Candidate · November 3, 2026

Mariannette Miller-Meeks

On the ballot for U.S. House · Iowa's 1st District

RepublicanIncumbent
raised through Oct 14, 2026
$9.1M
cash on hand
$1.7M
outside spending for or against
$6.4M

§1On the ballot

Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.

OfficeU.S. House · Iowa's 1st District1
Party on the ballotRepublican1
StatusIncumbent — Currently represents Iowa's 1st District in the U.S. House.2
Also on the ballot

§2Who they are

Why this matters: Background and experience help you judge how someone might do the job. These come from public records and the candidate's own materials.

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Mariannette Miller-Meeks has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since January 2021, when she resigned from the Iowa Senate to take her seat.3 She was elected to the Iowa Senate in 2018, representing District 41.3,4 Her campaign website says she served 24 years in the U.S. Army, rising from private to lieutenant colonel, and entered private medical practice in Ottumwa in 1997; her official biography says she served as a nurse and as an ophthalmologist.3,4 Her official biography says she was director of the Iowa Department of Public Health from 2010 to 2014, appointed by Governor Terry Branstad.3 Her official biography says she serves on the House Committees on Energy and Commerce and on Veterans' Affairs.3

Why they say they're running

Her campaign website says she is running for re-election because the people of Iowa deserve someone who will keep fighting for them, their future and their American dream.4

Service in Congress since 2023

  • 2025–nowU.S. Representative, IA-12
  • 2023–2025U.S. Representative, IA-12

Websites and accounts

§3Popular bills that never got a vote

Why this matters: Many bills with wide support from both parties never reach a vote, so no member of Congress is ever on record for or against them. Signing on as a sponsor or cosponsor is the only public record of support.

While Mariannette Miller-Meeks served, these bills had broad support from both parties but never reached a floor vote. No officeholder ever had to vote on them. Mariannette Miller-Meeks sponsored or cosponsored 30 of the 52. How bills die without a vote.

See all 52

§4Money

Why this matters: Campaigns report where their money comes from and how much they have left. Outside groups that spend on their own, without coordinating with the campaign, report that too.

Reported to the Federal Election Commission for the 2025–2026 election cycle, through October 14, 2026.58

Raised$9,101,898
Spent$7,774,924
Cash on hand$1,700,717

Where the money came from

Individual donors$4.2M · 46%
PACs and other political committees$2.9M · 31%
Political party committees$10K · 0%
The candidate's own money (gifts and loans)$19K · 0%
Transfers from the candidate's other committees$1.9M · 20%
Other receipts (other loans, refunds, interest)$186K · 2%

Outside spending

Groups spending independently reported $1,075,263 supporting and $5,354,594 opposing Mariannette Miller-Meeks this cycle, primary and general combined, in the 24- and 48-hour reports the law requires for larger expenditures, filed through October 23, 2026.59

Largest independent spenders, as named in their FEC filings.
GroupSupportingOpposing
SD 2026—$1,621,515
314 Action Fund—$1,037,380
AB PAC—$972,215
LCV Victory Fund—$519,381
Americans for Prosperity Action, Inc. (AFP Action) DBA CVA Action and DBA LIBRE Action$415,175—
HMP—$390,002
J Street Action Fund—$218,493
NRDC Action Votes—$200,000

Smaller expenditures that appear only on a group's regular monthly or quarterly report aren't in these totals, so the full amounts can be somewhat higher. When a group amends a report, only its latest version is counted.

§5Financial disclosures

Why this matters: Federal candidates and members of Congress must report their assets, income, debts and outside jobs, and members must report stock trades. These filings show possible conflicts of interest.