(Radio Iowa) – Three of the four Republican incumbents representing Iowa in the U-S House have won reelection. One county in the first congressional district had not reported its results by midnight and that race has not been called, but Republican Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks issued a statement shortly before 1:30 this (Wednesday) morning:  “This county has typically voted for me over 60% of their votes,” Miller-Meeks said. “We expect it to increase our margin.”

Miller-Meeks, speaking to supporters gathered at the casino in Riverside, held up copies of the Des Moines Register’s “Iowa Poll” that found voters in the district preferred a Democrat rather than a Republican this year. “Thank you Ann Selzer for motivating district one to come out and vote for Miller-Meeks for a third term,” Miller-Meeks said.

Ann Selzer is the Iowa Poll’s director. The race was considered one of the few toss up contests for a U-S House seat and millions of dollars worth of campaign ads aired in the district. “Despite the disgusting vile things that were said about me, despite the over $5.5 million dollars spent to defeat not me, to defeat us,” Miller said. “We are going to Make America Great Again.”

Democrat Christina Bohannan addressed a crowd at Big Grove Brewery in Iowa City as about 97 percent of precincts were reporting. “This is a really, really close race,” Bohannan says. “At this point, it is too close to call unfortunately.” Bohannan ran against Miller-Meeks two years ago, finishing about 20-thousand votes behind — compared to the 413 margin at midnight.  “There were people across the country who thought that we would never make it this far…and we made it a real toss up race and, as of night, it’s kind of still up in the air,” Bohannan said.

Bohannan told her supporters the campaign had been an incredible journey. “Whatever the outcome of this race is, we did something that nobody thought we could do and I want you all to remember that in the future because you have the power to do amazing things.”

Miller-Meeks told reporters she expects a recount in the race and she’s confident she’ll prevail after winning her first congressional race in 2020 after a recount.