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Washington — GOP Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks mislaid reelection to Democrat Christina Bohannan successful Iowa's 1st Congressional District successful their 3rd consecutive rematch, CBS News projected.
The contention was expected to beryllium adjacent successful the months starring up to the election. As November neared, predetermination forecasters shifted the contention successful favour of Democrats.
The Congressional Leadership Fund, the ace PAC aligned with House GOP leaders, efficaciously conceded decision successful mid-October erstwhile it halted spending successful the district. President Trump campaigned successful Iowa successful precocious October and aboriginal November, but skipped Miller-Meeks' district.
Cracks successful the GOP's dominance successful Iowa widened successful caller weeks arsenic Mr. Trump's tariffs and the Iran warfare person been detrimental for the agriculture-heavy state, driving up the costs of fertilizer and diesel. In 1 of their past votes earlier leaving Washington successful September to absorption connected campaigning, Miller-Meeks voted for the archetypal clip to bounds Mr. Trump's quality to further onslaught Iran.
"I volition not ballot to support our soldiers successful an open-ended war, with Iowans paying excessively overmuch astatine the pump," she said.
Bohannan, a University of Iowa instrumentality prof and erstwhile authorities representative, focused her run connected affordability, portion the Republican incumbent defended Mr. Trump's economical agenda.
Miller-Meeks has served successful Congress since 2021 aft winning her 2020 predetermination by six votes, successful what was 1 of the closest House races successful U.S. history. She won by a overmuch wider borderline — astir 20,000 votes — successful 2022 erstwhile she faced Bohannan for the archetypal time. But her pb narrowed considerably during their 2024 rematch, erstwhile Miller-Meeks won her 3rd word successful Congress by little than 800 votes — 1 of the narrowest margins that year.
The results of the 2020 and 2024 races weren't finalized until weeks aft the election, aft the adjacent margins led to recounts.
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