Christina Bohannan launches another bid to unseat GOP Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks

Former Iowa state Rep. Christina Bohannan (D) officially announced her third consecutive bid to challenge incumbent U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) on Tuesday.

Bohannan is a former law professor who served in the Iowa House from 2021-23. Bohannan had two unsuccessful bids against Miller-Meeks in 2022 and 2024. Last November, the Democrat came within 0.2 percentage points (799 votes) of defeating Miller-Meeks.

“Mariannette Miller-Meeks has had three terms in Congress — three chances to do right by the people of Iowa,” Bohannan said in a statement. “Instead, she has taken over $4 million from corporate special interests and done nothing but vote their way. And she has put partisan politics over Iowans again and again. From cutting Medicaid, to siding with DOGE’s devastating cuts to Social Security, to enabling unelected, unaccountable billionaires like Elon Musk — Miller-Meeks has forgotten about us. It’s time someone put Iowa first.”

Miller-Meeks has been criticized for several unpopular takes since her third term began in January. Earlier this month, the representative defended her support for sweeping Medicaid cuts by falsely claiming people will only lose health care coverage if they decide to.

When asked about voting for Medicaid cuts, Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) falsely claims people will only lose coverage if they decide to (via @kwqcnews).

“If they’re not doing some community engagement, they may lose coverage. But that’s their choice to lose coverage.” pic.twitter.com/FEkk9jro6R

— Heartland Signal (@HeartlandSignal) June 2, 2025

Miller-Meeks also previously promised to never vote for Medicaid cuts, despite approving the Big, Beautiful, Bill in May.

Miller-Meeks has also defended the Trump administration’s unpopular federal cuts perpetrated by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and obfuscated Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s “Signalgate” scandal.