Christina Bohannan

ON THE ISSUES

• Wants to make Iowa a superpower in renewable energy and jobs of the future
• Sponsored legislation to promote solar energy tax credits in state legislature
• Sponsored legislation for testing for lead in water at schools and childcare facilities, and lead and copper testing in county water systems in state legislature

WHY THIS RACE MATTERS

• Toss-up race
• Flipping this seat in Iowa will help win a pro-environmental majority in the House, making it easier to pass climate legislation at the federal level

Candidate Background

Christina Bohannan is running to represent Iowa's 1st Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives. She has a degree in environmental engineering from the University of Florida and began her career as an environmental engineer working to protect clean water at the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. In 2000, Bohannan moved to Iowa to become a constitutional law professor at the University of Iowa College of Law. In 2020, she defeated a 20-year incumbent Democrat in the primary to represent Iowa State House District 85. 

Bohannan made protecting the environment a central focus of her campaign for the state legislature and is now running for Congress to help make Iowa a superpower in renewable energy and jobs of the future. As a constitutional law professor, she is also dedicated to protecting voting rights and strengthening our democracy. In the legislature, she served on the Natural Resources Committee and the Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture and Natural Resources. She sponsored legislation on solar energy tax credits, testing for lead in water at schools and childcare facilities, and lead and copper testing in county water systems. Bohannan is endorsed by LCV Action Fund.