Christina Bohannan | |
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Member of the IowaHouseofRepresentatives from the 85th district | |
In office January 11, 2021 –January 9, 2023 | |
Preceded by | Vicki Lensing |
Succeeded by | Adam Zabner |
Personal details | |
Born | Florida,U.S. | July 2,1971
Political party | Democratic |
Education | University of Florida (BS,JD) |
Christina Bohannan (born July 2,1971) [1] is an American politician,law professor,and former engineer who served as the Iowa State Representative for the 85th district from 2021 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,she was elected in 2020,succeeding Vicki Lensing who served ten terms in the Iowa House of Representatives.
Bohannan was the Democratic nominee for Iowa's 1st congressional district in 2022,losing to incumbent Republican U.S. Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks. In a 2024 rematch,she narrowly lost once more.
Bohannan was born in 1971 and grew up in Florida. [2] [3] She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in environmental engineering from the University of Florida in Gainesville and a J.D. from the University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law. [4]
Bohannan began her career as an environmental engineer for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection in the 1990s. [5] She moved to Iowa in 2000,where she became a professor of law at the University of Iowa College of Law. [6] While teaching at the University of Iowa in Iowa City south of Cedar Rapids,Bohannan served as president of the faculty senate. [7]
She began her campaign for the 85th district seat of the Iowa House of Representatives in October 2019. [3] [8] She defeated incumbent legislator Vicki Lensing by 32 points in the Democratic primary [9] [5] and won in an uncontested general election. [10]
Bohannan ran for the United States House of Representatives in Iowa's 1st congressional district in the 2022 election. She was the Democratic nominee but lost in the general election to incumbent Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks. [11] In August 2023,Bohannan announced another campaign for the same seat in the 2024 election but was unsuccessful after a close race with Miller-Meeks which was decided after a recount. [12]
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