Iowa’s 478 federal filers reported $60.1M in 2026 receipts

Fewer committees, a $60.1 million book

Four hundred seventy-eight federal candidate committees produced $60.1 million in receipts. That combination means Iowa’s candidate money is concentrated relative to states with thousands of filers. Concentration is a description of the FEC table. It does not say which race is competitive. A Senate committee or a small set of House committees can hold most of a $60.1 million state total.

Other-party receipts of $39,047 are 0.1% of the book. Iowa’s candidate total is effectively a two-party receipt table: $36.5 million Democratic (60.7%) and $23.5 million Republican (39.2%).

A complete citation for Iowa names both $60.1 million in candidate receipts across 478 filers and $279.3 million from 36,383 donors, then stops. Adding a third invented total is how these pages go wrong.

Democratic $36.5 million, Republican $23.5 million

The Democratic edge on Iowa candidate receipts is about $13.0 million. Party codes come from candidate registrations. The 36,383 donors in the individual contribution file are not coded by party in this aggregate. Treating the 60.7% Democratic share as a map of Iowa donors would be a category error.

Presidential caucus history is not a field in these FEC aggregates. This page does not import turnout or polling. It reports the 2026-cycle receipt and donor totals as indexed from FEC.gov.

Cycle 2026 remains open. Amendments move Form 3 receipts. Restated individual files move donor aggregates. If the live Iowa hub disagrees with this guide, the hub and FEC.gov control.

Iowa donors: $279.3 million from 36,383 people

The individual contribution total of $279.3 million exceeds the $60.1 million candidate book. Iowa residents give to national PACs, Super PACs, and out-of-state campaigns; those gifts remain Iowa donor dollars. The multiple is smaller than in coastal donor-export states in this extract.

Thirty-six thousand three hundred eighty-three donors is the FEC contributor count. It is not a unique-person census after name matching. Occupation strings live on the underlying rows.

Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board is separate

Iowa state-office campaigns file with the Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board. Those reports are not in the $60.1 million or the $279.3 million. This page is federal 2026-cycle data only.

Iowa FEC totals

The Iowa FEC totals page holds the live table for the 478 committees. Candidate, PAC, and Super PAC directories share the same FEC.gov backbone. Independent expenditures that mention an Iowa candidate sit with the Super PAC that paid for them, not inside the $60.1 million.

Putting Iowa’s FEC fields on one page without mixing them

The packet for Iowa contains seven quantitative fields for cycle 2026: 478 candidates, $60.1 million in candidate receipts, $36.5 million Democratic, $23.5 million Republican, $39,047 other, $279.3 million donated, and 36,383 donors. This guide cites those fields and percentages computed from them. It does not cite poll numbers, independent-expenditure totals, or state-office filings, because those are not in the packet.

Candidate receipts of $60.1 million can include individual gifts, PAC transfers, and other inflows a campaign discloses. They do not include Super PAC ads. Donor totals of $279.3 million count itemized individual contributions originating from Iowa regardless of the recipient. The two series overlap only where a Iowa donor gave to a Iowa-tagged candidate committee.

Party shares — 60.7% Democratic, 39.2% Republican, 0.1% other — are receipt shares. They are not donor shares. The Iowa FEC totals page, the candidate directory, the PAC directory, and the Super PAC tracker are the four LobbyVault views that share FEC.gov as the source.

This page does not claim that 60.7% of Iowa donors are Democratic or that 39.2% are Republican. Those percentages apply to candidate receipts of $36.5 million and $23.5 million out of $60.1 million. It does not claim that $279.3 million was spent in Iowa. Donor dollars follow the recipient committee, which may file anywhere.

It does not claim that 478 candidates will appear on a general-election ballot. It does not convert $39,047 into a named third party. It does not add $60.1 million to $279.3 million. It does not include state-office money.

What it does claim is narrower: FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault show these 2026-cycle totals for Iowa, and the Iowa hub plus the candidate, PAC, and Super PAC directories are the tables behind them.

Questions

How much have Iowa federal candidates raised in 2026?

Iowa-associated federal candidate committees reported $60.1 million in receipts across 478 filers. Democratic committees reported $36.5 million and Republican committees reported $23.5 million, according to FEC.gov aggregates on LobbyVault.

How much have Iowa donors given federally?

Individual contribution aggregates show $279.3 million from 36,383 Iowa donors. That series includes gifts to PACs and out-of-state campaigns and is separate from the $60.1 million in candidate receipts.

What share of Iowa candidate receipts is Democratic?

Democratic candidate committees reported $36.5 million, or 60.7% of the $60.1 million total. Republican committees reported $23.5 million (39.2%) and other filers $39,047. Party codes sit on candidate committees.

Are Iowa state races included?

No. These figures are FEC.gov federal data. Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board filings for state offices are not part of the $60.1 million or $279.3 million.