Iowa Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks‘s time as a House member may be short if her vanquished Democratic opponent successfully argues she won more votes. And House Democrats, in the majority, could cite precedent from 1937.

House Administration Chairwoman Zoe Lofgren, a California Democrat, confirmed to the Washington Examiner Sunday that Miller-Meeks could be removed from office should the contest mounted by her 2nd Congressional District Democratic opponent, Rita Hart, find the challenger earned more votes.