Bohannan Skips Out on Iowans
New reporting exposes liberal Christina Bohannan for skipping nearly half her votes during her last term in the Iowa State House.
While claiming that leaders should “show up,” Christina Bohannan missed 348 votes in her last year in the State House. Meanwhile, Bohannan kept collecting her taxpayer-funded salary while failing to show up for Iowans.
“Liberal Christina Bohannan says leaders should ’show up’ and then is a no-show herself. Missing half your job while collecting your taxpayer-funded paycheck isn’t leadership worthy of a promotion – it’s the kind of performance that would get you fired anywhere else.” – NRCC Spokeswoman Emily Tuttle
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Dem in key swing race missed nearly half her state House votes while taking taxpayer salary: ‘No show’
Kiera McDonald , Andrew Mark Miller
August 12, 2026
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-key-swing-race-missed-nearly-half-state-house-votes-taking-taxpayer-salary-no-show
FIRST ON FOX: Former Democratic state Rep. Christina Bohannan missed nearly half of her votes in Iowa’s House of Representatives during her final year in office as she campaigned for a congressional seat in the battleground district, records show.
In 2022, Bohannan missed 348 of 773 floor votes, or about 45% of all votes, according to the legislature’s records, despite stressing the importance “for leaders to show up” three years later.
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Some of the skipped votes involved bills addressing protections for sexual abuse victims, volunteer firefighters and first responders, Iowa’s dairy industry, agricultural programs, emergency 911 services and juvenile justice reform.
“Liberal Christina Bohannan says leaders should ‘show up’ and then is a no-show herself,” Emily Tuttle, a spokesperson for the National Republican Congressional Committee, said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
“Missing half your job while collecting your taxpayer-funded paycheck isn’t leadership worthy of a promotion. It’s the kind of performance that would get you fired anywhere else.”
The absences stand in contrast with Bohannan’s past comments. In an Oct. 6, 2025, post on X, she wrote that she had the “honor of speaking” with more than 100 voters at a candidate forum representing five Iowa counties.
“At a time when so much is uncertain, it’s more important than ever for leaders to show up and talk directly with Iowans,” she added.
Similarly, in a 2021 interview with Bleeding Heartland, an Iowa politics blog, Bohannan was described as planning to spend “a lot of time on legislative work during the 2022 session” with the rest of her efforts focused on her congressional campaign.
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