$2.9M raised, $2.4M spent, $545.5K cash on hand (through Oct 14, 2026). Where it comes from
Who gives
25% of individual money from donors at $200 or less · 29% from Iowa · largest committee giver MR. SOUTHERN MISSOURIAN IN THE HOUSE PAC, $10K
Outside groups
$679.7K supporting, $7.3M opposing Mitchell
Polling
47% in the latest poll (Emerson College). The polls
Their wordsWhat does Mitchell say they will do?
13 priorities from joemitchell.com, in the order they are listed there. Every heading and the text under it is copied exactly, as one passage for each page it is from, and links to that place on the page; hover a source to see which passage it opens.
13 priorities · 13 quoted statements
As your representative, I will fight for you—not corporations. That’s why I don’t take a dime of corporate PAC money. When elected officials are funded by special interests, it’s the public who gets left behind.
Twelve years in the House and twelve years in the Senate (Twenty-four years total) is more than enough time to pass meaningful legislation. It’s time to get rid of entrenched bureaucrats and bring fresh ideas to Washington. New voices and perspectives are essential to keeping our democracy responsive and effective.
Members of Congress should be focused on serving their constituents, not profiteering from their insider information on the stock market. I support a full ban on stock and prediction market trading for members of Congress. Iowans deserve leaders they can trust to put Iowa first.
Americans deserve immigration policies that put them first. By securing our borders, deporting criminal illegal immigrants, and reforming our immigration laws, we can ensure that Americans—not the Third World—have access to the American Dream. I support a temporary ban on H-1B visas and a long-term plan that ensures Americans are prioritized not only on U.S. soil but also in the global labor market.
We should use every tool our nation has at its disposal including natural gas, oil, nuclear, clean coal, hydro, solar, and wind power to lower costs and strengthen American energy independence. By investing in a diverse energy mix, we can create jobs, reduce reliance on foreign energy sources, and better protect consumers from price volatility and supply disruptions.
Years of wage stagnation have weakened working-class financial security even as productivity and corporate profits have risen. I will fight to prioritize American workers and keep prices low by keeping jobs in America and strengthening antitrust enforcement.
We need to lower costs, increase transparency, and expand consumer choice while preserving key protections from the ACA. Prescription drug and insulin prices for Americans should be comparable to those of other developed countries. Reform must also enforce price transparency to drive competition, ensure subsidies go directly to patients to remove hidden costs in the drug supply chain, and expand access to over-the-counter medications.
The skyrocketing price of homes has made the American Dream unattainable for most Americans. Due to over-regulation and a shortage of affordable homes for sale, the median first time home buyer is now over 40 years of age. De-regulating the homebuilding industry will allow more builders to build more homes at a much lower cost.
Hardworking Americans and small businesses deserve a tax system that rewards work, not punishes it. I will cut taxes for middle-class families and job creators, simplify the tax code, and help people keep more of what they earn to grow the economy and create good-paying jobs. We must end years of wage stagnation that have hurt working families despite rising productivity and profits. I will prioritize American workers by keeping jobs in America, strengthening antitrust enforcement, and keeping prices low.
American farmers are the backbone of our economy and food security, and Washington must start treating them that way. Cutting burdensome regulations, expanding access to global markets, and boosting domestic fertilizer production will ensure family farms can thrive for generations.
Our K–12 education system should develop the fundamentals of reading, writing, math, and critical thinking while empowering parents to decide what’s best for their children’s education. Colleges and universities must be held accountable for how they spend taxpayer dollars, with a greater focus on affordability, workforce readiness, and measurable outcomes. Public institutions should prioritize access for in-state students, ensuring Iowa families benefit first, while federal funding should be tied to transparency, cost control, and real return on investment for students.
I believe there are two genders—male and female. Women and girls deserve a level playing field in sports, free from biological males, with policies that protect fairness, safety, and equal opportunity so female athletes can succeed on their merits. I oppose sex-change surgeries for minors, will fight to ban the use of federal tax dollars for these procedures, and will work to keep biological men out of women’s bathrooms.
MoneyWho pays for the campaign, and where does it go?
Raised
$2.9M
$2,916,069
Spent
$2.4M
$2,370,535
Cash on hand
$545.5K
$545,534
FEC filings, Jul 1, 2025 to Oct 14, 2026 · Official FEC bulk data · committee C00918979 ↗
Raised, spent and cash over time by FEC report
81¢ of every dollar raised has been spent across 7 reports ($2.4M of $2.9M). Cash on hand went from $405.9K on Sep 30, 2025 to $545.5K on Oct 14, 2026.
Raised in the period
Spent in the period
Cash on hand at its close
$500K$1M
Sep ’25
Dec ’25
Mar ’26
May ’26
Jun ’26
Sep ’26
Oct ’26
Raised, spent and cash on hand by FEC report
Report
Raised in the period
Spent in the period
Cash on hand at its close
OCTOBER QUARTERLY 2025 through Sep 30, 2025
$407,555
$1,672
$405,883
YEAR-END 2025 through Dec 31, 2025
$301,508
$130,914
$576,477
APRIL QUARTERLY 2026 through Mar 31, 2026
$627,083
$324,823
$878,738
PRE-PRIMARY 2026 through May 13, 2026
$224,678
$225,750
$877,666
JULY QUARTERLY 2026 through Jun 30, 2026
$377,769
$359,871
$895,564
OCTOBER QUARTERLY 2026 through Sep 30, 2026
$745,215
$771,961
$868,818
PRE-GENERAL 2026 through Oct 14, 2026
$232,261
$555,546
$545,534
Each report’s own period, as filed with the FEC; a report filed again counts once, as its latest copy.
Where the money came from $2,916,069 reported receipts
Tap a row with to see who gave.
Itemized (over $200)Donors who have given more than $200 this cycle, so the FEC itemizes (names) them.$1,601,28855%
Largest donors
Valery Needham3 contributions, latest Oct 6, 2025 · DALLAS, TX$17,000
Riley Evans4 contributions, latest Mar 16, 2026 · EVERETT, WA$13,394
Oscar Cooke3 contributions, latest Mar 16, 2026 · SURPRISE, AZ$13,300
James Windham3 contributions, latest Mar 17, 2026 · LOXAHATCHEE GROVES, FL$11,000
Every contest for this seat that named this candidate, most recent last; a result is shown once the race is called. Election dates and results from civicAPI (civicapi.org). civicAPI aggregates results from Secretaries of State and equivalent election bodies, and makes its own race calls. civicapi.org ↗
Andrea Gabrielson3 contributions, latest Dec 1, 2025 · HOMEMAKER · CLEAR LAKE, IA$10,500
Michael K. Ingram2 contributions, latest Dec 11, 2025 · FOUNDER · EL DORADO HOLDINGS, INC · PARADISE VALLEY, AZ$10,500
Gordon Johnstone2 contributions, latest Oct 18, 2026 · OWNER · MIDWESTERN EQUIPMENT · COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA$10,500
Michael Massimino2 contributions, latest Nov 17, 2025 · REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER · MB FINANCIAL GROUP · BRANFORD, CT$10,500
A donor who gave several times appears once. The 12 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 8,065 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $1.7M.
PACs and other committeesPolitical action committees and other candidates' committees. Corporations and unions cannot give directly.$572,50020%
The 12 largest committees by total given are listed. In all, 203 committee contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $571.4K. Counted from the givers' own filings, which can run above the total the campaign itself reports.
Unitemized ($200 or less)Donors who have given $200 or less this cycle, so the FEC does not itemize (name) them.$546,60719%
LoansMoney the campaign borrowed this cycle, from the candidate or a lender, which it may repay.$100,0003.4%
Who lent it
Joe Mitchellthe candidate’s own money · lent Sep 29, 2025 · $50K not yet repaid$100,000
Each loan as the campaign’s report through Oct 14, 2026 lists it, with what is still owed. A loan from an earlier cycle can appear here, and one repaid in full drops off the report, so the list need not add up to the row.
TransfersMoney moved in from the candidate's other authorized committees, such as a joint fundraising committee.$76,4762.6%
Money moved in from the candidate’s other authorized committees, such as a joint fundraising committee. It was raised once and is reported again here on arrival. The 5 largest sources by total given are listed. In all, 9 transfers were filed this cycle, totaling $76.5K.
Refunds and rebatesMoney coming back to the campaign: rebates and refunds of what it spent.$10,1980.3%
Party committeesNational, state, and local committees of a political party.$7,0000.2%
Other receiptsInterest, dividends and other income the committee files on a line of its own.$2,000<0.1%
Total reported receipts $2,916,069
Every dollar the committee reported receiving this cycle, split by the source the FEC filing attributes it to. FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026.
Who donated: where they live, their employers and jobs
Where the donors live $1,773,796 placed by state
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under $20.4K
$20.4K+
$81.6K+
$183.5K+
$326.3K+
none
Outlined: Iowa, home state
Home state and away
Iowa 29%IA 29%Elsewhere 71%
29% of the money placed by state came from inside Iowa: $509.9K of $1.8M.
Top states
Top donor states
Name
Amount
Iowa home381 contributions · 29%
$509,852
Florida1,133 contributions · 17%
$305,903
Texas1,222 contributions · 11%
$191,446
California1,167 contributions · 6.2%
$110,518
Illinois244 contributions · 3.5%
$61,343
Pennsylvania146 contributions · 3%
$52,446
Virginia444 contributions · 2.7%
$48,259
Alabama131 contributions · 2.4%
$41,930
By the state each donor wrote on the filing, across 50 states and territories. Donors who have given $200 or less this cycle are not itemized, so they cannot be placed on a map. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total.
Donors’ employers as filed
Donors’ employers
Employer as filed
Amount
RetiredWritten instead of an employer · 6,941 contributions · 41% of ranked
$668,669
Self-employedWritten instead of an employer · 212 contributions · 6.1% of ranked
$98,545
HomemakerWritten instead of an employer · 46 contributions · 3.7% of ranked
$59,395
Midwestern Equipment4 contributions · 1.1% of ranked
$17,731
MB Financial Group3 contributions · 0.8% of ranked
$13,082
Rubinov Group2 contributions · 0.7% of ranked
$12,000
Summit Agricultural Group3 contributions · 0.7% of ranked
$10,644
Aluminum Technologies2 contributions · 0.6% of ranked
$10,500
A further $71,754 came from donors whose answer names no employer (Information requested, blank), so it is not ranked. Ranked from the largest 200 of 201 employer spellings filed; each share is of the money in those. Itemized gifts over $200, grouped by the words donors filed: not an industry classification, and a gift from an employee is not a gift from the employer. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($546,607) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Money from groups, by interest $8,533,707
What the committees giving to Mitchell’s campaign or spending on ads about Mitchell are: a company or industry, a union, a cause, a party or politician. Money from individual donors is not included.
For Mitchell $1,251,091
Tap a slice or a name to open it.
$1.3MTap a slice
Super PACs run by or for Republican congressional leaders and their allies, such as Senate Leadership Fund and the Congressional Leadership Fund, and the pop-up PACs those fund and create. A caucus’s PAC, or a group that only shares donors with leadership, is not one. Placed from our list of party-leadership networks, which a reviewer confirms.$571.4K46%
PACs a politician sponsors or runs: a leadership PAC (the FEC’s designation D), a committee the FEC lists as sponsored by a candidate, or a super PAC the politician’s own team runs and press reports tie to them. One that exists only for that politician’s own race is under Groups spending on one race.$306.8K25%
Another candidate’s own campaign committee, or a joint fundraising committee. Money one campaign gives another counts here.$87.9K7%
Groups that state a purpose of advancing religious or family values. Abortion has its own places.Placed by our rules or a model’s suggestion, and not yet checked by a person. The money still counts here; a person may move it.$41.9K3.3%
On the Republican side by their own words, their main funder, or a published source a reviewer cites. A group with one cause is filed under that cause instead.Placed by our rules or a model’s suggestion, and not yet checked by a person. The money still counts here; a person may move it.$37.7K3%
Committees that state no purpose of their own and get half or more of their money from one person who gave $1 million or more. The person is named beside the committee.$28.5K2.3%
Life, property and casualty insurers, with their PACs and trade groups. Health insurers are filed under Health.Placed by our rules or a model’s suggestion, and not yet checked by a person. The money still counts here; a person may move it.$23.5K1.9%
$153.5K12%
Against Mitchell $7,282,616
Tap a slice or a name to open it.
$7.3MTap a slice
Super PACs run by or for Democratic congressional leaders and their allies, such as Senate Majority PAC and House Majority PAC, and the pop-up PACs those fund and create. A caucus’s PAC, or a group that only shares donors with leadership, is not one. Placed from our list of party-leadership networks, which a reviewer confirms.$3.2M44%
On the Democratic side by their own words, their main funder, or a published source a reviewer cites. A caucus’s PAC is here. A group with one cause is filed under that cause instead.$2.9M40%
Groups whose purpose is electing, or mobilizing voters for, candidates from a shared community: women, or Black, Latino, Asian American and Pacific Islander candidates, among others. The community has to be an identity people share, not an age bracket or a political stance.$299.5K4.1%
Groups that state an environmental or climate purpose, such as the political arm of the League of Conservation Voters.$268.5K3.7%
Unions of teachers, firefighters, police and federal, state and local government employees.$239.1K3.3%
$159.3K2.2%
Groups that state a purpose of changing how government works: ethics, campaign finance, elections and reducing partisanship.$113.1K1.6%
$83.3K1.1%
“Proposed” marks money from groups whose place is not yet reviewed by a person. Each group is placed by its filings and its own words, never by which party it backs. Every interest · How groups are placed
Outside spending $24,741,110 across this race
Money groups spent on their own, not through a campaign. Each ad is filed against the candidate it names, so money attacking an opponent shows on the opponent’s row. Open a candidate to see who spent it.
Support and oppose are each group’s own labels, not a judgment made here.
$16,778,778 of the race total was filed about other candidates, so it would not show on Mitchell’s own record.
Independent expenditures (Schedule E) only. Electioneering communications and corporate or union member communications file separately; they are counted for Mitchellunder “Other outside spending” in the full finance detail, but not for the rest of the field, so every other row is a floor.
Who stands behind the outside spending: the people and organizations its money traces to
Who stands behind the outside spending $24.2M traced back through the groups that spent it
Each group that spent in this race is followed to where its own money came from, and what it spent is split by those shares: a group whose money was 60% one person's counts as 60% of its spending theirs. Of what traced, 42% to named individuals, 18% to organizations, 30% to tax-exempt organizations that need not name their donors, 8.8% not itemized in the filings.
People and organizations the race's outside spending traces to
Name
Amount
Michael BloombergPerson · Founder, Bloomberg Inc. · behind Everytown for GUN Safety Victory Fund and HMP and 3 more
$4M
Democracy MattersOrganization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind Project 218 and AB PAC
$1.2M
American Opportunity ActionOrganization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind Your Community PAC and HMP
$1.1M
Everytown for GUN Safety Action Fund IncOrganization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind Everytown for GUN Safety Victory Fund
$1.1M
House Majority ForwardOrganization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind HMP
$1.1M
American Action NetworkOrganization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind CLF
$865.3K
Elon MuskPerson · CEO, Space Exploration Technologies Corp. · behind CLF and America PAC and 1 more
$738.3K
Connie BallmerPerson · Philanthropist, Retired · behind Everytown for GUN Safety Victory Fund and HMP
$500.7K
Opportunity Action FundOrganization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind Cffe PAC and HMP
$467.6K
Miriam O. AdelsonPerson · Director of Community Development, LAS Vegas Sands Corp. · behind NO Going Back PAC Inc. and CLF
$386.4K
Foris DAX, Inc.Organization · behind NO Going Back PAC Inc.
$352.4K
Sixteen Thirty FundOrganization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind Your Community PAC and AB PAC and 1 more
$345.5K
Read for the 18 largest groups of 40, 98% of the $24.7M spent. Shares are of what each group received, not a record of which dollar went where; an organization that need not name its donors ends the trail; a person who gave by more than one route is counted once here. It shows who stood behind the money, not what it was for.
What the payments were for $2,184,783 itemized
The campaign also refunded $125,132 in contributions, which the categories below do not include.
Tap a row with to see what was paid for.
Advertising and mediaBroadcast, digital, and print advertising, and the media buying behind it.$910,71342%
Filed as
MEDIA$814,940
MEDIA PRODUCTION$92,198
ADVERTISING$3,575
Paid to
GEN2 Solutions, LLC$739,940
FP1 Digital, LLC$75,000
FP1 Strategies, LLC$71,548
Armory Productions LLC$20,000
The Iowa Standard$3,295
Five Seasons Media LLC$650
Fundraising and eventsThe cost of raising money: finance consultants, donor list rental and acquisition, event venues, catering, and donor processing.$456,47721%
Card paymentsPaid to a card processor with no itemisation filed beneath it, so the purchases behind it are not on the record.$116,6005.3%
Filed as
CREDIT CARD MERCHANT FEE$116,600
Paid to
WinRed$48,766
Better Mousetrap Digital$18,549
Tailwinds Political$17,007
Olympic Media LLC$9,552
Resurgence Media LLC$6,249
2 - LP Brokerage$4,795
TravelAirfare, lodging, mileage, and ground transport.$84,7463.9%
Filed as
TRAVEL$76,432
MILEAGE$3,360
MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT$3,175
EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT - MILEAGE$967
TRAVEL HOTEL$551
PARKING$260
Paid to
American Airlines$16,327
HOTELS.COM$7,988
Johns, Drew$5,692
Casey's$5,641
Delta Air Lines$5,430
Enterprise Rent-a-Car$5,334
Polling and researchSurveys, opposition research, voter file work, and analytics.$56,4292.6%
Filed as
SURVEY RESEARCH$42,725
RESEARCH/LEGAL CONSULTING$8,760
RESEARCH$4,825
DATA SERVICES$119
Paid to
Fabrizio, Lee & Associates, LLC$36,225
LEX Politica, PLLC$9,835
Harper Polling, LLC$6,500
MHCS$3,750
Donorbureau$119
Digital and technologyWebsites, hosting, software subscriptions, databases, email, and texting platforms.$28,7581.3%
Filed as
SOFTWARE$12,416
TEXT MESSAGE SERVICE$10,430
TEXT MESSAGING SERVICES$5,588
SOFTWARE SUBSCRIPTION$269
SUBSCRIPTION$55
Paid to
515 Group$16,019
Aristotle International, Inc.$12,300
Evoto$269
Dropbox$116
Zoom Communications$55
Office and administrativeRent, utilities, phones, supplies, equipment, security, food, and campaign merchandise.$27,0941.2%
Filed as
PHOTOGRAPHY SERVICE$13,092
FOOD/BEVERAGE$6,217
OFFICE SUPPLIES$6,153
SECURITY SERVICES$1,632
Paid to
Sorensen Studios$6,112
Potter, Jacob$3,736
Amazon$3,293
Clasen, Maxwell$3,243
Cedar Rapids Special Duty Police$1,632
Staples$1,000
Not broken out by the committeeReported as a lump sum, with memo entries pointed to for the detail. Where those entries were filed and read, this page counts the payees they name instead; what is left here was never itemised.$7,7670.4%
Filed as
EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT - SEE MEMOS$7,767
Paid to
Johns, Drew$3,170
Mitchell, Joe$2,717
Lucas, William$1,334
Hoffman, Jackson$292
Lucas, William Henry$254
Given to othersContributions to other candidates, party committees, and PACs.$7,0000.3%
Filed as
CONTRIBUTION TO COMMITTEE$7,000
Paid to
Mcgowan for Iowa$2,000
Anna Paulina Luna for Congress$2,000
Mike Lipetri for Congress$2,000
Amanda Mckinney for Washington$1,000
Refunds and redesignationsContributions returned to donors or reassigned to another election.$3,5000.2%
Filed as
CONTRIBUTION REFUND TO COMMITTEE$3,500
Paid to
APL PAC$2,500
Scott Fitzgerald for Congress$1,000
OtherPayments whose filed description does not match any category above. Every one is listed so it can be read directly.$1,662<0.1%
Filed as
REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE HONORABLE ROBERT F. KENNEDY, JR. POLITICAL ACTIVITY ON AUGUST 19, 2026.$1,662
Paid to
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services$1,662
Taxes, fees, and bank chargesPayroll and income taxes, filing fees, bank and merchant processing charges.$496<0.1%
Filed as
BANK FEE$496
CREDIT-ACCT VERIFY FEE-$0
Paid to
Middletown Valley Bank$466
Chain Bridge Bank$30
Elite Card Processing-$0
Total itemized disbursements $2,184,783
Every itemized payment the committee reported this cycle, sorted by what it said each one was for. The categories are ours; the wording they are matched against is the committee’s own. Open a category to read the filed descriptions and who was paid. FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026.
All 1,161 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.
33 payments were reported as a lump sum, such as a card or payroll bill, with the detail filed underneath as memo entries. Those entries, $28,249 in all, are counted under the payee and purpose they name rather than under the processor that was paid. The total is the same either way.
Largest vendors
Largest vendors
Name
Amount
GEN2 Solutions, LLC6 payments · 31% of all spending
$739,940
Imperator LLC9 payments · 9.4% of all spending
$222,839
The MAR-a-Lago Club4 payments · 3.8% of all spending
$89,936
Alli B Strategies9 payments · 3.5% of all spending
$83,561
Johns, Drew24 payments · 3.3% of all spending
$79,335
515 Group17 payments · 3.2% of all spending
$75,129
FP1 Digital, LLC1 payment · 3.2% of all spending
$75,000
FP1 Strategies, LLC3 payments · 3% of all spending
$71,548
The people, firms and committees paid the most, across every kind of payment. Each share is of everything the committee reported spending this cycle, not only the itemized payments above. A payee that is itself a committee links to its own profile.
Donors’ occupations as filed
Donors’ occupations
Occupation as filed
Amount
RetiredWritten instead of an occupation · 6,941 contributions · 39% of ranked
$668,669
CEO58 contributions · 9.6% of ranked
$163,972
Owner42 contributions · 6.8% of ranked
$115,675
President49 contributions · 6.1% of ranked
$103,544
HomemakerWritten instead of an occupation · 46 contributions · 3.5% of ranked
$59,395
Attorney35 contributions · 1.7% of ranked
$28,607
Consultant16 contributions · 1.6% of ranked
$27,424
Real Estate Developer7 contributions · 1.6% of ranked
$27,099
A further $71,754 came from donors whose answer names no occupation (Information requested, blank), so it is not ranked. Itemized gifts over $200, grouped by the words donors filed: not an industry classification, and a gift from an employee is not a gift from the employer. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($546,607) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Clearly political, but nothing yet shows a cause or a side: not their own words, their funders or a published source.Placed by our rules or a model’s suggestion, and not yet checked by a person. The money still counts here; a person may move it.
Groups set up for one candidate or one race: no parent organization, and 80% or more of their spending on that race, for a candidate, against their rival, or both. A group that is part of an older organization (a trade, union or caucus PAC, or a party leaders’ super PAC shell) stays in its own place even when it spends on one race, and one that has spread across races is filed by its side.
