UPDATE: Democrat Christina Bohannan asked for a recount on Nov. 14, 2024, for the race in Iowa’s 1st Congressional District against Republican incumbent Mariannette Miller-Meeks. Results showed Bohannan was behind by about 800 votes, with the Associated Press reporting the challenger had 206,139 votes to 206,940 for Miller-Meeks.
According to preliminary election results in Iowa, the state kept its trend as solidly red for the third presidential election in a row.
That outcome had been thrown into question with the Iowa Poll, released by the Des Moines Register over the weekend, which showed Vice President Kamala Harris with a slight lead over former president Donald Trump, though within the margin of error.
According to unofficial results in the Nov. 5, 2024, election, with 93 percent tallied, 878,617 Iowans voted for Trump, while 662,124 chose Harris for the state’s six electoral votes, or 56 percent to 42 percent.
Iowa also kept its majority Republican congressional delegation, with one possible exception as of late election night.
Earlier in the day, Democrats had been hopeful to buck the trend.
Sarah Corkery is shown after thanking volunteers at the Linn County Democratic headquarters in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (photo/Cindy Hadish)
“It’s like a perfect storm for us, in a good way,” said Sarah Corkery, citing the number of older women of both political persuasions who planned to vote a straight Democratic ticket to protect reproductive rights, which have been severely curtailed in the state. “They lived in a time when there wasn’t access to abortion care and they don’t want to go back.”
A first-time candidate running in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District against Republican incumbent Ashley Hinson, Corkery visited the Linn County Democratic headquarters Tuesday afternoon in Cedar Rapids to thank volunteers.
Bret Nilles, chairman of the Linn County Democrats, noted that volunteers were texting and making calls up until polls closed at 8 p.m.
A sign for the Harris/Walz team is seen in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (photo/Cindy Hadish)
Nilles said he was amazed at the number of residents who offered to volunteer and asked for yard signs for Democratic candidates this year.
“To me, it’s really at a new level that we haven’t seen since 2008,” he said.
That was the year Iowans backed President Barack Obama, as they did again in 2012. But the state turned red in 2016, voting for Trump that year and again in 2020.
No U.S. Senate seats were up for election this year in Iowa.
Polling places were open during the presidential election on a rainy day Nov. 5, 2024, in Cedar Rapids. (photo/Cindy Hadish)
According to preliminary results, with 97 percent reporting, Corkery had 163,688 votes to Hinson’s 224,986 in the 2nd Congressional District, or 41 to 57 percent.
In the 1st District, Democratic challenger Christina Bohannan received 203,486 votes to Republican incumbent Mariannette Miller-Meeks, with 203,899 votes, though the race had not been called as of early Nov. 6, with 97 percent reporting.
The 3rd Congressional District in Iowa, initially a tight race, was called late Tuesday in favor of Republican incumbent Zach Nunn, garnering 208,462 votes over Democratic challenger Lanon Baccam, with 195,508 votes, or 51 percent to 48 percent, with 97 percent tallied.
In western Iowa, considered the most conservative part of the state, Republican incumbent Randy Feenstra beat Democratic challenger Ryan Melton in the 4th District, 223,449 to 94,592, with 83 percent reporting, or 70 percent to nearly 30 percent.
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