Iowa's 1st congressional district
U.S. House district in Northeastern Iowa
Iowa's 1st congressional district is a congressional district is the U.S state of Iowa. It is in the northeast part of the state. The cities in the district are Dubuque, Cedar Rapids and Waterloo. The people who live in the district elect a person to represent the district in the United States House of Representatives. The district is currently represented by Republican Ashley Hinson who beat the Democrat Abby Finkenauer in the 2020 United States House of Representatives elections.
| Iowa's 1st congressional district | |||
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 Iowa's 1st congressional district since January 3, 2013 | |||
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| Distribution |
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| Population (2019) | 774,014 | ||
| Median household income | $61,542[1] | ||
| Ethnicity | |||
| Cook PVI | D+1[3] | ||
Election history change
| Office | Year | District | Statewide | Nationwide |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Governor | 2014 | Terry Branstad 56% – Jack Hatch 41% | Branstad | |
| 2018 | Fred Hubbell 49.3% – Kim Reynolds 48% | Reynolds |
2002 change
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
2004 change
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Republican hold | ||||
2006 change
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
| Turnout | ||||||
| Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
- Note: James Hill ran on the Pirate Party platform on the ballot.
2008 change
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
2010 change
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
2012 change
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| Turnout | ||||
| Democratic hold | ||||
2014 change
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
| Republican gain from Democratic | ||||||
2016 change
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
2018 change
| 2018 Iowa's 1st congressional district election[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| 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 | |||
2020 change
| 2020 Iowa's 1st congressional district election | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Ashley Hinson | 211,679 | 51.3 | ||
| Democratic | Abby Finkenauer (incumbent) | 200,893 | 48.7 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Republican gain from Democratic | Swing | ||||
References change
- ↑ Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
- ↑ "Census profile: Congressional District 1, IA". Census Reporter.
- ↑ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- ↑ "Iowa General Election 2018". Iowa Secretary of State. Retrieved November 11, 2018.