Mariannette Miller-Meeks
Republican US House member for Iowa's 1st District; lost her 2026 re-election to Christina Bohannan.
Mariannette Miller-Meeks lost Iowa's 1st District on 3 November 2026 to the Democrat Christina Bohannan, 43.6% to 52.8% on NBC News's count, in their third straight contest. She leaves Congress when her term ends in January 2027.
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Miller-Meeks lost her Iowa 1st District House seat on 3 November 2026 to the Democrat Christina Bohannan, in a result NBC News and Decision Desk HQ projected. NBC showed Bohannan on 52.8% to Miller-Meeks's 43.6% on unofficial counts. She leaves Congress when her term ends in January 2027.
A Republican, Miller-Meeks has held the seat since 2021. She beat Bohannan by about 20,000 votes in 2022 and by fewer than 800 in 2024, so 2026 was their third straight contest and the first she lost.
The statewide mood turned in September, when a Marist Poll put the Democrat Josh Turek ahead in Iowa's Senate race for the first time all year. On 3 November Democrats led three of Iowa's four House seats, on a ballot that also flipped the state's Senate seat and governorship.
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Written with AI from Lowdown's published reporting. Not individually reviewed by an editor. Updated 5 November 2026. Editorial standards.