IOWA — A former Iowa lawmaker is taking her third shot at winning Iowa’s 1st Congressional District.

Democrat Christina Bohannan announced Tuesday morning she’ll face incumbent Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks — again. Bohannan lost to Miller-Meeks in 2024 in an extremely close contest settled by just 799 votes.

In Bohannan’s campaign announcement, she called out her opponent, Miller-Meeks, for failing to “do right by the people of Iowa.”

The statement goes on to say, “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 served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2021.