Miller-Meeks defeats Pautsch in state and Jasper County primary elections

U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks will remain the Republican nominee in the race for Iowa’s 1st Congressional District following the release of the unofficial results of the primary election tonight. Which means Miller-Meeks’s challenger has shifted from David Pautsch to Democratic candidate Christina Bohannan.

According to unofficial results of the primary election posted by the Jasper County Auditor’s Office, several Republicans wanted Miller-Meeks over Pautsch, who ran a relentless campaign blasting the congresswoman and doubting her conservative beliefs. Voters in Jasper County largely thought otherwise.

Miller-Meeks received 1,235 votes, or 62.85 percent, in Jasper County; Pautsch earned 728 votes, or 37.05 percent.

In total, 1,965 votes were cast in Jasper County.