A State Senator from Ottumwa is making another run for the U.S. House of Representatives. Republican Mariannette Miller-Meeks ran for Congress in 2008, 2010 and 2014, losing all three races to Democratic incumbent Dave Loebsack of Iowa City. Loebsack is retiring and will not seek reelection next year. Miller-Meeks says she began thinking about another Congressional try a few months ago.

“It’s an arduous, grueling process and there are people who I think would make excellent representatives, but at this time in their lives, it’s not the right time for them to do it,” Miller-Meeks says, “so with a lot of encouragement and urging and the blessing of my husband, I have decided to move forward and seek the nomination.”

Miller-Meeks is an eye doctor who works at a private practice in Burlington.