House Speaker Mike Johnson joined Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks and Zach Nunn on the campaign trail in Iowa Friday, saying he believed both Iowa Republicans can win reelection in competitive races. Johnson joined Nunn in West Des Moines and Miller-Meeks in Indianola for “get out to vote” rallies, encouraging Iowa voters to show up and cast […]
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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 congressional candidate in Iowa’s 1st District, raised $1,887,603 million in the three-month period ending Sept. 30, almost twice as much as two-term incumbent Rep. Mariannette […]
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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 spending reports published this week by the Federal Election Commission. Christina Bohannan and Lanon Baccam also raised more money than Republican incumbents Mariannette Miller-Meeks and […]
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As jury finds Trump guilty on 34 felony counts, chorus of Iowa Republicans denounce trial as a ‘sham’
“We should all be thankful for the careful attention that this jury paid to the evidence and the law, and their time and commitment over these past several weeks,” Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said during a news conference on Thursday after former president Donald Trump was convicted on “34 counts of falsifying business records […]
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‘Infertility is bipartisan’: Democratic challenger Christina Bohannan says Rep. Miller-Meeks’ support of embryo ‘personhood’ puts IVF at risk
“You can’t have that both ways,” Christina Bohannan said during an online news conference on Thursday. Bohannan, the Democratic candidate challenging two-term incumbent Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks in Iowa’s 1st Congressional District, was referring to the “backtracking” some politicians are doing following a decision by the Alabama Supreme Court declaring that embryos have all the rights […]
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Rep. Miller-Meeks’ primary challenger in the 1st Congressional District drops out of race
The Republican primary in Iowa’s new 1st Congressional District ended before it started, as Bettendrof businessman Kyle Kuehl ended his candidacy on Tuesday, leaving incumbent Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks the only Republican running for the seat. Kuehl announced his decision shortly before the State Objection Panel heard a challenge to the validity of the nominating petition […]
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Sixteen candidates for U.S. House and Senate will be on the June primary ballot, including the ‘Trump tractor guy’
On Tuesday, the Iowa Secretary of State Office released an updated list of candidates for the U.S. House and Senate in the June 7 primary election. To be eligible for the ballot, candidates needed to file their nominating petitions and other paperwork with the Secretary of State’s Office by the end of day on Friday. […]
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Recount in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District is underway
The recount of all votes for the open seat in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District has begun. Scott County, the most populous of the district’s 24 counties, started its recount on Tuesday and Johnson County began on Wednesday. The other counties in the 2nd District are expected to begin their recounts this week. The recounts were […]
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Miller-Meeks maintains 47-vote lead in 2nd Congressional District after Lucas County recounts
A machine recount of all the votes in Lucas County on Thursday, and a hand recount of the ballots from the precinct that covers the city of Russell on Friday, confirmed the amended vote totals for the Nov. 3 election post by the Lucas County Auditor’s Office on Monday night. The votes in the Russell […]
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Republican Miller-Meeks declares victory in 2nd District, even as one county prepares to recount votes on Thursday
Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks declared victory in the race for the open seat in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District on Tuesday, even though there is a recount already scheduled for Thursday in Lucas County. Lucas County put Miller-Meeks ahead of her Democratic opponent Rita Hart by a few dozen votes, when its auditor’s office posted new results […]
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Republican Miller-Meeks takes the lead in the 2nd District as Lucas County changes its vote totals
Republican Marianette Miller-Meeks regained the lead in the race for the open seat in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District, after Lucas County updated its election results on Monday night. As of noon on Tuesday, the Iowa Secretary of State’s unofficial vote tally had Miller-Meeks ahead of Democrat Rita Hart by 50 votes, with 196,823 votes to […]
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Democrat Rita Hart still in the lead in District 2 race after machine recount of Jasper County votes
Update: The hand recount of the precinct in Jasper County that had its results misreported on Nov. 3 was completed late Monday afternoon and confirmed the results of the first machine recount on Friday of all the votes in the county. Rita Hart retained a lead of 152 votes in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District at […]
