Iowa's_1st_congressional_district
Iowa's 1st congressional district
U.S. House district for Iowa
Iowa's 1st congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Iowa that covers its southeastern part, bordering the states of Illinois and Missouri, and the Mississippi River. The district includes the cities of Davenport, Iowa City, Burlington, and Indianola. Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks is the current U.S. representative. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of R+3, it is one of the least Republican districts in Iowa, a state with an all-Republican congressional delegation.[2]
"IA-1" redirects here. For the state highway, see Iowa Highway 1.
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Population (2022) | 798,442 | ||
Median household income | $67,381[1] | ||
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Cook PVI | R+3[2] |
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Election results from statewide races:
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Office | Year | District result | Winner | |
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President | 2000 | Al Gore 52% – George W. Bush 45% | Gore | Bush |
2004 | John Kerry 53% – George W. Bush 46% | Bush | ||
2008 | Barack Obama 58% – John McCain 41% | Obama | Obama | |
2012 | Barack Obama 56% – Mitt Romney 43% | |||
2016 | Donald Trump 49% – Hillary Clinton 45% | Trump | Trump | |
2020 | Donald Trump 50.8% – Joe Biden 47.4% | Biden | ||
U.S. Senator | 2014 | Joni Ernst 48.3% – Bruce Braley 47.9% | Ernst | N/A |
2016 | Chuck Grassley 58.3% – Patty Judge 37.6% | Grassley | ||
2020 | Joni Ernst 49.5% – Theresa Greenfield 47.4% | Ernst | ||
2022 | Chuck Grassley 53% – Michael Franken 46.9% | Grassley | ||
Governor | 2014 | Terry Branstad 56% – Jack Hatch 41% | Branstad | |
2018 | Fred Hubbell 47.5% – Kim Reynolds 50.3% | Reynolds |
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Year[5] | Winner | Loser | Percentage of votes | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Party | Candidate | Votes | ||
1920 | Republican | William F. Kopp | 38,100 | Democratic | E. W. McManus | 20,977 | 64–36% |
1922 | 26,651 | John M. Lindley | 14,056 | 65–34% | |||
1924 | 42,711 | James M. Bell | 17,110 | 71–29% | |||
1926 | 27,358 | 11,408 | 71–29% | ||||
1928 | 45,806 | unopposed | 100–0% | ||||
1930 | 27,053 | Democratic | Max A. Conrad | 15,538 | 63–36% | ||
1932 | Democratic | Edward C. Eicher | 55,378 | Republican | William F. Kopp | 46,738 | 54–46% |
1934 | 48,544 | E. R. Hicklin | 39,047 | 55–44% | |||
1936 | 55,721 | John N. Calhoun | 53,474 | 51–49% | |||
1938 | Republican | Thomas E. Martin | 46,636 | Democratic | James P. Gaffney | 33,765 | 58–42% |
1940 | 70,120 | Zoe S. Nabers | 46,040 | 60–40% | |||
1942 | 55,139 | Vern W. Nall | 32,893 | 61–37% | |||
1944 | 72,729 | Clair A. Williams | 60,048 | 55–45% | |||
1946 | 52,488 | 32,849 | 62–38% | ||||
1948 | 70,959 | James D. France | 60,860 | 53–46% | |||
1950 | 70,058 | 43,140 | 62–38% | ||||
1952 | 105,526 | Clair A. Williams | 62,011 | 63–37% | |||
1954 | Fred Schwengel | 67,128 | John O'Connor | 50,577 | 57–43% | ||
1956 | 94,223 | Ronald O. Bramhall | 68,287 | 58–42% | |||
1958 | 59,577 | Thomas J. Dailey | 51,996 | 53–47% | |||
1960 | 104,737 | Walter J. Guenther | 67,287 | 61–39% | |||
1962 | 65,975 | Harold Stephens | 42,000 | 61–39% | |||
1964 | Democratic | John R. Schmidhauser | 84,042 | Republican | Fred Schwengel | 80,697 | 51–49% |
1966 | Republican | Fred Schwengel | 64,795 | Democratic | John R. Schmidhauser | 60,534 | 51–48% |
1968 | 91,419 | 81,049 | 53–47% | ||||
1970 | 60,270 | Edward Mezvinsky | 59,505 | 50–49% | |||
1972 | Democratic | Edward Mezvinsky | 107,099 | Republican | Fred Schwengel | 91,609 | 53–46% |
1974 | 75,687 | Jim Leach | 63,540 | 54–46% | |||
1976 | Republican | Jim Leach | 109,694 | Democratic | Edward Mezvinsky | 101,024 | 52–48% |
1978 | 79,940 | Richard E. Meyers | 45,037 | 63–36% | |||
1980 | 133,349 | Jim Larew | 72,602 | 64–35% | |||
1982 | 89,595 | Bill Gluba | 61,734 | 59–41% | |||
1984 | 131,182 | Kevin Ready | 65,293 | 68–33% | |||
1986 | 86,834 | John Whitaker | 43,985 | 66–34% | |||
1988 | 112,746 | Bill Gluba | 71,280 | 61–38% | |||
1990 | 90,042 | scattering | 151 | 99–1% | |||
1992 | 178,042 | Democratic | Jan J. Zonneveld | 81,600 | 68–31% | ||
1994 | 110,448 | Glen Winekauf | 69,461 | 60–38% | |||
1996 | 129,242 | Bob Rush | 111,595 | 53–46% | |||
1998 | 106,419 | 79,529 | 57–42% | ||||
2000 | 164,972 | Bob Simpson | 96,283 | 62–36% | |||
2002 | Jim Nussle | 112,280 | Ann Hutchinson | 83,779 | 57–43% | ||
2004 | 159,993 | Bill Gluba | 125,490 | 55–44% | |||
2006 | Democratic | Bruce Braley | 113,724 | Republican | Mike Whalen | 89,471 | 56–44% |
2008 | 178,229 | David Hartsuch | 99,447 | 64–35% | |||
2010 | 103,931[6] | Ben Lange | 99,976 | 49–48% | |||
2012 | 222,422 | 162,465 | 57–42% | ||||
2014 | Republican | Rod Blum | 147,513 | Democratic | Pat Murphy | 140,086 | 51–49% |
2016 | 206,903 | Monica Vernon | 177,403 | 53.7–46.1% | |||
2018 | Democratic | Abby Finkenauer | 169,348 | Republican | Rod Blum | 152,540 | 50.9–46.0% |
2020 | Republican | Ashley Hinson | 211,679 | Democratic | Abby Finkenauer | 200,893 | 51.3–48.7% |
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2002
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jim Nussle | 112,280 | 57.15 | |
Democratic | Ann Hutchinson | 83,779 | 42.65 | |
No party | Others | 396 | 0.20 | |
Total votes | 196,455 | 100.00 | ||
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Republican hold | ||||
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2004
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jim Nussle* | 159,993 | 55.16 | |
Democratic | Bill Gluba | 125,490 | 43.26 | |
Libertarian | Mark Nelson | 2,727 | 0.94 | |
Independent | Denny Heath | 1,756 | 0.61 | |
No party | Others | 88 | 0.03 | |
Total votes | 290,054 | 100.00 | ||
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Republican hold | ||||
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2006
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Bruce Braley | 114,322 | 55.06 | |||
Republican | Mike Whalen | 89,729 | 43.22 | |||
Independent | James Hill | 2,201 | 1.06 | |||
Libertarian | Albert W. Schoeman | 1,226 | 0.59 | |||
No party | Others | 143 | 0.07 | |||
Total votes | 207,621 | 100.00 | ||||
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- Note: James Hill ran on the Pirate Party platform on the ballot.
2008
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Bruce Braley* | 186,991 | 64.56 | |
Republican | David Hartsuch | 102,439 | 35.37 | |
No party | Others | 199 | 0.07 | |
Total votes | 289,629 | 100.00 | ||
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Democratic hold | ||||
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2010
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Bruce Braley* | 104,428 | 49.52 | |
Republican | Ben Lange | 100,219 | 47.52 | |
Libertarian | Rob Petsche | 4,087 | 1.94 | |
Independent | Jason A. Faulkner | 2,092 | 0.99 | |
No party | Others | 76 | 0.04 | |
Total votes | 210,902 | 100.00 | ||
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Democratic hold | ||||
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2012
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Bruce Braley* | 222,422 | 54.90 | |
Republican | Ben Lange | 162,465 | 40.10 | |
Independent | Gregory Hughes | 4,772 | 1.18 | |
Independent | George Todd Krail II | 931 | 0.23 | |
No party | Others | 259 | 0.06 | |
Total votes | 405,110 | 100.00 | ||
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Democratic hold | ||||
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2014
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Rod Blum | 145,383 | 51.18 | |||
Democratic | Pat Murphy | 138,335 | 48.70 | |||
No party | Others | 348 | 0.12 | |||
Total votes | 284,066 | 100.00 | ||||
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2016
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Rod Blum (incumbent) | 206,903 | 53.7 | |
Democratic | Monica Vernon | 177,403 | 46.1 | |
No party | Others | 671 | 0.2 | |
Total votes | 384,977 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold | ||||
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2018
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Abby Finkenauer | 169,496 | 50.9 | +4.8 | |
Republican | Rod Blum (incumbent) | 153,077 | 45.6 | −7.7 | |
Libertarian | Troy Hageman | 10,239 | 3.1 | +3.1 | |
Write-ins | 171 | 0.05 | −0.15 | ||
Majority | 16,419 | 5.3 | |||
Turnout | 332,983 | 100 | |||
Democratic gain from Republican | Swing | +12.5 | |||
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2020
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Ashley Hinson | 211,679 | 51.3 | +5.4 | |
Democratic | Abby Finkenauer (incumbent) | 200,893 | 48.7 | -2.2 | |
Majority | 10,786 | 2.6 | |||
Turnout | 412,572 | 100 | |||
Republican gain from Democratic | Swing | 7.6 | |||
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- Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
- "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
- "Iowa lawmakers accept second redistricting plan, setting up next decade of politics". Des Moines Register. October 2021.
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- "Iowa General Election 2018". Iowa Secretary of State. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
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- Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present