IA-01 Democratic nominee?
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JUN 3, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current rolePatient access specialist
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyProgressive Democrat
LocationIowa
BackgroundPatient access specialist
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Notable personal detailsTravis Terrell is a Democratic candidate who ran for U.S. House in Iowa’s 1st Congressional District in the 2026 election cycle. He has worked in health care, including as a patient access specialist at University of Iowa Health Care, and has described a working-class background. He advanced policies including Medicare for All and pro-worker labor reforms, and he was a challenger candidate in the 2026 Democratic primary.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
Supports major expansions of government spending and redistribution, including Medicare for All, a $20 federal minimum wage, caps on CEO-to-worker pay for firms receiving federal tax breaks, and redirecting military spending toward domestic programs. Campaign messaging frames the system as favoring the ultra-wealthy and calls for holding corporations and billionaires accountable and ending corporate influence in politics.
Healthcare
Supports guaranteeing Medicare for All to ensure no one goes bankrupt or dies because they cannot afford care. Commits to protecting and expanding health programs that working people, families, and veterans rely on most and frames healthcare as a human right.
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Immigration & Border
Supports expanded legal pathways to citizenship, faster timelines for essential workers, protections for visa holders and DACA recipients, and limits on deportations and immigration raids; proposes an independent immigration court system and a federal legal defense fund for immigrants facing removal proceedings.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
The candidate supports protecting reproductive freedom and expanding access to care for women. His campaign materials list reproductive freedom as part of his equality platform and he has discussed health care and reproductive access at public events.
Climate & Energy
Supports aggressive climate action including a Green New Deal–style jobs program, banning new federal fossil fuel leases, ending fossil fuel subsidies, investing in large-scale clean energy expansion, and holding polluters accountable. Proposes targeted protections for Iowa’s water and farmland and a federal disaster relief fund for farmers affected by climate-driven floods, droughts, and wildfires.
Public Safety & Guns
Supports expanded gun-safety measures while affirming Second Amendment rights; endorses universal background checks, red flag laws with due process, safe-storage laws and expanded mental-health/crisis resources, and penalties to prevent access by children and those under restraining orders.
News
Travis Terrell ran as a Democrat in Iowa’s 1st Congressional District but lost the party’s primary to Christina Bohannan, according to unofficial results. The race was part of a closely watched contest that is expected to be competitive in the general election. Earlier coverage had identified Terrell as one of the Democratic candidates in the district’s primary, with the campaign focused on health care and affordability issues.
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Fundraising
Latest report: Cycle 20262026
LatestCycle 2026
Source: FEC
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