Republican candidates hoping to sweep 4 US House Seats //
Republicans tried Tuesday to sweep Iowa’s four House of Representatives seats, while trying to oust a Democratic incumbent. A first-term GOP congresswoman won reelection by winning a key race.
If they win all four races it would be the first time since 1994 a Republican would win every seat of Iowa’s House delegation. They wanted to capitalize on a conservative electorate dissatisfied with Democrat Joe Biden’s performance as president, the direction and rise in inflation costs.
One closely watched race nationally saw GOP state senator Zach Nunn trying to unseat Democratic U.S. Rep. Cindy Axne from a district that encompasses Des Moines and its suburbs. Late Tuesday, Nunn held a narrow lead.
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Nunn, 43, of Bondurant, has long-standing ties to the district. He was born in Altoona, and has represented parts of the district in the Iowa House of Representatives and Senate. He was a conservative with combat experience in military combat, having served in Iraq and Afghanistan as a pilot for the U.S. Air Force.
Mariannette Miller-Meeks, a GOP U.S. Rep., won a second term in Congress in southeastern Iowa. She beat Christina Bohannan, a University of Iowa law professor, by six votes in 2020. This was the closest congressional race for decades. She defeated Christina Bohannan (Democratic state Rep.), a University of Iowa Law Professor.
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Miller-Meeks held a significant lead in the race, which was a far cry of her small vote margin in 2020. After a long recount, Miller-Meeks won the race. This was after Rita Hart, Democrat, abandoned a House challenge on state-certified results.
On Tuesday, GOP Rep. Randy Feenstra won the final district in rural western Iowa’s heavily Republican area. Ryan Melton was defeated by him.
