Mariannette Jane Miller-Meeks was born on September 6,1955 and is an American physician and politician serving as a US representative since 2021.
20 Facts About Mariannette Miller-Meeks
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Mariannette Miller-Meeks has represented Iowa's 1st congressional district since 2023 and represented the 2nd district from 2021 to 2023.
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Mariannette Miller-Meeks's district includes most of Iowa's southeastern quadrant, including Davenport, Bettendorf, Burlington, Iowa City, and Miller-Meeks's hometown of Ottumwa.
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Mariannette Miller-Meeks ran three unsuccessful campaigns for the US House against Dave Loebsack.
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Mariannette Miller-Meeks was reelected in 2022 by a margin of nearly seven percentage points.
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Mariannette Miller-Meeks enlisted in the United States Army at the age of 18 and served for 24 years, including as a nurse, physician, and member of the United States Army Reserve.
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Mariannette Miller-Meeks operated a private ophthalmology practice in Ottumwa, Iowa, until 2008.
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Mariannette Miller-Meeks served as the first female president of the Iowa Medical Society.
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Mariannette Miller-Meeks was the first woman on the faculty of the University of Iowa's department of ophthalmology and visual sciences, and worked as a representative from Iowa to the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
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Mariannette Miller-Meeks was the Republican nominee for Iowa's 2nd congressional district in 2008,2010 and 2014, losing to Dave Loebsack in all three races.
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Mariannette Miller-Meeks criticized EPA regulation of waterways and coal plants, saying it creates uncertainty for farmers.
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Mariannette Miller-Meeks ran to represent Iowa's 2nd congressional district again in 2020, following Loebsack's retirement.
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Mariannette Miller-Meeks defeated Hart in the general election by six votes, making this the closest election in 2020 and flipping Iowa's 2nd Congressional District from Democratic to Republican control in one of the closest races in 100 years; the state certified the victory.
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Mariannette Miller-Meeks ran for reelection, this time in Iowa's 1st congressional district, for the 2022 elections.
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Mariannette Miller-Meeks defeated Democratic nominee Christina Bohannan in the November 2022 general election.
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On May 19,2021, Mariannette Miller-Meeks was one of 35 Republicans who joined all Democrats in voting to approve legislation to establish the January 6,2021 commission meant to investigate the storming of the US Capitol.
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In 2020, Mariannette Miller-Meeks said that an infrastructure bill would be her main priority, suggesting a fuel tax increase to pay for it.
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In 2021, Mariannette Miller-Meeks voted against the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
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Mariannette Miller-Meeks is married to Curt Meeks, the Compliance Officer at Ottumwa Regional Health Center, and has two children.
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Mariannette Miller-Meeks organized a physician recruitment and retention organization to help bring physicians to southeast Iowa and has served as a court-appointed special advocate volunteer for children.