Eastern Iowa Republican incumbent Mariannette Miller-Meeks extended her narrow lead by roughly 400 votes in an unsettled U.S. House race that was still too close to call Wednesday afternoon. The two-term incumbent declared victory, but said she expects a recount, which would be the second time in three elections that her narrow victory went through a recount.
All Iowa judges up for retention votes retained by wide margins, will serve for another term.
Three of Iowa’s four GOP House representatives won reelection, and the fourth was too close to call Wednesday morning.
Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States on Wednesday, an extraordinary comeback for a former president who refused to accept defeat four years ago, sparked a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, was convicted of felony charges and survived two assassination attempts.
Unofficial results show that Republicans — who already had among their largest majorities in decades going into the election — gained one seat in the Senate and three in the House.
As of early Wednesday, and with 19 of the 20 counties in Iowa’s 1st District reporting, Republican U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks led Democratic challenger Christina Bohannan by a mere 413 votes out of more than 407,000 cast.
According to unofficial election results reported by the Iowa Secretary of State, 1.58 million Iowans have voted in the election so far, the same number of residents who voted in 2016. Iowans set a record in the 2020 General Election with 1.69 million ballots cast.
Iowa seemed likely to make history with the election of Hiawatha City Council member Aime Wichtendahl to House District 80 — covering northern portions of Cedar Rapids up through Hiawatha and Robins.
The bond will be used to protect water quality, preserve natural areas and improve public access to parks and trails in Johnson County over the next 20 years.
Democratic Iowa Sen. Todd Taylor claimed victory in the Linn County Auditor race as Republican newcomer Brandy Zumbach Meisheid won the District 3 seat on the Linn County Board of Supervisors.
Hinson, of Marion, defeated Democratic challenger Sarah Corkery of Cedar Falls and no-party candidate Jody Puffett of Delhi to represent Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District.
Interest in Iowa intensified after a recent poll showed Kamala Harris leading the state; but Trump led by double digits
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