Statewide Iowa — Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks plans to move and will seek re-election in Iowa’s new first congressional district.
None of the four Iowans who currently serve in the U.S. House live in the new first congressional district. Miller-Meeks, who lives in Ottumwa, says she’ll move into the district, but hasn’t decided where yet. The area includes the cities of Fort Madison and Maquoketa as well as Mount Pleasant, Fairfield, Newton, Oskaloosa and Indianola. Miller-Meeks, who is an eye doctor, previously worked at an eye clinic in West Burlington and taught at the University of Iowa in Iowa City — two other cities in the district. She’s also emphasizing that as the current second congressional congresswoman, she represent 16 of the counties in the new first district.
Miller-Meeks says she will continue to be an advocate for the people in her hometown of Ottumwa
In 2020, Miller-Meeks won her fourth bid for a seat in the U.S. House by a six vote margin. In 2022, Miller-Meeks will face a possible primary in the new first district, as Bettendorf businessman Kyle Kuehl announced Monday that he’s launching a campaign for Iowa’s first district seat. Two Democrats are running in the district. State Representative Christina Bohannan of Iowa City is a University of Iowa professor. Joseph Kerner of Knoxville is a senior cultivator for the state-licensed medical marijuana manufacturer MedPharm Iowa
