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Meet Christina Bohannan, Working Hard To Flip IA-01 Blue This November

She only lost by 800 votes in 2024, in a much tougher year. With our help Christina can and should win this year......

Simon Rosenberg

Mar 17

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Greetings all. Pleased to be able to share our latest top 2026 candidate discussion, this one with Christina Bohannan, running in Iowa’s First District. A video recording and Substack generated transcript above.

Of all the House districts we are trying to flip in 2026 the one we came closest to winning in 2024 is this one. Christina, with Hopium’s backing, only lost by 800 votes in what was a very tough year in Iowa - Trump won statewide by 13 points.

We have real opportunity in Iowa this year. As we discuss with Christina Trump’s policies - tariffs, mass deportations, health care cuts, the war - have been brutal on farm country. In six state legislative special elections in Iowa this cycle we’ve overperformed 2024 by an average of 22 points. We have a competitive gubernatorial candidate at the top of the ticket, Rob Sand, and the retiring governor, Kim Reynolds is the most unpopular governor in the country right now. Rather than running for another term incumbent Senator Joni Ernst retired, and we are having a spirited primary to replace her. Hopium just endorsed Sarah Trone Garriott in Iowa’s Third District, also a great pick up opportunity. So we have so many races, so many candidates, so much activity, and with Hopium’s help a rejuvenated Iowa State Party under Chair Rita Hart’s leadership (see our recent interview with Chair Hart for more). It is an exciting year to be a Democrat in Iowa.

You can support Christina by donating to our Winning The House campaign; by giving to her directly; or heading to her website to learn more or volunteer. Canvassing has begun in this race so folks in the district or nearby can come and knock on doors! We’ve already raised more than $60,000 for Christina - thank you to all of you who have already rallied behind this great candidate and must-win race.

I think the most interesting part of our conversation is about how much damage Trump is doing to farmers and the farm economy in Iowa, and what a big opportunity we have right now to reach voters who have been hard to for us to reach in recent years. His tariffs have driven up prices and driven away markets. His mass deportation strategy has made finding workers in farm country far tougher. His cuts to health care are driving health care costs for so many. And the war has driven up the price of diesel fuel and fertilizer, putting even further strain on farmers at planting time throughout the state.

Here’s Iowa’s senior Senator, Chuck Grassley, taking to Twitter this weekend to urge Trump to do something to help struggling farmers:

Iowa is emerging as one of our most important battlegrounds this year. The state has soured on its Republican leaders, and is being battered, hard, by Trump’s anti-farmer policies. Even though it has been trending Republican, we could end up with a competitive Senate race, gubernatorial race and two to three US House seats. I am excited to be all in here, and all in again for Christina Bohannan, who is a terrific, exciting, can-do candidate.

Enjoy another one of our conversations with those on the front lines this year and do consider supporting Christina today! - Simon

Bio - Christina Bohannan, Candidate In Iowa’s 1st Congressional District

Christina Bohannan is a mom, law professor, and former engineer. She is running for Congress because she believes we need less partisan infighting and more common sense solutions in Washington — for a government that works for the people. Christina will fight every day for Iowa families, kids, and small businesses because she believes if you work hard, you deserve a fair shot to get ahead.

The youngest of her parents’ three children, Christina grew up living in a trailer in a rural small town. Her parents never finished high school, and her mom worked at a daycare while her dad struggled to make ends meet as a construction worker.

When Christina was in high school, her dad got sick with emphysema, and his health insurance was cancelled, forcing her family to choose between paying for his medicine and paying for everything else. In Congress, Christina will take on big Pharma to lower the cost of prescription drugs.

Thanks to the support and guidance of strong public school teachers, student loans, scholarships, and Christina’s hard work, she became the first in her family to graduate college. She worked her way through engineering school and then law school by picking oranges, cleaning trailers, and working as an engineer. Christina graduated first in her law school class and was Editor-in-Chief of the law review, and after graduation went on to clerk for the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

More than two decades ago, Christina was given a life changing opportunity to move to Iowa and become a law professor at the University of Iowa. She is proud to have raised her daughter here on the Iowa values of decency, fairness, and hard work. Christina’s daughter recently graduated from college and just finished her first year in law school. In their community, Christina and her family have been involved in several organizations, including groups that advocate for women and girls, support hard-working and low-income families, and serve underprivileged areas.

At the University of Iowa law school, Christina teaches and writes in several areas of law, including teaching Constitutional Law, Torts, and Intellectual Property. She’s spent her career working on business innovation, capitalism, and economic growth, and teaching our young people about the importance of democracy in a country founded on the promise of freedom and equality–a background more important than ever, given current threats to our institutions.

In 2020, Christina stood up to run for office, taking on politics as usual and defeating a 20-year incumbent to represent District 85 in the Iowa House. During her time in the Statehouse, Christina listened to her community to protect working families, look out for seniors, push for more investment in our public schools, and help Iowa families and small businesses recover from the unprecedented challenges of COVID-19. She’s worked with both parties to pass legislation to crack down on human trafficking and to address the often overlooked problem of elder abuse.

Now, Christina is running for Congress because she believes we need a government that works for the people, not Washington special interests. Too many Iowa families are struggling, worrying they’re just one bad break from not making ends meet, like her family was when her dad got sick. In Congress, Christina will take on greedy corporations responsible for price gouging and rising prices. She will also work to protect Medicaid and social security, lower costs for Iowans, and advocate for a middle class tax cut. She’ll protect veterans from unnecessary DOGE cuts, and call for more technical and vocational training for high-skill, high-wage jobs in Iowa, greater investment in our kids and schools, and better access to broadband all across Iowa.

Outside of serving her community, Christina enjoys running, hiking, bike riding, and spending time with her daughter and husband.