Rita Hart
Rita Hart is an American politician and former educator. She served as an Iowa State Senator from the 49th district from 2013 to 2019. Hart ran for lieutenant governor of Iowa on the Democratic ticket, with running mate Fred Hubbell. Hart was her party’s nominee in the 2020 election for Iowa’s 2nd congressional district. Hart’s opponent, Republican physician Mariannette Miller-Meeks, was certified as the winner by six votes.
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Rita Hart is an American politician and former educator. She served as an Iowa State Senator from the 49th district from 2013 to 2019. Hart ran for lieutenant governor of Iowa on the Democratic ticket, with running mate Fred Hubbell. Hart was her party’s nominee in the 2020 election for Iowa’s 2nd congressional district. Hart’s opponent, Republican physician Mariannette Miller-Meeks, was certified as the winner by six votes, one of the closest federal elections in history.
Hart contested the election via a petition with the House Administration Committee under the 1969 Federal Contested Elections Act, which sets forth procedures for contesting state election results. Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi provisionally seated Miller-meeks on January 3, 2021, at the opening of the 117th Congress.
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