Republicans ousted two 40-year Democratic incumbents and could have a clean sweep of statewide offices following a midterm election where the GOP further solidified its control over state government.
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The congressional committee tasked with adjudicating Iowa’s still-unsettled 2nd District election is giving both campaigns until March 29 to file written responses to a series of questions intended to govern its next steps.
Committee Chair U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., postponed a vote on Miller-Meeks’ motion to dismiss Hart s election challenge last week. And she has directed lawyers representing each campaign to answer written questions laying out their cases before the end of the month.
“Both parties views will help inform how this committee can best render its quote independent final judgment unquote about which candidate won the election and is entitled to this House seat,” Lofgren said during the committee meeting.
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The U.S. Committee on House Administration voted Wednesday to review the merits of Democrat Rita Hart’s challenge of the outcome in Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District before deciding whether to dismiss it. Republican Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks, who was provisionally seated to represent the southeast Iowa district in January, has asked the House to toss out Hart’s case challenging her six-vote margin in the race.
It was the closest federal race in the country during the 2020 cycle and among the closest congressional races in American history, separated by a mere six votes. Now the House Committee on Administration appears on track to give Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District race a fuller airing.