
Primary results as recorded September 27, 2026, ordered by votes. Source: Iowa Secretary of State certified primary canvass. Certified June 22, 2026. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.
The money on this race
- Raised by candidates
- $15M
- Outside money
- $7.6M
Outside money, for and against
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing.
Where each candidate's money comes from
Small donors give $200 or less; 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.
Other includes money transferred in from committees the candidate authorized, such as a joint fundraising committee, which reports its own donors to the FEC: Mariannette Miller-Meeks $1.7M, Christina Bohannan $857K.
Who is spending on this race
The largest groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.
Not on the November ballot
5 filedPrimary 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-Meeks Won: 50.0%
- Christina Bohannan: 49.8%
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.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are each campaign's latest FEC report, ending between May 13, 2026 and June 30, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers this two-year cycle, the same as the candidate totals. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.