Iowa's 1st congressional district

Infobox U.S. congressional district
state = Iowa
district number = 1


image width = 300px
image caption = The 1st congressional district of Iowa
representative = Bruce Braley
party = Democratic
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population = 585,302 [http://projects.washingtonpost.com/elections/keyraces/5/ Washington Post page on the 1st District of Iowa] ]
population year = 2000
median income = 38,727
percent white = 93.1
percent black = 3.8
percent asian = 0.9
percent native american = 0.2
percent hispanic = 2.0
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cpvi = D+5 [ [http://www.clcblog.org/blog_item-85.html Campaign Legal Center blog: Will Gerrymandered Districts Stem the Wave of Voter Unrest? ] ] The 1st Iowan congressional district generally covers the northeastern part of the state. The district is considered Democratic-leaning, because it contains Democratic-leaning cities such as Dubuque, Clinton, Davenport and Waterloo. Democrat Bruce Braley has represented the district since 2007.

Large cities included in the district

* Davenport (98,845/MSA 377,291), largest of the Quad Cities
* Waterloo (66,483/MSA 161,897)
* Dubuque (57,798/MSA 91,631), college town, manufacturing center, river port
* Cedar Falls (36,471/MSA 161,897), home of the University of Northern Iowa and part of the Waterloo metropolitan area
* Bettendorf (31,890/MSA 377,291), part of the Quad Cities
* Clinton (27,086), industrial river town

2001 Iowa 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 districting plan was effective from 1992-2001. [cite news |title=2001 Iowa Redistricting Plan, |year=2001 |url=http://www.legis.state.ia.us/Redist/Redist.html | work=Iowa General Assembly]

Recent election history

2006 election

Incumbent Jim Nussle stepped down to run for Governor.

Three Republicans ran in the June primary. Quad Cities businessman Mike Whalen won the Republican nomination, while Waterloo attorney Bruce Braley won the Democratic nomination.

In the general election, Braley defeated Whalen, 55 percent to 43.3 percent, to win the seat. It was the first time since 1977 that a Democrat represented the district. [cite news |last=Tibbetts |first=Ed |title=Braley win caps 2-year quest |publisher=Quad-City Times |date=2006-11-07 |url=http://www.qctimes.com/articles/2006/11/08/news/local/doc45518f52ebe93969383213.txt|accessdate=2006-11-08] [cite web | url=http://www.sos.state.ia.us/pdfs/staff/StatewideSummary.pdf | title=Statewide Summary | work=Office of the Iowa Secretary of State]

ee also

* List of United States Representatives from Iowa

References