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Candidates › Iowa U.S. Senate race › 2025–2026
DemocraticU.S. SenateIowa
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Campaign committee · 2025–2026 · latest available filing · Official FEC bulk data
99¢ of every dollar raised has been spent across 7 reports ($3.9M of $3.9M). Cash on hand went from $626.3K on Jun 30, 2025 to $29.4K on Sep 30, 2026.
| Report | Raised in the period | Spent in the period | Cash on hand at its close |
|---|---|---|---|
| JULY QUARTERLY 2025 through Jun 30, 2025 | $656,638 | $30,288 | $626,350 |
| OCTOBER QUARTERLY 2025 through Sep 30, 2025 | $646,658 | $687,963 | $585,045 |
| YEAR-END 2025 through Dec 31, 2025 | $742,294 | $593,858 | $733,481 |
| APRIL QUARTERLY 2026 through Mar 31, 2026 | $1,122,081 | $800,157 | $1,055,406 |
| PRE-PRIMARY 2026 through May 13, 2026 | $503,535 | $857,954 | $700,986 |
| JULY QUARTERLY 2026 through Jun 30, 2026 | $221,937 | $684,157 | $238,766 |
| OCTOBER QUARTERLY 2026 through Sep 30, 2026 | $32,509 | $241,856 | $29,419 |
Each report’s own period, as filed with the FEC; a report filed again counts once, as its latest copy.
No receipts reported
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34% of the money placed by state came from inside Iowa: $1M of $3.1M.
| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| 4,292 contributions · 34% | $1,038,533 |
| 948 contributions · 23% | $714,839 |
| 396 contributions · 9.1% | $278,570 |
| 281 contributions · 5.5% | $169,588 |
| 198 contributions · 4.6% | $141,559 |
| 259 contributions · 3.7% | $113,480 |
| 156 contributions · 2.2% | $68,493 |
| 165 contributions · 1.7% | $53,659 |
By the state each donor wrote on the filing, across 45 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.
| Employer as filed | Amount |
|---|---|
| Written instead of an employer · 4,393 contributions · 39% of ranked | $848,566 |
| Written instead of an employer · 573 contributions · 13% of ranked | $292,281 |
| Written instead of an employer · 174 contributions · 4.6% of ranked | $99,830 |
| 140 contributions · 2.9% of ranked | $62,842 |
| 10 contributions · 1.4% of ranked | $31,400 |
| 7 contributions · 1% of ranked | $21,000 |
| 11 contributions · 0.7% of ranked | $15,500 |
| 5 contributions · 0.7% of ranked | $15,000 |
A further $524,061 came from donors whose answer names no employer (N/A, None, 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.
What the committees giving to Wahls’s campaign or spending on ads about Wahls are: a company or industry, a union, a cause, a party or politician. Money from individual donors is not included.
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“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
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.
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, 30% to named individuals, 42% to organizations, 17% to tax-exempt organizations that need not name their donors, 9.7% not itemized in the filings.
| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| Organization · behind Winsenate | $29.4M |
| Person · CEO, Space Exploration Technologies Corp. · behind SLF PAC and America PAC and 2 more | $19.8M |
| Organization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind SLF PAC and Plains PAC | $13M |
| Organization · behind Winsenate and Lower Costs NOW | $8.7M |
| Organization · behind Fight on Iowa | $8.6M |
| Organization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind Cffe PAC and Winsenate and 1 more |
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| Name | Amount |
|---|---|
| 4 payments | $614,789 |
| 15 payments | $596,330 |
| 58 payments | $164,659 |
| 11 payments | $141,331 |
| 8 payments | $133,802 |
| 61 payments | $129,606 |
| 28 payments | $123,118 |
| 10 payments | $121,100 |
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.
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Lost · 71,895 votes (37%) · 2 of 2 · Full results ↗
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 ↗
Election November 3, 2026 · 29 polls of this matchup
Josh Turek and Ashley Hinson are even · average gap, 5 latest nonpartisan polls
Each dot is a poll. The line is the median of the 5 latest nonpartisan polls. How polls are read
Josh Turek won by 4.1 points. The 8 final polls had a median of Josh Turek +0.9, understating Josh Turek's margin by 3.2 points.
| Poll | Josh Turek | Ashley Hinson | Lead | vs. result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AtlasIntelended Nov 1 | 50.5% | 46.4% | Josh Turek +4.1 | 0 |
| The New York Times/Siena Universityended Nov 1 | 47.6% | 46.9% | Josh Turek +0.7 | −3.4 |
| GrayHouseended Oct 31 · led with the loser | 46% | 48% | Ashley Hinson +2 | −6.1 |
| YouGovended Oct 29 | 50% | 49% | Josh Turek +1 | −3.1 |
| co/efficientended Oct 28 · led with the loser | 46% | 48% | Ashley Hinson +2 | −6.1 |
| Echelon Insightsended Oct 23 | 45% | 43% | Josh Turek +2 | −2.1 |
| InsiderAdvantageended Oct 22 · led with the loser |
Pairings that are not the race on the ballot: candidates who lost a primary or withdrew, or a party's unnamed nominee. They are not charted.
Primary June 2, 2026 · 1 poll
Josh Turek won by 25.2 points. No poll naming both Josh Turek and Zach Wahls ended in the 21 days before the vote.
| Poll | Josh Turek | Zach Wahls | Lead | vs. result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | 62.5% | 37.3% | Josh Turek +25.2 |
June 2, 2026 · Result (unofficial)
Poll data from The New York Times, licensed CC BY 4.0 · Updated November 10, 2026 · 16 polls paid for by a party or campaign are left out
Official FEC filing record for the current cycle. The priorities they publish are quoted from their own site, in their order.
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| Occupation as filed | Amount |
|---|---|
| Written instead of an occupation · 4,403 contributions · 33% of ranked | $832,699 |
| Written instead of an occupation · 344 contributions · 7% of ranked | $173,403 |
| 267 contributions · 6% of ranked | $150,514 |
| 133 contributions · 2.8% of ranked | $70,830 |
| 180 contributions · 2.2% of ranked | $53,532 |
| 28 contributions · 2.1% of ranked | $53,325 |
| Written instead of an occupation · 85 contributions · 2% of ranked | $50,843 |
| 85 contributions · 1.7% of ranked | $42,361 |
A further $437,065 came from donors whose answer names no occupation (N/A, None, blank), so it is not ranked. Ranked from the largest 200 of 201 occupation 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.
| $3.4M |
| Organization · behind Lower Costs NOW | $3.1M |
| Person · Physician, Adelson Drug Clinic · behind SLF PAC and Plains PAC and 1 more | $3M |
| Person · CEO, Citadel Investment Group · behind Fight on Iowa and SLF PAC and 1 more | $3M |
| Organization · behind Americans for Prosperity Action, Inc. DBA CVA Action & DBA Libre Action | $2.7M |
| Organization · behind American Meat Producers PAC | $2.4M |
| Organization · behind Americans for Prosperity Action, Inc. DBA CVA Action & DBA Libre Action | $2.3M |
Read for the 19 largest groups of 80, 96% of the $207.6M 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.
Total itemized disbursements $3,516,973
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.
All 1,034 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.
| 45.5% |
| 47% |
| Ashley Hinson +1.5 |
| −5.6 |
| New River Strategies/GS Strategy Groupended Oct 13 | 46% | 44% | Josh Turek +2 | −2.1 |
|---|
| Median of the final polls | Josh Turek +0.9 | −3.2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | 50.5% | 46.3% | Josh Turek +4.1 |
November 3, 2026 · Result (unofficial, 99% reporting) · Each pollster's last poll ending in the 21 days before the vote, read for the two leading finishers; the median leaves out polls a side paid for