Democrats on the House Administration Committee swept aside Republican objections to advance a challenge to Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks’s election to represent Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District. Miller-Meeks defeated Democrat Rita Hart by six votes after an official recount of the nearly 400,000 cast. Following the recount, Miller-Meeks’s election was certified by Iowa election officials. Miller-Meeks was sworn in on Jan. 3 with other members of the 117th Congress by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). She has since voted as a regular member of Congress on issues that include the second impeachment of former President Donald Trump, which she opposed. Hart disputes the recount, saying 22 votes weren’t counted that should have been and which would make her the election winner by nine votes. She formally asked the administration panel, which has jurisdiction over federal election procedures, to reverse the election’s result. Over Republican objections prior to the vote, Democrats …