Iowa's 1st congressional district

Iowa's 1st congressional district
Iowa's 1st congressional district
	Iowa's 1st congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative
	Ashley Hinson; R–Marion
Distribution	66.35% urban; 33.65% rural;
Population (2019)	774,014
Median household; income	$61,542
Ethnicity	88% White; 4% Black; 4% Hispanic; 2% Asian; 1% other; 0% Native American;
Cook PVI	D+1

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.

Election history

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	Bush
	2008	Barack Obama 58% – John McCain 41%	Obama	Obama
	2012	Barack Obama 56% – Mitt Romney 43%	Obama	Obama
	2016	Donald Trump 49% – Hillary Clinton 45%	Trump	Trump
	2020	Donald Trump 50.8% – Joe Biden 47.4%	Trump	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
Governor	2018	Fred Hubbell 49.3% – Kim Reynolds 48%	Reynolds

2002 Iowa's 1st congressional district election
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 Iowa's 1st congressional district election
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 Iowa's 1st congressional district election
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

2008 Iowa's 1st congressional district election
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 Iowa's 1st congressional district election
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 Iowa's 1st congressional district election
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 Iowa's 1st congressional district election
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 Iowa's 1st congressional district election
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 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 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

↑ 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.