Dem House candidate's luxurious lifestyle clashes with 'working-class' campaign message

Christina Bohannan’s claim of knowing “what it’s like to struggle" is undercut by revelations of a $1.55 million mansion, a Florida condo and lucrative investments.

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The front of Bohannan's Iowa City mansion listed on the Iowa City Assessor's website, taken in 2013. (Iowa City Assessor)

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The back of Bohannan's Iowa City mansion, taken in 2013. (Iowa City Assessor)

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A side view of Bohannan's Iowa City mansion, taken in 2013. (Iowa City Assessor)

However, Bohannan's own financial disclosures and local real estate records paint a picture that clashes with her alleged working-class image. In June, Bohannan purchased University of Iowa basketball coach Fran McCaffery's $1.55 million mansion in Iowa City, while for years she has also owned a waterfront condo inside a gated community in Sarasota, Florida. The gated community sells homes ranging from as little as $300,000 to over $1 million, plus requires thousands in annual homeowner's fees.

Meanwhile, according to Bohannan's financial disclosures, her Sarasota condo has also helped her net as much as $50,000 in rental income annually.

Bohannan's own financial filings also show that she and her husband own over six-figures in individual tech stocks, such as Apple, Alphabet and Meta, from which they have not divested despite Bohannan's "ETHICS PLAN" proposal aimed at compelling members of Congress to cease trading stocks while serving on Capitol Hill.

Fox News Digital reached out to Bohannan for comment but did not receive a response in time for publication. 

Bohannan is set to take on Republican incumbent Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, who represents Iowa's 1st Congressional District.

The Iowa state flag flies outside the Capitol in Des Moines. (Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

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"Christina Bohannan is concerned with 1st class – weird since she just bought a $1.55 million dollar home," Hayek commented on Bohannan's photo of Miller-Meeks allegedly sitting first class. "Seems she’s wanting others to share the wealth, but not herself and she cares more about her personal living than the ‘poor,'" the local elected official concluded. "Stop the virtue signally [sic]."

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