Iowa Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-1) is urging constituents to get out and vote to keep the House in Republican hands at a campaign rally in Davenport on Friday.
During a rally at Walnut Shopping Center on North Brady Street, Rep. Miller-Meeks asked constituents about their vision for the future.
“Would you rather have someone that delivered the largest tax cut in American history and the largest jump in unemployment American history, or would you rather have someone that's perfectly okay with the Socialist Party before it even became hip to be elected as a socialist in the Democrat Party?”
She is running against Democrat Christina Bohannan for a third consecutive time. Bohannan does not identify as a member of the Democratic Socialists of America party.
The 71-year-old congresswoman is seeking a fourth term.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) and other Republican officials joined Rep. Miller Meeks on stage, and she told voters they will not lose the House.
“I will not back down. We're in this for the long haul, all the way to November 3rd. We are going to keep this seat, and I don't care what the experts say. They don't know Iowa and they don't know us.”
During her remarks, Rep. Miller-Meeks brought up the no federal taxes on tips, which she supports through the Working Families Tax Cuts legislation signed into law last year. She also spoke on removing transgender kids from sports.
Nonpartisan election analysts at the Cook Political Report moved the first district from a toss-up to a Democratic lean on Friday, Oct. 9, three weeks before the election.
"On election night, 25 days from today, Iowa's going to show up, Mariannette Miller-Meeks is coming back to Congress, and we're going to keep this majority," House Speaker Mike Johnson said. "We brought reinforcements, as she noted, from all around the country. We got Alabama and Illinois and Nebraska, and these guys have big races back in their states as well."
Early voting starts October 14th.