Democrat Christina Bohannan wins election to U.S. House in Iowa’s 1st Congressional District

Democrat Christina Bohannan won Iowa’s 1st Congressional District, defeating Republican incumbent Mariannette Miller-Meeks and securing a seat in the US House of Representatives. Her victory matters as a closely contested rematch in a district where she came close to winning two years earlier.

Bohannan, a law professor and former state representative, lost her previous race to Miller-Meeks by 799 votes. The article says President Donald Trump’s declining popularity and voters’ economic concerns favoured Bohannan this time; the Associated Press called the race at 12:08 a.m. EST on Wednesday.