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06/09/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 06/09/2024 21:15

🚨RATINGS CHANGE🚨: Cook Political Report Shifts IA-01 Toward Christina Bohannan

Cook Political Report : "Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks' 2020 race was the closest in the country - she won by just six votes…"

Today, the non-partisan election forecaster Cook Political Report moved Iowa's 1st Congressional District from "Likely Republican" to "Lean Republican."

Cook Political Report: "Bohannan has run an aggressive rematch campaign. She's outraised the Republican incumbent every fundraising quarter since launching her campaign last year and has already spent $1 million on TV ads"

Christina is also leading in cash on hand and has broken multiple fundraising records, including the most raised by an Iowa federal candidate in the first 24 hours.

With Iowa's near-total abortion ban now in effect, Miller-Meeks' anti-abortion record is top of mind for voters, who know she helped lay the groundwork for the state's dangerous ban, voted for a constitutional amendment that would eliminate the right to an abortion in Iowa, and is now working to ban abortion nationwide with no exceptions.

Meanwhile, Christina has made her campaign about Iowans, traveling the district to meet with voters and discuss protecting reproductive freedom, improving access to rural health care, and supporting farmers.

DCCC Spokesperson Mallory Payne:
"It's no wonder Mariannette Miller-Meeks is losing ground. Time and time again, Miller-Meeks has sided with her special interest donors at the expense of Iowa's middle class families. Iowans know Christina Bohannan is the only candidate in the race who has their backs and will deliver solutions to the challenges they're facing."