1st Congressional District of Iowa

1. Iowa Congressional Constituency
Iowa's 1st Congressional constituency as of January 3, 2013
Current representative		Abby Finkenauer ( D - Dubuque)
distribution	66.35% urban, 33.65% rural
Population (2000)	585,302
Median income	$ 38,727
Race or ethnicity	93.1% White, 3.8%  Black , 0.9% Asian, 2.0%  Hispanic , 0.2% Native American
Cook PVI	D + 1

The 1st Congressional Constituency of Iowa is a congressional electoral district in the northeastern part of the US state Iowa . He has been represented by the Democratic MP Abby Finkenauer since 2019 .

Citys in the constituency

• Cedar Rapids
• Cedar Falls
• Dubuque
• Epworth
• Grinnell
• Marshalltown
• Mount Vernon
• Peosta
• Waterloo
• Guttenberg
• Decorah
• Manchester

Redistricting

The Iowa General Assembly passed a new constituency on June 22, 2001, which first came into effect in the 2002 election to the 108th United States Congress and replaced the 1992-2001 constituency.

Nationwide ballots since 2000

Election results of the presidency elections (earlier cut)
year	Office	Result
2000	president	Gore 52% - Bush 45%
2004	president	Kerry 53% - Bush 46%
2008	president	Obama 58% - McCain 41%

Election results of the elections for the presidency (current cut)
year	Office	Result
2012	president	Obama 56% - Romney 43%
2016	president	Trump 49% - Clinton 45%

List of Representatives

Representative	Political party	Term of office	annotation
District was created		March 4, 1847
William Thompson	Democratic	March 4, 1847 - June 29, 1850	Seat has been declared vacant
vacancy		June 29, 1850-20. December 1850
Daniel F. Miller	Whig	December 20–3. March 1851
Bernhart Henn	Democratic	March 4, 1851-3. March 1855
Augustus Hall	Democratic	March 4, 1855–3. March 1857
Samuel Curtis	Republican	March 4, 1857-4. August 1861	Resign to fight in the Civil War.
vacancy		August 4, 1861–8. October 1861
James F. Wilson	Republican	October 8, 1861–3. March 1869
George W. McCrary	Republican	March 4, 1869–3. March 1877
Joseph C. Stone	Republican	March 4, 1877–3. March 1879
Moses A. McCoid	Republican	March 4, 1879–3. March 1885
Benton J. Hall	Democratic	March 4, 1885–3. March 1887
John H. Gear	Republican	March 4, 1887–3. March 1891
John J. Seerley	Democratic	March 4, 1891–3. March 1893
John H. Gear	Republican	March 4, 1893–3. March 1895
Samuel M. Clark	Republican	March 4, 1895-3. March 1899
Thomas Hedge	Republican	March 4, 1899–3. March 1907
Charles A. Kennedy	Republican	March 4, 1907-3. March 1921
William F. Kopp	Republican	March 4, 1921–3. March 1933
Edward C. Eicher	Democratic	March 4, 1933–2. December 1938	Resign after appointment to the Securities and Exchange Commission
vacancy		December 2, 1938–3. January 1939
Thomas E. Martin	Republican	January 3, 1939–3. January 1955
Fred Schwengel	Republican	January 3, 1955-3. January 1965
John R. Schmidhauser	Democratic	January 3, 1965–3. January 1967
Fred Schwengel	Republican	January 3, 1967–3. January 1973
Edward Mezvinsky	Democratic	January 3, 1973–3. January 1977
Jim Leach	Republican	Jan. 3, 1977–3. January 2003	Redistricted to the 2nd Congressional District
Jim Nussle	Republican	January 3, 2003–3. January 2007	Redistricted from the 2nd Congressional District
Bruce Braley	Democratic	January 3, 2007–3. January 2015
Rod Blum	Republican	January 3, 2015–3. January 2019
Abby Finkenauer	Democratic	January 3, 2019–	Incumbent

Historical election results

Year	Party affiliation	winner	Number of votes	Party affiliation	1. Inferior	Number of votes	Distribution of votes in percent
1920	Republican	William F. Kopp	38,100	Democrat	EW McManus	20,977	64% - 36%
1922	Republican	William F. Kopp	26,651	Democratic	John M. Lindley	14.056	65% - 34%
1924	Republican	William F. Kopp	42,711	Democratic	James M. Bell	17.110	71% - 29%
1926	Republican	William F. Kopp	27,358	Democratic	James M. Bell	11,408	71% - 29%
1928	Republican	William F. Kopp	45,806	N / A	no opposing candidate	N / A	100% - 0%
1930	Republican	William F. Kopp	27.053	Democratic	Max A. Conrad	15,538	63% - 36%
1932	Democratic	Edward C. Eicher	55,378	Republican	William F. Kopp	46,738	54% - 46%
1934	Democratic	Edward C. Eicher	48,544	Republican	ER Hicklin	39,047	55% - 44%
1936	Democratic	Edward C. Eicher	55,721	Republican	John N. Calhoun	53,474	51% - 49%
1938	Republican	Thomas E. Martin	46,636	Democratic	James P. Gaffney	33,765	58% - 42%
1940	Republican	Thomas E. Martin	70.120	Democratic	Zoe S. Nabers	46.040	60% - 40%
1942	Republican	Thomas E. Martin	55.139	Democratic	Vern W. Nall	32,893	61% - 37%
1944	Republican	Thomas E. Martin	72,729	Democratic	Clair A. Williams	60,048	55% - 45%
1946	Republican	Thomas E. Martin	52,488	Democratic	Clair A. Williams	32,849	62% - 38%
1948	Republican	Thomas E. Martin	70,959	Democratic	James D. France	60,860	53% - 46%
1950	Republican	Thomas E. Martin	70,058	Democratic	James D. France	43,140	62% - 38%
1952	Republican	Thomas E. Martin	105,526	Democratic	Clair A. Williams	62.011	63% - 37%
1954	Republican	Fred Schwengel	67,128	Democratic	John O'Connor	50,577	57% - 43%
1956	Republican	Fred Schwengel	94.223	Democratic	Ronald O. Bramhall	68,287	58% - 42%
1958	Republican	Fred Schwengel	59,577	Democratic	Thomas J. Dailey	51,996	53% - 47%
1960	Republican	Fred Schwengel	104,737	Democratic	Walter J. Guenther	67.287	61% - 39%
1962	Republican	Fred Schwengel	65,975	Democratic	Harold Stephens	42,000	61% - 39%
1964	Democratic	John R. Schmidhauser	84,042	Republican	Fred Schwengel	80,697	51% - 49%
1966	Republican	Fred Schwengel	64,795	Democratic	John R. Schmidhauser	60,534	51% - 48%
1968	Republican	Fred Schwengel	91,419	Democratic	John R. Schmidhauser	81,049	53% - 47%
1970	Republican	Fred Schwengel	60,270	Democratic	Edward Mezvinsky	59.505	50% - 49%
1972	Democratic	Edward Mezvinsky	107.099	Republican	Fred Schwengel	91,609	53% - 46%
1974	Democratic	Edward Mezvinsky	75,687	Republican	Jim Leach	63,540	54% - 46%
1976	Republican	Jim Leach	109,694	Democratic	Edward Mezvinsky	101.024	52% - 48%
1978	Republican	Jim Leach	79,940	Democratic	Richard E. Meyers	45,037	63% - 36%
1980	Republican	Jim Leach	133,349	Democratic	Jim Larew	72.602	64% - 35%
1982	Republican	Jim Leach	89,595	Democratic	Bill Gluba	61,734	59% - 41%
1984	Republican	Jim Leach	131.182	Democratic	Kevin Ready	65,293	68% - 33%
1986	Republican	Jim Leach	86,834	Democratic	John R. Whitaker	43,985	66% - 34%
1988	Republican	Jim Leach	112,746	Democratic	Bill Gluba	71,280	61% - 38%
1990	Republican	Jim Leach	90,042	Others	Others	151	99% - 1%
1992	Republican	Jim Leach	178.042	Democratic	Jan J. Zonneveld	81,600	68% - 31%
1994	Republican	Jim Leach	110,448	Democratic	Glen wine purchase	69,461	60% - 38%
1996	Republican	Jim Leach	129,242	Democratic	Bob Rush	111,595	53% - 46%
1998	Republican	Jim Leach	106,419	Democratic	Bob Rush	79,529	57% - 42%
2000	Republican	Jim Leach	164.972	Democratic	Bob Simpson	96.283	62% - 36%
2002	Republican	Jim Nussle	112,280	Democratic	Ann Hutchinson	83,779	57% - 43%
2004	Republican	Jim Nussle	159.993	Democratic	Bill Gluba	125,490	55% - 44%
2006	Democratic	Bruce Braley	113.724	Republican	Mike Whalen	89,471	56% - 44%
2008	Democratic	Bruce Braley	178.229	Republican	David Hartsuch	99,447	64% - 35%
2010	Democratic	Bruce Braley	103.931	Republican	Ben Lange	99,976	49% - 48%
2012	Democratic	Bruce Braley	222,422	Republican	Ben Lange	162,465	57% - 42%
2014	Republican	Rod Blum	147,513	Democratic	Pat Murphy	140.086	51% - 49%
2016	Republican	Rod Blum	206.903	Democratic	Monica Vernon	177,403	53.7% - 46.1%
2018	Democratic	Abby Finkenauer	170,342	Republican	Rod Blum	153,442	50.96% - 45.91%

Elections from 2002

2002

Iowa 1st Congressional District Election Results: 2002

Political party		candidate	be right	%
	Republican	Jim Nussle	112,280	57.15
	Democratic	Ann Hutchinson	83,779	42.65
		Other	396	0.20
Overall votes			196.455	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

2004

Iowa 1st Congressional District Election Results: 2004

Political party		candidate	be right	%
	Republican	Jim Nussle *	159.993	55.16
	Democratic	Bill Gluba	125,490	43.26
	Libertarian	Mark Nelson	2,727	0.94
	More independent	Denny Heath	1,756	0.61
		Other	88	0.03
Overall votes			290.054	100.00
Bet.
	Republican hold

2006

Iowa 1st Congressional District Election Results: 2006

Political party		candidate	be right	%
	Democratic	Bruce Braley	114,322	55.06
	Republican	Mike Whalen	89,729	43.22
	Pirate party	James Hill	2,201	1.06
	Libertarian	Albert W. Schoeman	1,226	0.59
		Other	143	0.07%
Overall votes			207,621	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

2008

Iowa 1st Congressional District Election Results: 2008

Political party		candidate	be right
	Democratic	Bruce Braley *	186.991	64.56
	Republican	David Hartsuch	102,439	35.37
		Other	199	0.07%
Overall votes			289,629	100.00
Bet.
	Democratic hold

2010

Iowa 1st Congressional District Election Results: 2010

Political party		candidate	be right	%
	Democratic	Bruce Braley *	104,428	49.52
	Republican	Ben Lange	100.219	47.52
	Libertarian	Rob Petsche	4,087	1.94
	More independent	Jason A. Faulkner	2,092	0.99
		Other	76	0.04
Overall votes			210.902	100.00
Bet.
	Democratic hold

2012

Iowa 1st Congressional District Election Results: 2012

Political party		candidate	be right	%
	Democratic	Bruce Braley *	222,422	54.90
	Republican	Ben Lange	162,465	40.10
	More independent	Gregory Hughes	4,772	1.18
	More independent	George Todd Krail II	931	0.23
		Other	259	0.06%
Overall votes			405.110	100.00
Bet.
	Democratic hold

2014

Iowa 1st Congressional District Election Results: 2014

Political party		candidate	be right	%
	Republican	Rod Blum	145.383	51.18
	Democratic	Pat Murphy	138,335	48.70
		Other	348	0.12%
Overall votes			284.066	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

2016

The map shows the results of the 2016 Congressional Election for each county in Iowa's 1st Congressional District

Iowa 1st Congressional District Election Results: 2016

Political party		candidate	be right	%
	Republican	Rod Blum	206.903	53.7
	Democratic	Monica Vernon	177,403	46.1
		Other	671	0.2%
Overall votes			384,977	100.00
	Republican hold

2018

Iowa 1st Congressional District Election Results: 2018

Political party		candidate	be right	%
	Democratic	Abby Finkenauer	170,342	50.96
	Republican	Rod Blum	153,442	45.91
	Libertarian	Troy Hagemann	10,285	3.08
		Other	174	0.05%
Overall votes			334.243	100.00
	Democratic gain from Republican

Previous constituency boundaries

2003 - 2013

supporting documents

Used literature

• Kenneth C. Martis: The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress . Macmillan Publishing Company, New York 1989.
• Kenneth C. Martis: The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts . Macmillan Publishing Company, New York 1982.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774 – present

supporting documents

1. ^ ^{A b} Washington Post page on the 1st District of Iowa
2. ^ Partisan Voting Index - Districts of the 115th Congress ( English ) The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
3. ↑ 2001 Iowa redistricting plan . In: Iowa General Assembly . 2001. Archived from the original on October 16, 2006. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 6, 2018. 
4. ↑ Election Statistics, . Archived from the original on July 25, 2007. 
5. ↑ Election statistics 2018