Iowa's 1st congressional district

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Iowa's 1st congressional district
Iowa's 1st congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Current Representative		Rod Blum (R–Dubuque)
Distribution	66.35% urban, 33.65% rural
Population (2000)	585,302
Median income	$38,727
Ethnicity	93.1% White, 3.8% Black, 0.9% Asian, 2.0% Hispanic, 0.2% Native American
Cook PVI	D+5

Iowa's 1st congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Iowa that covers the northeastern part of the state. The district includes Dubuque, Cedar Rapids, and Waterloo.

The district is currently represented by Republican Rod Blum.

Cities in the district

• Cedar Rapids
• Dubuque
• Waterloo

Redistricting

On June 22, 2001, the Iowa General Assembly passed a redistricting plan. The plan went into effect in 2002 for the 108th United States Congress. The prior redistricting plan was effective from 1992-2001.

List of representatives

Representative	Party	Term	District Residence	Note
District created		March 4, 1847
William Thompson	Democratic	March 4, 1847 – June 29, 1850		Seat declared vacant
Vacant		June 29, 1850 - December 20, 1850
Daniel F. Miller	Whig	December 20, 1850 – March 3, 1851
Bernhart Henn	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855
Augustus Hall	Democratic	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857
75px Samuel Curtis	Republican	March 4, 1857 – August 4, 1861		Resigned to serve in the Civil War
Vacant		August 4, 1861 - October 8, 1861
James F. Wilson	Republican	October 8, 1861 – March 3, 1869
George W. McCrary	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1877
Joseph C. Stone	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879
Moses A. McCoid	Republican	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1885
Benton J. Hall	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1887
John H. Gear	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1891
John J. Seerley	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893
John H. Gear	Republican	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1895
Samuel M. Clark	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899
Thomas Hedge	Republican	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1907
Charles A. Kennedy	Republican	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1921
William F. Kopp	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1933
Edward C. Eicher	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – December 2, 1938		Resigned after being appointed as a commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission
Vacant		December 2, 1938 - January 3, 1939
Thomas E. Martin	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1955
Fred Schwengel	Republican	January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1965
John R. Schmidhauser	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967
Fred Schwengel	Republican	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1973
Edward Mezvinsky	Democratic	January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1977
Jim Leach	Republican	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 2003		Redistricted to the 2nd district
75px Jim Nussle	Republican	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2007		Redistricted from the 2nd district
Bruce Braley	Democratic	January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2015
Rod Blum	Republican	January 3, 2015 –	Dubuque	Incumbent

Historical Election Results

Year	Party Affiliation	Winner	Number of Votes	Party Affiliation	Loser	Number of Votes	Percentage of Votes
1920	Republican	William F. Kopp	38,100	Democrat	E.W. 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 Opponent	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	E. R. 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	Scattering	Scattering	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 Winekauf	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%

Recent Election Results

2002

Iowa's 1st Congressional District Election (2002)
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
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

2004

Iowa's 1st Congressional District Election (2004)
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
Voter turnout			%
	Republican hold

2006

Iowa's 1st Congressional District Election (2006)
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
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic gain from Republican

• NOTE: James Hill ran on the Pirate Party platform on the ballot.

2008

Iowa's 1st Congressional District Election (2008)
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
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2010

Iowa's 1st Congressional District Election (2010)
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
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2012

Iowa's 1st Congressional District Election (2012)
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
Voter turnout			%
	Democratic hold

2014

Iowa's 1st Congressional District Election (2014)
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

Living former Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa's 1st congressional district

As of May 2015, four former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa's 1st congressional district are alive.

Representative	Term of office	Date of birth (and age)
Edward Mezvinsky	1973–1975	(1937-01-17) January 17, 1937
Jim Leach	1977–2003	(1942-10-15) October 15, 1942
Jim Nussle	2003–2007	(1960-06-27) June 27, 1960
Bruce Braley	2007–2015	(1957-10-30) October 30, 1957

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also

• Iowa's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

See also: United States House of Representatives elections, 2006

References

• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present