Mariannette Miller-Meeks
RIncumbentFEC H8IA02043
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Raised this cycle$9.1M
Cash on hand: $1.7M
2026 race
IA-01 — U.S. House
3 candidates on the November ballot. Incumbent: Mariannette Miller-Meeks.
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How we got here · 2 earlier contests
Democratic primary · Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Called by manual backfill (AP/Wikipedia/Ballotpedia)
Christina BohannanWon81.5%
- DTravis TerrellDefeated18.5%
Republican primary · Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Called by manual backfill (AP/Wikipedia/Ballotpedia)
Mariannette Miller-MeeksWon71.6%
- RDavid Alfred PautschDefeated28.4%
Election held
Counting
Tuesday, November 3, 2026
Results appear here once a race is called and verified. Official returns from the Iowa Secretary of State.
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Disclosed money in race
$29M
Candidate + outside spending. See finance breakdown below.
Incumbent
Currently in office
Challengers
Sorted by fundraising
Christina Bohannan
DChallengerFEC H2IA02111
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Raised this cycle$9.9M
Cash on hand: $2.1M
Michael Bridgford
IChallengerFEC H6IA01213
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Raised this cycle$338K
Cash on hand: $77K
3 defeated candidates — show
Taylor Wettach
DDefeatedChallengerFEC H6IA01197
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Raised this cycle$698K
Cash on hand: $0
David Alfred Pautsch
RDefeatedChallengerFEC H4IA01127
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Raised this cycle$58K
Cash on hand: $0
Travis Terrell
DDefeatedChallengerFEC H6IA01171
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Raised this cycle$21K
Cash on hand: $0
Local signal
Early read on IA-01 — U.S. House
A directional read on where this seat is trending, from the signals we have so far. This is an early scaffold — more inputs light up as coverage and constituent activity accrue.
Coverage tone · the matchup
Recent news coverage of the nominees heading to the general election.
Christina Bohannanleans negative
0 pos4 neutral1 neg5 articles
Mariannette Miller-Meeksleans negative
0 pos20 neutral3 neg23 articles
A media signal, not a poll of the district.
Constituent stakes
No one here has staked a position on a tracked vote yet. As neighbors weigh in on /pressure campaigns, the district's lean will show up here.
Money in the race
Finance breakdown
Disclosed funding shaping this race — both the money candidates raise themselves and the outside spending dropped by independent groups. Issue-ad spending by 501(c)(4) groups is excluded; the FEC doesn't require disclosure of it. See the note below for details.
Candidate fundraising: FEC reports through December 31, 2026 · 2025–26 cycle
Total disclosed
$29M
Candidate fundraising + independent expenditures (FEC).
Candidate-direct (Schedule A)
$20M
Raised by candidate committees themselves.
Outside spending (Schedule E)
$8.5M
$782K for · $7.7M against
| Candidate | Raised directly | Outside for | Outside against | Net in corner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mariannette Miller-Meeks(R)incumbent + AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC. (AFP ACTION) DBA CVA ACTION AND DBA LIBRE ACTION $175K + INVEST IN TOMORROW COALITION PAC $125K + CLEARPATH ACTION FUND, INC. $68K − SD 2026 $1.6M − 314 ACTION FUND $1.0M − AB PAC $659K | $9.1M | $420K | $3.5M | $6.1M |
Christina Bohannan(D) + AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE ANESTHETISTS SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (CRNA-PAC) $285K + WELCOMEPAC $45K + PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT $27K − CLF $4.2M | $9.9M | $362K | $4.2M | $6.0M |
Michael Bridgford(I) | $338K | — | — | $338K |
3 defeated candidates — show finances
| Candidate | Raised directly | Outside for | Outside against | Net in corner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Taylor Wettach(D)defeated | $698K | — | — | $698K |
David Alfred Pautsch(R)defeated | $58K | — | — | $58K |
Travis Terrell(D)defeated | $21K | — | — | $21K |
Where the money comes from
In-state vs out-of-state
Share of each candidate's itemized individual contributions from donors inside IA versus the rest of the country. Excludes sub-$200 unitemized donations (no geography on file) and PAC money — see note below.
Mariannette Miller-Meeks(R)20% in-state · $3.9M itemized
$792K in-state$3.1M out-of-state
Christina Bohannan(D)23% in-state · $5.4M itemized
$1.3M in-state$4.1M out-of-state
Michael Bridgford(I)3% in-state · $60K itemized
$2K in-state$59K out-of-state
3 defeated candidates — show
Taylor Wettach(D)defeated24% in-state · $625K itemized
$149K in-state$476K out-of-state
David Alfred Pautsch(R)defeated83% in-state · $37K itemized
$31K in-state$6K out-of-state
Travis Terrell(D)defeated37% in-state · $11K itemized
$4K in-state$7K out-of-state
What's counted, what isn't
Candidate-direct is each campaign's reported receipts on FEC Schedule A — individual contributions plus PAC contributions to the candidate's own committee — through the most recent filing.
Outside spending is independent expenditures on FEC Schedule E: money spent by PACs, super PACs, and party committees for or against a candidate, without legal coordination with the campaign. The committees listed under each candidate are the largest disclosed spenders on either side.
In-state vs out-of-state covers only itemized individual contributions — donations over $200, which are the only ones that carry a contributor address at the FEC. Sub-$200 unitemized donations (often a large share for grassroots campaigns) have no geography on file and are excluded, as is PAC money. So the percentages describe where a candidate's itemized individual money comes from, not where every dollar raised comes from.
Not counted: 501(c)(4) "social welfare" organizations run issue ads that frequently mention candidates by name but aren't classified as express advocacy under FEC rules — they file no Schedule E and don't appear in this breakdown. Press reporting on a race may cite figures that include this dark-money spending; ours doesn't.
Where they stand
Issue-by-issue comparison
Positions extracted from each candidate's campaign issues page by AI. Contested rows — where candidates disagree with each other — appear first.
| Statement | Bohannan | Miller-meeks | Bridgford | You |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Abortion A national law should protect access to abortion in every state. | — | |||
Abortion Each state should set its own abortion laws. | — | |||
Abortion Access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) and other fertility treatments should be protected by federal law. | — | |||
Agriculture Federal farm subsidies should be reduced and redirected toward smaller producers. | — | |||
Agriculture Federal antitrust enforcement against meatpacking consolidation should be increased. | — | |||
Antitrust & Competition Federal merger review (FTC/DOJ) should require longer review periods for large transactions. | — | |||
Economy The federal minimum wage should be raised. | — | |||
Economy Reducing the national debt should be a higher priority than new spending. | — | |||
Economy Tariffs on foreign goods should be used to protect American jobs. | — | |||
Economy The expanded child tax credit (refundable, paid monthly) should be made permanent. | — | |||
Economy The federal government should require employers to provide paid family and medical leave. | — | |||
Education Parents should be able to use public funds — through vouchers — to send their kids to private or charter schools. | — | |||
Environment The government should stop subsidizing oil and gas companies. | — | |||
Healthcare The government should provide healthcare for everyone. | — | |||
Healthcare Medicare should be allowed to negotiate lower prescription drug prices. | — | |||
Healthcare Enhanced ACA premium subsidies should be made permanent at expanded levels. | — | |||
Healthcare A government-run public health insurance option should be added to the ACA marketplace. | — | |||
Healthcare Federal enforcement of mental-health insurance parity (equal coverage to medical care) should be strengthened. | — | |||
Housing The government should spend more building affordable housing. | — | |||
Judicial Reform Supreme Court justices should be bound by a binding code of ethics enforceable by Congress. | — | |||
Governance & Other There should be term limits for senators and representatives. | — | |||
Governance & Other Outside political spending — from PACs and super PACs — should be limited more strictly. | — | |||
Social Security High earners should pay Social Security taxes on more of their income. | — | |||
Social Security Future workers should have to wait longer to collect full Social Security. | — | |||
Social Security Workers should be able to invest part of their Social Security in the stock market. | — | |||
Taxes People making over $400,000 a year should pay higher taxes. | — |
SupportsOpposesNo public positionRinged = confirmed by the campaign
Recent coverage
In the news
Christina Bohannan
- Battle lines shift in House races as Republicans retreat from front-line districtsThe Virginian-PilotOct 14
- Stop the Steel? Iowa approves $1.36 billion for foreign-owned steel plant in swing district less than 2 weeks before early votingCBS NewsOct 3
- Unearthed clip exposes what ‘DEI Queen’ in razor-thin House race thought of ‘Back the Blue’ lawNew York PostSep 18
- Iowa Republicans in battleground House races vote to halt the Iran warThe Virginian-PilotSep 16
About this race page
Candidate roster is sourced from the FEC's active-candidate list for the 2026 cycle. Fundraising totals reflect committee filings through the last reporting period.
Alignment % compares the candidate's extracted policy positions against your quiz answers. Positions are pulled from the candidate's campaign issues page by AI; we save the source quote for each position so you can verify the extraction. Candidates without a campaign issues page show position data pending — we're working through the roster and re-checking stale extractions every 90 days.
News coverage is from the GDELT 2.0 global news feed, filtered to a curated list of national, political, and regional outlets.