WASHINGTON — CBS News projected Democrat Christina Bohannan defeated Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks in Iowa's 1st Congressional District in Tuesday's midterm election, their third consecutive contest². The New York Times likewise reported Bohannan unseated Miller-Meeks¹.

CBS said the race had been expected to be close earlier in the cycle and that forecasters later shifted it toward Democrats². It said the Congressional Leadership Fund, a super PAC aligned with House Republican leaders, halted spending in the district in mid-October².

Miller-Meeks has served in the House since 2021 after a 2020 win decided by six votes, CBS reported². CBS said she beat Bohannan by about 20,000 votes in 2022 and by fewer than 800 votes in 2024². Bohannan, a University of Iowa law professor and former state representative, centered her campaign on affordability, CBS said, while Miller-Meeks defended President Donald Trump's economic agenda².

CBS said Miller-Meeks voted in September to limit further U.S. strikes on Iran and cited farm-state costs tied to tariffs and the Iran war². A New Jersey Monitor report in the same assignment covered Democratic House flips in New Jersey, not Iowa³. Unofficial Iowa vote totals were not in the CBS copy reviewed².