Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Christina Bohannan

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · Iowa District 1
Filing address
Iowa City, IA (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
BOHANNAN, CHRISTINA
Next election
Primary June 2, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Iowa with the 2026 district highlighted

Iowa, District 1

DemocraticU.S. House · Iowa District 1ChallengerGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H2IA02111 · Principal campaign committee: CHRISTINA BOHANNAN FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Iowa District 1$9,905,570.29General-election nominee
2023–2024U.S. House · Iowa District 1$6,900,996.18Lost the general election (49.79%)
2021–2022U.S. House · Iowa District 1$3,197,822.62Lost the general election (46.6%)
Total raised$9,905,570.29
Total spent$7,901,941.23
Cash on hand$2,110,846.44
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $8,227,594.95PACs and other committees: $715,377.66Party committees: $18,531.66Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $7,000.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $897,511.74Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $39,554.28
  • Individual contributions$8,227,594.9583%
  • PACs and other committees$715,377.667%
  • Party committees$18,531.660%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$7,000.000%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$897,511.749%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$39,554.280%

Self-funding: $7,000.00 (0% of money raised): $7,000.00 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$1,823,625.2926%
  • Contributions over $200$5,170,703.9274%
  • Itemized from inside Iowa$1,259,222.5323%
  • Itemized from other states$4,143,914.2077%

Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: New York $1,021,902.04 · California $810,146.96 · Massachusetts $473,935.97 · Illinois $229,176.45 · District of Columbia $156,602.49. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$5.4M$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $1,504.85APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $41,393.94JULY QUARTERLY: raised $812,001.33JULY QUARTERLY: spent $59,741.74OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $1,059,732.13OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $278,632.73YEAR-END: raised $1,140,658.92YEAR-END: spent $435,579.39APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $2,088,481.83APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $389,054.57PRE-PRIMARY: raised $543,861.41PRE-PRIMARY: spent $214,003.69JULY QUARTERLY: raised $1,405,504.95JULY QUARTERLY: spent $315,238.40OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $2,416,606.31OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $4,833,475.062025-032025-092026-032026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

PAC and committee contributors

129 committees reported giving $583,430.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Christina Bohannan$361,562.15
  • Independent expenditures opposing Christina Bohannan$0.00

FEC totals for the 2026 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.

Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.

The race

Iowa U.S. House, District 1, 2026 · 8 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Christina Bohannan (D)$9,905,570.29$2,110,846.442026-10-14
Mariannette Jane Miller-Meeks (R)$9,101,897.68$1,700,717.482026-10-14
Taylor Wettach (D)$697,874.04$0.002026-03-20
Michael Bridgford (I)$338,285.03$76,729.962026-10-14
David Alfred Pautsch (R)$58,265.00$0.002026-12-31
Travis Terrell (D)$20,957.09$0.002026-06-02

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
The Bullfinch Group/Independent CenterJuly 13–16, 2026705 (LV)± 3.7%Mariannette Miller-Meeks 35% · Christina Bohannan 40% · Michael Bridgford 11%
Public Policy Polling (D)June 18–19, 2025555 (V)–Mariannette Miller-Meeks 39% · Christina Bohannan 43%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: CHRISTINA BOHANNAN FOR CONGRESS.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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