{"id":2001188,"date":"2023-08-15T12:01:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T16:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iowa-democrat-wages-rematch-against-miller-meeks-in-competitive-house-race\/"},"modified":"2023-08-15T12:02:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T16:02:13","slug":"iowa-democrat-wages-rematch-against-miller-meeks-in-competitive-house-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iowa-democrat-wages-rematch-against-miller-meeks-in-competitive-house-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Iowa Democrat seeks rematch against Miller-Meeks in tight House race."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fiowa-democrat-wages-rematch-against-miller-meeks-in-competitive-house-race%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2001188&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former State Rep. Christina Bohannan\u200b to Run for Congress \u2063in Iowa&#8217;s 1st District<\/h2>\n<p>Former state Rep. \u200bChristina Bohannan is gearing up for an exciting rematch against\u2063 Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) in Iowa&#8217;s 1st District. Bohannan, a Democrat, is set to announce her bid at a campaign event on Tuesday night.\u2064 She believes that the district is in need of a change \u2062in representation after traveling \u200bacross the area and hearing from \u200bconstituents.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Whenever I \u200bshow the contrast between me and Rep. Miller-Meeks, it is very clear,&#8221; Bohannan said. &#8220;I\u2063 mean, you name it, she has been against \u200cjust about everything that could help southeast Iowans. So what we\u2063 need to do \u200cis\u2063 get\u200b that message out far\u200c and \u2063wide and reach people that maybe didn&#8217;t\u200d hear from us last time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The rematch comes after Miller-Meeks defeated\u2063 Bohannan by 7 percentage points in \u2063the 2022 midterm elections. However, House \u200cDemocrats see Miller-Meeks&#8217;s district \u2062as\u2064 a prime opportunity to flip \u200ba seat and \u200cregain control of the House in\u200c 2024.<\/p>\n<h3>Democrats\u200c Seeking Rematches in Swing\u200d Districts<\/h3>\n<p>Bohannan is just one \u2064of many Democratic candidates seeking rematches in swing districts that were narrowly won by Republicans in the 2022 midterms. At\u200b least eight other\u2062 candidates have announced challenges to Republican incumbents they lost to, setting the stage\u2062 for several tight races\u2064 that could determine the balance \u200cof power \u2064in the lower chamber.<\/p>\n<p>One of the closest races in 2022 was in Colorado&#8217;s 3rd Congressional District, \u2062where Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) narrowly defeated Democratic challenger Adam \u200dFrisch. Democrats \u2062are targeting \u200dthis\u200c district again in 2024, viewing it\u2063 as a prime opportunity to flip the seat \u2064blue.<\/p>\n<p>Rematches are also expected in other toss-up districts, including those held by\u200b Reps. Marc\u2062 Molinaro \u2063(R-NY) and Juan\u2064 Ciscomani (R-AZ), who \u200deach won their\u2062 races \u2064by less than 2 percentage points last year.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats lost \u200b10 seats in\u2062 the 2022\u200d midterms, giving the House GOP a narrow majority. However, the party performed better than \u2062expected, fueling hope for significant gains in the\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-cruz-donald-j-trump-aint-going-anywhere\/\" title=\"Sen. Cruz: Donald J. Trump ain\u2019t going anywhere\">upcoming election cycle<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>All 435 seats are up for grabs in 2024, with 42 considered\u200c competitive. Of these, \u206218 are held by Republicans\u200d in districts that voted for President Joe Biden in 2020, compared to just five Democrats defending \u200bseats in \u2063districts carried by former President \u2063Donald Trump. This sets the stage \u200dfor a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/does-james-craig-have-a-real-shot-at-beating-whitmer\/\" title=\"Does James Craig Have A Real Shot At Beating Whitmer?\">competitive election cycle<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans are confident \u2064in\u200c their ability to maintain their seats and hold onto their slim majority in the lower chamber, while \u200dDemocrats are motivated to make gains and regain control. The next <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iowa-democrat-wages-rematch-against-miller-meeks-in-competitive-house-race\/\" title=\"Iowa Democrat seeks rematch against Miller-Meeks in tight House race.\">election cycle \u200dpromises<\/a> to be an \u200dexciting and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-seeks-to-refocus-new-york-hudson-valley-voters-on-inflation-crime-border-in-house-race\/\" title=\"GOP Seeks to Refocus New York Hudson Valley Voters on Inflation, Crime, Border in House Race\">closely watched battle<\/a> for control of the House.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former state Rep. Christina Bohannan plans to challenge Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) in Iowa&#8217;s 1st District, aiming to secure a seat in Congress. With Republicans aiming to retain House control in 2024, Bohannan&#8217;s announcement is scheduled for Tuesday night at a campaign event. A high-profile rematch is on the horizon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2001189,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2001188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2001188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2001188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2001188\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2001189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2001188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2001188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2001188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}