Though there have been many shake-ups in Iowa heading into the 2026 campaign season, Republican candidates have largely kept their fundraising leads in Iowa’s U.S. Senate and House races, according […]
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Christina Bohannan announces her third run for Congress
Christina Bohannan announced on Tuesday that she is running for Congress in Iowa’s 1st District. This will be the third time the Iowa City Democrat has run for the House […]
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Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks wins reelection after recount, AP projects
U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks’ reelection win in Iowa’s 1st Congressional District was confirmed Wednesday as the recount requested by Democratic challenger Christina Bohannan concluded. The Associated Press called the race […]
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Bohannan calls for a recount in the 1st Congressional District, as unofficial totals show Miller-Meeks ahead by 801 votes
Democrat Christina Bohannan announced on Thursday she will request a recount of the vote in all 20 counties of Iowa’s 1st Congressional District. According to current vote totals reported by […]
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Election 2024: Trump and the GOP dominate Iowa, Wichtendahl makes history and Johnson County secures conservation
Donald Trump won Iowa in a landslide, as he defeated Vice President Kamala Harris to win the 2024 presidential election. This was Trump’s third run for president, and he has […]
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New Iowa Poll shows Harris with an edge ahead of Election Day; Trump calls poll ‘fake,’ says it ‘should be illegal’
At a campaign rally in Lititz, Pennsylvania on Sunday, Donald Trump attacked the results of a new Iowa Poll showing Vice President Kamala Harris leading Trump by 3 percentage points […]
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Bohannan and Baccam continue to outraise Miller-Meeks and Nunn, but the Republicans have more cash on hand in campaign’s final weeks
Christina Bohannan and Lanon Baccam continue to outraise their incumbent Republican opponents, according to the campaign finance reports published this week by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). Bohannan, the Democratic […]
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U.S. House Democrats’ campaign arm announces Iowa ad buys
The U.S. House Democrats’ campaign arm announced Monday it is making $27 million in new ad reservations in the lead-up to the 2024 general election, including more than $2.5 million […]
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Christina Bohannan vows to defend abortion in Iowa State Fair speech
Christina Bohannan, Democratic candidate for Iowa’s 1st Congressional District, focused on abortion rights and her opponent’s voting record during a speech Saturday at the Des Moines Register’s Political Soapbox at […]
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Two Iowa Dems running for Congress are outperforming their Republican opponents and two are far behind, according to latest fundraising reports
The Democrats running in Iowa’s 1st and 3rd Congressional District outraised their Republican during the three month period that ended on June 30, according to the second-quarter campaign fundraising and […]
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Two Iowa Democrats running for Congress call for Biden to drop out of the race for president
Two of the four Democrats running for Congress in Iowa have called on President Joe Biden to give up his reelection bid. “America deserves better than the choice for President […]
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Tuesday’s primary: Lanon Baccam wins big in IA-03, incumbent supervisors in Polk and Johnson counties defeated
Democrat Lanon Baccam won a landslide victory in Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District, and the Republican incumbents in the 1st and 4th Districts who faced challengers on Tuesday both won. Incumbents […]
