Miller-Meeks is wrong for IA-01. She voted to kick thousands of Iowans off their health insurance, to make it harder for Iowans to afford groceries, and defended Trump tariffs that jack up costs, are killing the agriculture industry, and hurt local jobs. She backed a scheme aligned with cuts to medical research and customer service at Social Security, and she’s faced a complaint over where she actually lives and votes. Add up her votes and you get a pattern: she protects party agenda and special interests over Iowa families.
- Miller-Meeks betrayed Iowans and her former patients by voting for a bill that is estimated to kick 17 million Americans off their health insurance, including nearly 12 million Americans who rely on Medicaid. An estimated 24,696 Iowans could lose their health insurance as a result of her vote. The MercyOne - Newton Medical Center was identified as at risk of closing as a result of Miller-Meeks’ vote.
- Miller-Meeks has spent a decade railing against the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and claimed she ran for congress because of its “failures.” The drop in Iowans who were uninsured was largely attributed to the expansion of public insurance plans and the ACA. An estimated 136,000 Iowans were enrolled in ACA marketplace health insurance plans.
Message: Miller-Meeks betrayed Iowans and her former patients by voting to take health care away from Iowans all to fund billionaire tax breaks.
- Miller-Meeks voted for a bill that made the largest SNAP cut in history. She defending her vote for the bill, by calling it a “once-in-a-generation victory.” More than 28,000 Iowans in her district rely on SNAP to afford groceries.
- In 2013, while she was serving as Iowa’s top public health official, Miller-Meeks made disparaging comments about Iowans who relied on food stamps, claiming without evidence that the number one item they purchased was Mountain Dew. A few months later, Miller-Meeks admitted Iowa did not keep track of the type of food Iowans bought with food stamps. She then resigned, but claimed that was unrelated to her false statements.
Message: Miller-Meeks touted her vote to take food assistance from Iowans as a “once-in-a-generation victory.”
Message: Higher prices, crops sitting in storage, lost income for farmers – Miller-Meeks chose Trump’s trade war over protecting affordability and Iowans’ livelihoods.
¶ MILLER-MEEKS DEFENDED ATTACKS ON SOCIAL SECURITY AND IOWA MEDICAL RESEARCH
- Miller-Meeks defended the “Department of Government Efficiency,” even joining the congressional DOGE caucus. She suggested federal government changes were only “a little bit of disruption” even though DOGE-driven cuts and downsizing were affecting the federal government’s ability to deliver services to seniors. More than 178,000 Iowans in Miller-Meeks’ district relied on Social Security benefits.
- Miller-Meeks defended the Trump administration’s cuts even though they proposed cuts to National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding that could be devastating the research conducted by the University of Iowa – research that Miller-Meeks has repeatedly touted in the past. NIH funding supported thousands of jobs and hundreds of businesses in Iowa.
Message: Miller-Meeks claimed cuts that were destroying Iowa medical research funding and seniors’ access to the Social Security Administration were just “a little bit of disruption.”
Message: Miller-Meeks cast the deciding vote against releasing the Epstein files, protecting the accused pedophiles named within them.
Miller-Meeks faced an ethics complaint over where her primary address was actually located.
- Following redistricting, in 2022, Miller-Meeks changed her voter registration from her known home in Ottumwa to Le Claire which was in the 1st congressional district. The address belonged to Republican State Senator Chris Cournoyer. She used that address to vote in the 2022 general election.
- Leading up to the 2024 election, Miller-Meeks changed her voter registration to an apartment in Davenport. The Davenport apartment building was partially managed by a group affiliated with David Barker, who served on the Iowa Board of Regents and had donated $52,900 in support of Miller-Meeks’ campaigns throughout the years. Barker claimed he was unaware Miller-Meeks was living there.
- It was reported that Miller-Meeks used her Ottumwa address on official government forms. In October 2024 it was also reported that she collected a homestead tax credit at that home during the previous two tax periods. She also reported on her 2023 and 2024 personal financial disclosures that she owed a mortgage on a personal residence in Ottumwa.
- Iowa state law required voters to register to vote at their primary address and vote in the county where they primarily resided. Bleeding Heartland reported that Miller-Meeks’ actions could have put her at risk for election misconduct or perjury, which were both Class ‘D’ felonies in Iowa.
Message: Miller-Meeks doesn’t think the rules apply to her.
All hospitals in the district are included in this map; Green hospitals are at risk; Black have been shut down
Miller-Meeks Voted To Cut Health Care 100,000 Of Her Constituents Depend On
Miller-Meeks Defended Trump's Tariffs While Admitting They Were Bad For Iowa
Miller-Meeks Supported Cutting Medical Research And Social Security Employees
Miller-Meeks Was Accused Of Voter Fraud
Miller-Meeks's Votes As A Member Of Congress