CBS News projected Democrat Christina Bohannan defeated Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks in Iowa's 1st Congressional District, their third consecutive general-election matchup¹.

CBS said the contest had been expected to stay close for months, then election forecasters moved it toward Democrats as November approached¹.

The Congressional Leadership Fund, the super PAC aligned with House Republican leaders, halted spending in the district in mid-October, which CBS described as an effective concession of the race¹. President Donald Trump campaigned in Iowa in late October and early November but did not visit Miller-Meeks' district, CBS reported¹.

CBS attributed growing Republican difficulty in Iowa to tariffs and the war with Iran, which it said raised fertilizer and diesel costs in an agriculture-heavy state¹. In one of her last votes before leaving Washington in September, Miller-Meeks voted to limit further U.S. strikes on Iran, according to CBS¹. "I will not vote to keep our soldiers in an open-ended war, with Iowans paying too much at the pump," she said¹.

Bohannan, a University of Iowa law professor and former state representative, centered her campaign on affordability, CBS reported, while Miller-Meeks defended Trump's economic agenda¹.

Miller-Meeks has served in the House since 2021 after winning her 2020 race by six votes, CBS said, one of the closest House contests in U.S. history¹. She defeated Bohannan by about 20,000 votes in 2022 and by fewer than 800 votes in 2024, according to CBS¹. The 2020 and 2024 results were not finalized until weeks later because the margins triggered recounts¹.

CBS did not report a certified county-by-county tally or a concession in its projection story¹.

Sources

1. CBS NewsDemocrat Christina Bohannan unseats Iowa GOP Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks in third matchupNov 4, 12:30 AM

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