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U.S. House, District 1: who gets your vote?

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Mariannette Miller-Meeks

Mariannette Miller-Meeks

U.S. House · Iowa District 1

NationalRepublican

Candidate
Christina Bohannan

Christina Bohannan

Running for U.S. House · Iowa District 1

NationalDemocrat

Mariannette Miller-MeeksCurrent repChristina BohannanChallenger

Job fit

Mariannette Miller-Meeks

Offices held

  • United States Army Reserve, 1983-2000; 1
  • United States Army, 1976-1982; 1

Other work

  • assistant professor, University of Michigan, 1991-1994; 1

Christina Bohannan

Offices held

  • serve in the Iowa House of Representatives. 2

Other work

  • teach at the University of Iowa College of Law, where I have been ever since. 2
  • worked as an engineer specializing in improving water quality. 2

Top issues

Ranked by what Americans say matters most (Pew, 2026)

Mariannette Miller-Meeks

No stated positions on file yet.

Christina Bohannan

  • Health care costs
    Bohannan pledged to let Medicare negotiate lower drug prices, cap insulin at $35/month for everyone, and immediately reverse the Medicaid cuts hurting Iowans. 3
  • Cost of living & jobs
    Bohannan's platform says she'll grow Iowa's economy "to increase jobs and wages while continuing to invest in organized labor and union protected man hours." 3
  • Guns
    At a gun range visit, Bohannan said, "I support the Second Amendment...it's important that we support those rights for law-abiding responsible gun owners." 4
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How they voted on top issues

Mariannette Miller-Meeks

  • A home you can afford → Government helping with housing costs (6 of 6 votes) 5
  • Elections that are easy to vote in and hard to cheat → Tighter voting rules (4 of 4 votes) 5
  • Guns → Protecting the right to own and carry guns (3 of 3 votes) 5

Christina Bohannan

Nothing found for this candidate yet.

Who pays them

Mariannette Miller-Meeks

Where the campaign money came from6

small donorslarge donorscompaniesother politiciansindustry associationsOther kinds of donors
small donors$936Klarge donors$2.0Mcompanies$727Kotherpoliticians$471Kindustryassociations$354KOther kinds ofdonors$477K$5.5M raised
$936,0906Small individual donors
$2,009,2536Large individual donors

Christina Bohannan

Where the campaign money came from7

small donorslarge donorspolitical allies (same party)other politicianslabor unionsOther kinds of donors
small donors$1.1Mlarge donors$4.6Mpolitical allies(same party)$181Kotherpoliticians$137Klabor unions$99KOther kinds ofdonors$85K$6.2M raised
$1,094,2397Small individual donors
$4,554,1017Large individual donors

Checks

Mariannette Miller-Meeks

Checks run: missed votes

Nothing raised by these checks.

Not checked yet: stock trades

Christina Bohannan

No voting record to check yet

Based on current data. May change in a future update.

Sources

  1. MILLER-MEEKS, Mariannette | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives · checked 2026-10-19 used in: Experience
  2. Meet Christina - Christina Bohannan 2026 · checked 2026-10-19 used in: Experience
  3. bohannanforcongress.com used in: Top issues
  4. bearingarms.com used in: Top issues
  5. Congress.gov roll-call votes · 2022-11-04 to 2026-11-04 used in: How they voted on top issues
  6. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
  7. FEC · 2026 cycle used in: Money
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Christina Bohannan
Candidate A

Christina Bohannan

DemocratShown above

🚩 No federal record yet. Campaign money: $6.2M raised, 74% from large donors, 8% from organized interests. Group amounts exceed the filed PAC total. These sources do not reconcile; no complete split or remainder is claimed.
Filed PAC total: $491,927.50 (8% of $6,157,988.27 raised), 2026 cycle.
Named group amounts (not a complete filed split): $500,066.00, Group filing cutoff unavailable. Group source

Says they are for: government paying more of the bill, government spending and worker protections, cutting pollution and moving to clean energy.

Sources

1 Background: Meet Christina - Christina Bohannan 2026 · checked 2026-10-19

2 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

3 government paying more of the bill: Candidate statement

4 government spending and worker protections: Candidate statement

5 cutting pollution and moving to clean energy: Candidate statement

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Mariannette Miller-Meeks
Candidate B

Mariannette Miller-Meeks

RepublicanShown above

🚩 $5.5M raised, 36% from large donors, 44% from organized interests. Group coverage unverified: filing cutoffs and receipt scope have not been reconciled. Named amounts are not a complete split of the filed PAC total.
Filed PAC total: $2,416,206.95 (44% of $5,509,626.13 raised), 2026 cycle.
Named group amounts (not a complete filed split): $2,029,245.00, Group filing cutoff unavailable. Group source

Their votes pushed for: more oil, gas and coal, fewer climate rules, a tighter border and stricter enforcement, lower taxes and fewer rules on business.

Sources

1 Background: MILLER-MEEKS, Mariannette | US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives · checked 2026-10-19

2 The money: FEC · 2026 cycle

3 Roll calls: Congress.gov roll-call votes · 2022-11-04 to 2026-11-04

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Michael Bridgford
Candidate C

Michael Bridgford

No Party

We don't have campaign money records for this race yet.

Sources

1 Background: About | Bridgford for Iowa · checked 2026-10-19

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