2020 House Races - Page 2

November 23, 2023

Iowa elected official's wife convicted of voter fraud in ballot-stuffing scheme

A woman was convicted of 52 counts of voter fraud in a ballot-stuffing scheme where she tried to help her husband secure the Republican nomination to run for Congress in 2020.

June 7, 2021

2020 autopsy points to Democrats' worries of losing Black, Hispanic, Asian voters to GOP

An extensive analysis of what went right and wrong for Democrats in the 2020 elections warns that the party could see support drop with Black, Hispanic and Asian American voters in future contests unless Democrats do a more effective job countering Republican attacks.

May 19, 2021

House Democrats' 2020 autopsy blames GOP attacks, bad polling for disappointing results

A "deep dive" of the 2020 election compiled by House Democrats blames bad polling that underestimated voter turnout by supporters of then-President Trump, as well as effective messaging by House Republicans that focused on the far left’s "defund the police" movement, for the party’s underwhelming performance in congressional elections last November.

April 28, 2021

Jamaal Bowman: What to know about progressive Dem congressman giving response to Biden address

Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., will follow President Biden's first address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday with a speech of his own on behalf of the Working Families Party.

March 29, 2021

Newt Gingrich: Pelosi's Iowa power grab – here's why House speaker is trying to steal this seat

Republican Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks is the certified winner of Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District election. In an ironic show of Democratic hypocrisy, her opponent, Rita Hart – with the help of Speaker Nancy Pelosi,  D-Calif. – is objecting to the election results.  

March 18, 2021

Georgia secretary of state urges Pelosi, Democrats to uphold certified Iowa election result

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is warning House Speaker Pelosi and Georgia’s congressional delegation against reversing the election victory of Iowa Republican Rep. Marianette Miller-Meeks, saying he is "greatly alarmed that members of Congress would consider overturning the will of the voters as certified by the state."

March 16, 2021

US government says no evidence a foreign power manipulated 2020 election results

Iran, Cuba, Venezuela and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah all made attempts to harm President Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign, according to a declassified intelligence assessment, while Russia sought to harm then-candidate Joe Biden, and China held back.

March 14, 2021

Pelosi overturning Iowa House election would be 'horribly unfair' to voters: Joni Ernst

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi leaving the door open to overturning the certified House election results in Iowa is hypocritical and unfair, Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, asserted on "Fox & Friends Weekend."

March 12, 2021

Iowa GOP rep blasts Democrat's election challenge: 'They want to go against the laws of our state'

Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, joined "Special Report" Friday to react to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi leaving the door open to overturn the result of Miller-Meeks' November race, in which she defeated Democrat Rita Hart by just six votes.

March 4, 2021

Democratic lawyer cheers HR 1 election reform bill while seeking to overturn certified Iowa election

Election law attorney Marc Elias is cheering Democrats' voting and campaign finance reform legislation while seeking to overturn the certification of an Iowa election.