Iowa 2nd District House Race 2026: All the Money

Joe Mitchell (R) vs. Lindsay James (D) · general election November 3, 2026

$22.1 million spent so far: $6.0 million by the campaigns and $16.1 million by outside groups.

Outside groups$16,113,999 Campaigns$6,022,576

Last updated October 23, 2026, 9:23 AM ET

Data current through: independent expenditures October 23, 2026 (filings processed through October 23, 2026) · campaign finances October 14, 2026 · super PAC donors September 30, 2026*

Scope: general-election money only — independent expenditures disseminated after the June 2, 2026 primaries; $64,006 of primary-period spending is kept out and listed in the appendix (§7.15). Campaign finances are cycle-to-date. Scope note.

7.1 Race summary

Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand Outside $ supporting Outside $ opposing Total outside benefiting Grand total benefiting
Joe Mitchell (R)$2,916,069$2,370,535$545,534$523,280$6,591,557$6,449,179$8,819,715
Lindsay James (D)$3,917,994$3,652,041$265,953$3,073,262$5,925,900$9,664,819$13,316,860
Total$6,834,063$6,022,576$811,487$3,596,542$12,517,457$16,113,999$22,136,575

Every cell to the dollar. Raised / Spent / Cash on hand are each campaign's cycle-to-date FEC totals (they include primary-period activity — note); the three outside-money columns count only independent expenditures disseminated after primary day. "Grand total benefiting" = a candidate's own campaign disbursements + total outside spending benefiting that candidate. Receipts and expenditures are never added into a single figure. Attribution rule.

7.2 Charts

(a) All money, by side

Benefiting Joe Mitchell: $8,819,715 (39.8%)Benefiting Lindsay James: $13,316,860 (60.2%)$22,136,575
  • Benefiting Joe Mitchell$8,819,71539.8%
  • Benefiting Lindsay James$13,316,86060.2%

(b) Outside money by committee — benefiting Joe Mitchell

No Going Back PAC Inc.: $4,179,565 (64.8%)CLF: $1,834,319 (28.4%)America PAC: $278,989 (4.3%)Women Speak Out PAC: $57,813 (0.9%)The Family Leader: $41,864 (0.6%)MAGA Inc.: $28,630 (0.4%)Maha PAC: $13,650 (0.2%)Make America Great Again Action Inc: $6,080 (0.1%)All other committees: $8,270 (0.1%)$6,449,179
  • No Going Back PAC Inc.$4,179,56564.8%
  • CLF$1,834,31928.4%
  • America PAC$278,9894.3%
  • Women Speak Out PAC$57,8130.9%
  • The Family Leader$41,8640.6%
  • MAGA Inc.$28,6300.4%
  • Maha PAC$13,6500.2%
  • Make America Great Again Action Inc$6,0800.1%
  • All other committees$8,2700.1%

(b) Outside money by committee — benefiting Lindsay James

HMP: $3,230,357 (33.4%)Your Community PAC: $1,942,587 (20.1%)Ab PAC: $1,024,463 (10.6%)Project 218: $1,008,231 (10.4%)Everytown For Gun Safety Victory Fund (Everytown Victory Fund): $956,519 (9.9%)Cffe PAC: $315,260 (3.3%)Elect Democratic Women: $204,454 (2.1%)Center Forward Committee: $200,000 (2.1%)All other committees: $782,949 (8.1%)$9,664,819
  • HMP$3,230,35733.4%
  • Your Community PAC$1,942,58720.1%
  • Ab PAC$1,024,46310.6%
  • Project 218$1,008,23110.4%
  • Everytown For Gun Safety Victory Fund (Everytown Victory Fund)$956,5199.9%
  • Cffe PAC$315,2603.3%
  • Elect Democratic Women$204,4542.1%
  • Center Forward Committee$200,0002.1%
  • All other committees$782,9498.1%

(c) Outside spending by purpose — benefiting Joe Mitchell

TV/Radio: $3,939,799 (61.1%)Digital ads: $984,728 (15.3%)Direct mail: $1,401,838 (21.7%)Production/Creative: $15,000 (0.2%)Unclassified: $1,424 (0.0%)Text/Phones: $106,390 (1.6%)$6,449,179
  • TV/Radio$3,939,79961.1%
  • Digital ads$984,72815.3%
  • Direct mail$1,401,83821.7%
  • Production/Creative$15,0000.2%
  • Unclassified$1,4240.0%
  • Text/Phones$106,3901.6%

(c) Outside spending by purpose — benefiting Lindsay James

TV/Radio: $4,214,622 (43.6%)Digital ads: $3,989,449 (41.3%)Direct mail: $721,641 (7.5%)Field/Canvassing: $378,035 (3.9%)Production/Creative: $213,591 (2.2%)Unclassified: $140,670 (1.5%)Text/Phones: $6,811 (0.1%)$9,664,819
  • TV/Radio$4,214,62243.6%
  • Digital ads$3,989,44941.3%
  • Direct mail$721,6417.5%
  • Field/Canvassing$378,0353.9%
  • Production/Creative$213,5912.2%
  • Unclassified$140,6701.5%
  • Text/Phones$6,8110.1%

(d) Campaign receipts — Joe Mitchell

Individual contributions: $2,147,895 (74.1%)PAC contributions: $572,500 (19.8%)Transfers from authorized cmtes: $76,476 (2.6%)Candidate self-funding/loans: $100,000 (3.5%)$2,896,871
  • Individual contributions$2,147,89574.1%
  • PAC contributions$572,50019.8%
  • Transfers from authorized cmtes$76,4762.6%
  • Candidate self-funding/loans$100,0003.5%

(d) Campaign receipts — Lindsay James

Individual contributions: $3,400,088 (87.2%)PAC contributions: $477,405 (12.2%)Transfers from authorized cmtes: $21,290 (0.5%)Candidate self-funding/loans: $120 (0.0%)$3,898,903
  • Individual contributions$3,400,08887.2%
  • PAC contributions$477,40512.2%
  • Transfers from authorized cmtes$21,2900.5%
  • Candidate self-funding/loans$1200.0%

Donuts are computed server-side from the same snapshot figures shown in each accompanying table; chart and table cannot disagree.

7.3 Outside spending by committee

CommitteeType For Joe Mitchell Against Joe Mitchell For Lindsay James Against Lindsay James TotalLatest filing
No Going Back PAC Inc.super PAC$427,452$0$0$3,752,113$4,179,56510/21/2026
HMPhybrid PAC$0$3,023,864$206,492$0$3,230,35710/20/2026
Your Community PACsuper PAC$0$1,942,587$0$0$1,942,58710/20/2026
CLFhybrid PAC$0$0$0$1,834,319$1,834,31910/21/2026
Ab PAChybrid PAC$0$992,780$31,683$0$1,024,46310/06/2026
Project 218super PAC$0$0$1,008,231$0$1,008,23110/20/2026
Everytown For Gun Safety Victory Fund (Everytown Victory Fund)super PAC$0$0$956,519$0$956,51910/21/2026
Cffe PAChybrid PAC$0$0$315,260$0$315,26010/21/2026
America PACsuper PAC$25,964$0$0$253,025$278,98910/30/2026
Elect Democratic WomenPAC$0$204,454$0$0$204,45410/20/2026
Center Forward Committeesuper PAC$0$0$200,000$0$200,00010/23/2026
American Federation Of State County & Municipal Employees P E O P L EPAC$0$193,340$0$0$193,34010/21/2026
Fight For Working Peoplesuper PAC$0$0$121,221$0$121,22110/22/2026
End Citizens UnitedPAC$0$113,084$0$0$113,08410/06/2026
Progressive Turnout Projecthybrid PAC$0$0$94,116$0$94,11610/17/2026
American Family Voicesnon-committee filer (Form 5)$0$83,320$0$0$83,32010/20/2026
Common Ground Coalition PACsuper PAC$0$28,124$50,227$0$78,35110/20/2026
Women Votesuper PAC$0$0$69,936$0$69,93610/19/2026
Women Speak Out PACsuper PAC$0$0$0$57,813$57,81310/16/2026
The Family Leadernon-committee filer (Form 5)$41,864$0$0$0$41,86410/19/2026
MAGA Inc.hybrid PAC$0$0$0$28,630$28,63010/12/2026
Momsrising Togethernon-committee filer (Form 5)$0$0$16,798$0$16,79810/15/2026
Maha PAChybrid PAC$13,650$0$0$0$13,65010/21/2026
Our Heritage Matterssuper PAC$0$9,962$0$0$9,96210/21/2026
Make America Great Again Action Incsuper PAC$6,080$0$0$0$6,08010/13/2026
NRA Victory Fund, Inc.super PAC$5,876$0$0$0$5,87610/19/2026
Senate Conservatives Fundhybrid PAC$2,394$0$0$0$2,39410/20/2026
Field Team 6, Inc.super PAC$0$0$1,070$0$1,07009/30/2026
Voters Of Tomorrow PAChybrid PAC$0$0$1,026$0$1,02610/19/2026
Neighbor Voices PACsuper PAC$0$40$647$0$68710/19/2026
Givegreen United Actionsuper PAC$0$0$36$0$3606/25/2026
Total (31 filers)$523,280$6,591,557$3,073,262$5,925,900$16,113,999

Every filer found by the candidate-level Schedule E pull is listed, not only the verified super PACs. Committee names link to their FEC pages. Spending that opposes one candidate is counted as benefiting the other. Attribution rule. General-election rows only (disseminated after primary day); spending disseminated on or before primary day is listed in the appendix, §7.15.

7.4 Outside spending by purpose category

Category Benefiting Joe Mitchell Benefiting Lindsay James Total % of outside spending
TV/Radio$3,939,799$4,214,622$8,154,42150.6%
Digital ads$984,728$3,989,449$4,974,17830.9%
Direct mail$1,401,838$721,641$2,123,47913.2%
Field/Canvassing$0$378,035$378,0352.3%
Production/Creative$15,000$213,591$228,5911.4%
Unclassified$1,424$140,670$142,0940.9%
Text/Phones$106,390$6,811$113,2020.7%
Total$6,449,179$9,664,819$16,113,999100.0%

Purpose categories are assigned from each expenditure's FEC description using a fixed keyword map. Unclassified share: 0.9%.

7.5 Super PAC donors

No Going Back PAC Inc.

DonorEmployer / OccupationTotal
MAGA Inc.—$200,000,000
Securing American Greatness Again, Inc.—$40,242
Securing American Greatness, Inc.—$40,242

Showing top 3 of 3 itemized donors. Full list in the CSV download.

No Going Back PAC Inc. raises nationally and spends in many races; individual donors cannot be attributed to Iowa 2nd District specifically. Table labeled donors, all races, cycle-wide. Donors disclosed through October 14, 2026.

HMP

DonorEmployer / OccupationTotal
House Majority Forward—$93,700,000
Michael R. BloombergBloomberg Inc. · Founder$16,000,000
Reid G. HoffmanGreylock Partners · Partner$8,500,000
American Opportunity Action—$6,500,000
United Association Political Issues Fund—$5,250,000
Better World Civic Trust—$5,000,000
Economic Opportunity Fund—$5,000,000
Fred EychanerN/A · Retired$5,000,000
Everytown for Gun Safety Victory Fund—$4,927,000
George M. MarcusMarcus & Millichap Company · Chairman$4,425,000
National Association of Realtors Congressional Fund—$4,250,000
The PAC for America's Future—$4,000,000
Working for Working Americans - Federal—$4,000,000
Democracy PAC—$4,000,000
Rory J. GatesAfghanistan War Commission · Analyst$3,500,000
Laborers' International Union of North America (LiUNA) PAC—$3,000,000
Yes on 50, The Election Rigging Response Act Governor Newsom's Ballot Committee—$3,000,000
Connie E. BallmerBallmer Group · Co-Founder$3,000,000
Ronald ConwaySelf-Employed · Investor$2,763,235
Reed HastingsNetflix · Chief Executive Officer$2,550,000
AFT Solidarity 527—$2,500,000
United Food and Commercial Workers Intl. Union Working Families Advocacy Project—$2,500,000
Elizabeth D. SimonsHeising-Simons Foundation · President$2,500,000
Service Employees International Union Committee On Political Education—$2,000,000
NEA Advocacy Fund—$2,000,000

Showing top 25 of 11,028 itemized donors. Full list in the CSV download.

HMP raises nationally and spends in many races; individual donors cannot be attributed to Iowa 2nd District specifically. Table labeled donors, all races, cycle-wide. Donors disclosed through October 14, 2026.

Your Community PAC

DonorEmployer / OccupationTotal
American Opportunity Action—$10,015,000
Sixteen Thirty Fund—$2,744,424
United Futures Inc—$2,575,000
Green Advocacy Project—$2,000,000
Government That Works PAC—$1,850,000
North Fund—$1,150,000
Western Futures Fund—$250,000
Way Back PAC—$150,000
HMP—$136,016
Global Impact Social Welfare Fund—$130,000
National Democratic Redistricting Committee—$25,000
Targeted Platform Media, LLC—$8,894
Gbao—$1,000
Impact Research, Inc.—$1,000
MVAR Media LLC—$404

Showing top 15 of 15 itemized donors. Full list in the CSV download.

Your Community PAC raises nationally and spends in many races; individual donors cannot be attributed to Iowa 2nd District specifically. Table labeled donors, all races, cycle-wide. Donors disclosed through October 14, 2026.

CLF

DonorEmployer / OccupationTotal
American Action Network—$64,266,263
Elon MuskSpace Exploration Technologies Corp. · CEO$25,000,000
Timothy MellonSelf-Employed · Investments$21,000,000
Miriam AdelsonAdelson Drug Clinic · Physician$10,000,000
Paul E. SingerEmc · President$8,000,000
Altria Client Services LLC—$5,250,000
Howard W. LutnickUnited States Department Of Commerce · Secretary Of Commerce$5,000,000
Kenneth C. GriffinCitadel Asset Management · Chief Executive Officer$5,000,000
Elon MuskSpacex · CEO$5,000,000
J. Christopher ReyesReyes Holdings, LLC · Executive$4,500,000
Roger PenskePenske Corporation · Founder And Chairman$4,000,000
American Petroleum Institute—$4,000,000
Ronald M. CameronMountaire Corporation · Chairman$4,000,000
National Association Of Realtors—$3,500,000
Chevron Corporation—$3,500,000
M. Jude ReyesReyes Holdings, LLC · Executive$3,420,800
Stephen WynnValmore GP · Entrepreneur$3,000,000
Missouri Promise Inc.—$3,000,000
Koch GA, Inc.—$2,750,000
Occidental Petroleum Corporation—$2,725,000
Conocophillips Ans Marketing Company—$2,500,000
Andreessen Horowitz Capital Management—$2,400,000
Hillwood Development Company LLC—$2,000,000
Melaleuca—$2,000,000
Valero Services Inc.—$2,000,000

Showing top 25 of 544 itemized donors. Full list in the CSV download.

CLF raises nationally and spends in many races; individual donors cannot be attributed to Iowa 2nd District specifically. Table labeled donors, all races, cycle-wide. Donors disclosed through October 14, 2026.

Ab PAC

DonorEmployer / OccupationTotal
AB Foundation—$18,701,877
Democracy Matters—$14,010,000
Pave The Way Inc—$12,500,000
Oak Creek Action—$7,500,000
Deborah SimonN/A · Retired$5,000,000
Democracy PAC—$4,000,000
Sixteen Thirty Fund—$3,432,500
David Randolph PeelerBerkshire Partners · Senior Advisor$1,125,000
Gregory JensenBridgewater Associates · Co-Chief Investment Officer$1,000,000
Lynn S. SternSelf Employed · Photographer$1,000,000
DM Impact Summer Fund—$745,000
Government That Works PAC—$725,000
Project 218—$507,078
Michael BloombergBloomberg, LP · Executive$500,000
Anne G. EarhartSelf Employed · Investor$500,000
Amy Goldman FowlerSelf Employed · Author$500,000
Edward RiceSelf Employed · Consultant$400,000
American Association For Justice PAC—$325,000
Amos HostetterN/A · Retired$325,000
Joseph KaempferMcArthur Glen Group · Executive$300,000
Garden State Integrity—$300,000
John ThompsonMicrosoft · Board Member$287,500
Edward SnowdonSelf Employed · Theatrical Producer$250,000
Cynthia MiscikowskiThe Ring Group · Real Estate Asset Management$250,000
Berni Consulting LLC—$247,000

Showing top 25 of 494 itemized donors. Full list in the CSV download.

Ab PAC raises nationally and spends in many races; individual donors cannot be attributed to Iowa 2nd District specifically. Table labeled donors, all races, cycle-wide. Donors disclosed through October 14, 2026.

Project 218

DonorEmployer / OccupationTotal
Democracy Matters—$12,930,000
Government That Works PAC—$1,000,000
Matt BellAnthropic · Tech$750,000
Rory GatesAfghanistan War Commission · Analyst$300,000
David StieplemanSixth Street · Co-President$275,000
James MillsteinMillstein & Co. · Consultant$250,000
Keith BehnerN/A · Retired$250,000
Amos HostetterN/A · Retired$250,000
Samuel WaltonRestoration Works · Executive$250,000
Jennifer NanSelf Employed · Investor$200,000
David FarhiN/A · Not Employed$200,000
John LevySelf Employed · Investor$200,000
Raph LeeAnthropic · Technical Staff$150,000
Theodore SpencerSelf Employed · Consultant$150,000
John HemmerN/A · Not Employed$130,000
David MahoneySelf Employed · Investor$100,000
Stephen ClearmanKinderhook Partners · Investor$100,000
David CohanN/A · Not Employed$100,000
Louis HanoverMarathon Asset Management · Cio$100,000
Ross BoucherN/A · Not Employed$100,000
Daniel EgnorN/A · Not Employed$100,000
Daniel CarrollBrooklands Capital · Investment Advisor$100,000
Jaz ZaitlinN/A · Retired$100,000
Benjamin AppenMagnitude Capital · Chief Executive Officer$100,000
Peter FrancisN/A · Not Employed$100,000

Showing top 25 of 406 itemized donors. Full list in the CSV download.

Project 218 raises nationally and spends in many races; individual donors cannot be attributed to Iowa 2nd District specifically. Table labeled donors, all races, cycle-wide. Donors disclosed through October 14, 2026.

Everytown For Gun Safety Victory Fund (Everytown Victory Fund)

DonorEmployer / OccupationTotal
Everytown For Gun Safety Action Fund Inc—$6,908,994
Ballmer, ConnieRetired · Philanthropist$3,000,000
Mendelson, SandiSelf · PR$936
Reiter, PeterSelf Employed · Sales$756
Savage, ChristiannNot Employed · Not Employed$714
Gokhale, AshwinWilmerhale LLP · Attorney$612
Brown, Donna ENot Employed · Not Employed$600
Hexberg, MaryanneNot Employed · Not Employed$600
Mohrman, WilliamNot Employed · Not Employed$550
Kromroy, KathrynRetired · Retired$500
Oppenheimer, JeanNot Employed · Not Employed$500
Keest, Kathleen ENot Employed · Retired$500
Weatherman, LisaSelf · Sales$450
Douglas, SarahMaverick Psychotherapy Group · Psychotherapist$400
Everytown GSVF Rhode Island State Committee—$365
Murphy, MatthewNone · Not Employed$250
Goldman, PatriciaNot Employed · Not Employed$250
Morris, DavidNot Employed · Not Employed$250
Fraser, ChristinaUniv Of Colorado · Physician$250
Schiffman, AaronNot Employed · University Administrator$245
Trivers, DanN/A · Retired$200
Murphy, MattNot Employed · Not Employed$150
Gross, GaryNot Employed · Not Employed$144
Growden, MlouNot Employed · Not Employed$100
Ernewein Mabry, KristineKaiser Employee · Optometrist$100

Showing top 25 of 79 itemized donors. Full list in the CSV download.

Everytown For Gun Safety Victory Fund raises nationally and spends in many races; individual donors cannot be attributed to Iowa 2nd District specifically. Table labeled donors, all races, cycle-wide. Donors disclosed through October 14, 2026.

Cffe PAC

DonorEmployer / OccupationTotal
Pivotal Ventures—$2,000,000
Opportunity Action Fund—$750,000
Government That Works PAC—$250,000
Green Advocacy Project—$250,000
Children's Equity Fund—$100,000
Cffe PAC—$27,787
Merrimack County Savings Bank—$24,230
Rodgers, FranceneN/A · Retired$11,750
Delaney, AnneN/A · Retired$10,500
Chambers, MerleN/A · Retired$10,000
French Gates, MelindaPivotal Ventures · Founder$10,000
Forward Action Fund—$6,347
Momentum Advisory Partners LLC—$5,763
Miller, JasonThe Pivot Group · Consultant$5,000
Schneiberg, EllaGlobal Strategy Group · Marketing Director$5,000
Gambit Strategies, LLC—$5,000
Cohen, Henry R.Sullivan & Cromwell LLP · Attorney$5,000
Aberly, NaomiN/A · Retired$5,000
Delaney, SarahN/A · Retired$5,000
Jordan, WayneN/A · Retired$5,000
English, StephenN/A · Retired$5,000
Delaney, QuinnN/A · Retired$5,000
Gochman, MollyStardust · Founder & President$5,000
Otg Strategies—$5,000
Delaney, M. QuinnN/A · Retired$5,000

Showing top 25 of 63 itemized donors. Full list in the CSV download.

Cffe PAC raises nationally and spends in many races; individual donors cannot be attributed to Iowa 2nd District specifically. Table labeled donors, all races, cycle-wide. Donors disclosed through September 30, 2026.

America PAC

DonorEmployer / OccupationTotal
Musk, ElonSpace Exploration Technologies Corp. · CEO$20,100,000
Balajadia, JehnPrivate Foundation · Operations$560
Gallagher, GregoryRetired · Retired$337
Robinson, StephenSetx Starter · Manager$325
Lorusso, AlexanderBenny LLC · Exec. Producer$261
Trampe, ComtesseFederal Government · Advisor$202

Showing top 6 of 6 itemized donors. Full list in the CSV download.

America PAC raises nationally and spends in many races; individual donors cannot be attributed to Iowa 2nd District specifically. Table labeled donors, all races, cycle-wide. Donors disclosed through October 14, 2026.

Elect Democratic Women

DonorEmployer / OccupationTotal
Gates, Melinda F.Pivotal Ventures · Founder$10,000
Malone, MargaretNot Employed · Not Employed$7,791
Porten, RonaldNot Employed · Not Employed$7,743
Hoffman, JodyRepublic Consulting · Government Relations$6,000
Peykoff, Andy IINiagara Bottling, LLC · CEO$6,000
Alonzo, LuciaMichael Best Strategies · Principal$6,000
Iyengar, RuthNot Employed · Not Employed$5,725
Gold, LeslieNot Employed · Not Employed$5,550
Green, KarenAkin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld · Attorney$5,302
Corbin, KimberlyCorbin Strategies LLC · Government Affairs$5,226
Rosenblatt, MurrayNot Employed · Not Employed$5,200
Opsahl, DavidNot Employed · Not Employed$5,037
Prince, DianaNot Employed · Not Employed$5,015
Ziering, RosanneNot Employed · Not Employed$5,000
Leif, CarolSelf-Employed · Writer & Perforner$5,000
Ferguson, TheodosiaHealing Living Systems Inc. · Climate Stability Activist$5,000
Silpe, DonaldNot Employed · Retired$5,000
Duffy, BonnieNVG LLC · Government Affairs$5,000
Arcangeli, MadisonSelf-Employed · Consultant$5,000
Foster, LaurenNot Employed · Not Employed$5,000
Denham, LoriKountoupes Denham Carr And Reid · Government Affairs$5,000
Willhite, KarissaOgilvy Government Relations · Government Affairs$5,000
Nellor, DianneCornerstone Government Affairs · Principal$5,000
Angell, KathrynNot Employed · Not Employed$5,000
Womer, RodNot Employed · Not Employed$5,000

Showing top 25 of 3,567 itemized donors. Full list in the CSV download.

Elect Democratic Women raises nationally and spends in many races; individual donors cannot be attributed to Iowa 2nd District specifically. Table labeled donors, all races, cycle-wide. Donors disclosed through October 14, 2026.

Center Forward Committee

DonorEmployer / OccupationTotal
Center Forward—$3,519,189
Pmi US Corporate Services—$150,000
Chevron—$100,000
American Society Of Anesthesiologists—$25,000
United Health Group—$16,410

Showing top 5 of 5 itemized donors. Full list in the CSV download.

Center Forward Committee raises nationally and spends in many races; individual donors cannot be attributed to Iowa 2nd District specifically. Table labeled donors, all races, cycle-wide. Donors disclosed through September 30, 2026.

American Federation Of State County & Municipal Employees P E O P L E

DonorEmployer / OccupationTotal
Matundan, Jillian Joy PAFSCME Int'l · Director, Conferences & Travel Service$8,045
Blumin, Matthew SAFSCME · Deputy General Counsel$7,874
Lurye, William JAFSCME Int'l · Chief Of Staff/Counsel$7,727
Mcbride, Elissa MichalAFSCME Int'l · Secretary Treasurer$7,597
Insinga, Carla MarieAFSCME Pa CN 13 · Staff Representative$7,242
Saunders, LeeAFSCME Int'l · International President$6,304
Eierman, Megan EAFSCME Int'l · Area Organizing Director$5,876
Okantey, Erin ShainAFSCME Int'l · Regional Director$5,807
Coakley Harrison, Katherine AAFSCME Int'l · Director, Data & Analytics$5,610
Robinson, Evan GTown Of Southampton · Custodial Worker$5,115
Rugola, Joseph PAFSCME OH Loc 4 · International Executive$4,886
Weinstein, Jessica RoseAFSCME Int'l · Assistant To The President$4,875
Pollard, Nicole RAFSCME Int'l · Executive Asst To President$4,544
Charles, Jared TAFSCME MN CN 5 · Staff Representative$4,472
Anderson, Timothy LeeAFSCME Int'l · Field Education Coordinator II$4,454
Perreira, Randolph PAFSCME Hi Loc 152 · Executive Director$4,280
Kelly, Cheryl AAFSCME Int'l · Assistant Director, Conference & Trave$4,168
Paterson, Teague PAFSCME Int'l · General Counsel$4,074
Beavin, Veronica LAFSCME Int'l · Associate Director, Education$4,023
Widger, Ann ElizabethAFSCME Int'l · Director, Retirees$3,975
Serrano, NicholasAFSCME Int'l · Associate General Counsel$3,946
Weeks, Brian VerneAFSCME Int'l · Director, Political Action$3,937
Townsend, Dorothy LAFSCME Int'l · Regional Director$3,891
Jenkins, Ashley NAFSCME Int'l · Assistant Director, Organizing & Field$3,876
Monahan, Tracy LAFSCME Int'l · Field Program Manager$3,857

Showing top 25 of 3,691 itemized donors. Full list in the CSV download.

American Federation Of State County & Municipal Employees P E O P L E raises nationally and spends in many races; individual donors cannot be attributed to Iowa 2nd District specifically. Table labeled donors, all races, cycle-wide. Donors disclosed through September 30, 2026.

Fight For Working People

No processed itemizations available yet from the FEC.

Donors disclosed through October 14, 2026.

End Citizens United

DonorEmployer / OccupationTotal
Abramson, RonaldBuchanan Ingersoll & Rooney · Attorney$40,000
Abramson, Ronald—$30,000
Goodman, JeffreyNone · Not Employed$10,030
Rubin, ShelleyNone · Not Employed$10,000
Gabbert, MarthaNone · Not Employed$9,025
Mcrae, RobertNone · Not Employed$8,571
Paulsen, Debbie—$8,011
Simon, Deborah—$7,500
Bakrevski, Piper—$7,125
Mcguire, KenIhs · CEO$7,000
Korneitchouk, UrsulaNone · Not Employed$6,958
Coy, Betty JNone · Not Employed$6,500
Brunt, JoelNaogc · Physician$6,050
Gomer, Adelaide PPark Foundation · President$6,000
Kreiter, CherylNone · Not Employed$5,975
Rose, KenNone · Not Employed$5,765
Davenport, SarahNone · Not Employed$5,720
Goodman, Jeffrey—$5,662
Ellis, Robert—$5,650
Holler, PamelaNone · Not Employed$5,545
Taylor, DaleAbelsontaylor · Ad Agency CEO$5,500
Melville, LanningSelf · Psychotherapist In Private Practice$5,460
Mcdonald, RosalindNone · Not Employed$5,438
Covert, Anne SNone · Not Employed$5,432
Ellis, RobertNone · Not Employed$5,300

Showing top 25 of 7,541 itemized donors. Full list in the CSV download.

Donors disclosed through October 14, 2026.

Progressive Turnout Project

DonorEmployer / OccupationTotal
Stop These Oppressive People: Tyrants Racists Unqualifieds Misogynists Propagandists (Stop Trump)—$450,000
Amalgamated Bank—$383,738
Progressive Turnout Project 527 Committee—$295,000
Paradeda, ClaudiaNot Employed · Not Employed$268,916
Democracyfirst PAC—$266,447
Dem Turnout 2024—$250,000
Paradeda, Claudia—$214,302
Democracy First PAC—$160,433
Cibc Bank—$108,417
Stop Republicans—$105,000
Equilar, Inc—$101,574
Dem Turnout 2026—$95,000
Rally By Relentless—$56,700
Stop Republicans Non-Contribution—$40,000
Progressive Takeover—$40,000
Myers, StephenNot Employed · Retired$25,000
Dem Turnout 2026 Non Contribution—$20,000
Dobsevage, Tina—$17,590
Wilcox, SamNot Employed · Not Employed$15,234
Hernandez, NancyNot Employed · Not Employed$14,450
Rosen Solomon, VickiNot Employed · Not Employed$13,620
Norstrom, MichelleNot Employed · Not Employed$13,525
Laboe, NormanNot Employed · Not Employed$13,388
Kemp, AliceNot Employed · Not Employed$12,673
Myers, DavidNot Employed · Not Employed$12,580

Showing top 25 of 19,822 itemized donors. Full list in the CSV download.

Progressive Turnout Project raises nationally and spends in many races; individual donors cannot be attributed to Iowa 2nd District specifically. Table labeled donors, all races, cycle-wide. Donors disclosed through October 14, 2026.

One table per verified super PAC active in the general-election window (§7.3), largest spender first. Committees are added here once their spending appears in the two-way ledger.

7.6 Campaign fundraising composition

Joe Mitchell (R)

SourceAmount
Individual contributions (itemized + small-dollar)$2,147,895
PAC contributions$572,500
Candidate self-funding / loans$100,000
Transfers from authorized committees (joint fundraising / nominee fund)$76,476
Total receipts$2,916,069

Lindsay James (D)

SourceAmount
Individual contributions (itemized + small-dollar)$3,400,088
PAC contributions$477,405
Candidate self-funding / loans$120
Transfers from authorized committees (joint fundraising / nominee fund)$21,290
Total receipts$3,917,994

Individual contributions combine itemized and small-dollar (unitemized) receipts as reported in each committee's FEC totals. Figures are cycle-to-date for each principal campaign committee (the FEC summary file does not separate primary-period from general-election receipts). Transfers from authorized committees are shown as their own labeled row and are not buried in totals.

7.7 Campaign spending by category

Joe Mitchell (R)

CategoryAmount% of spending
Unclassified$208,98522.5%
Consulting (other)$194,00120.9%
Payroll/Operations$176,76519.0%
Digital ads$159,96217.2%
Fundraising costs$85,6659.2%
Direct mail$65,2227.0%
Production/Creative$21,5002.3%
Polling/Research$11,5691.2%
Text/Phones$5,5880.6%
Total$929,257100.0%

Lindsay James (D)

CategoryAmount% of spending
Payroll/Operations$293,34933.7%
TV/Radio$180,03020.7%
Digital ads$116,29613.4%
Direct mail$95,24911.0%
Unclassified$77,6468.9%
Fundraising costs$39,4564.5%
Polling/Research$25,5002.9%
Consulting (other)$17,7752.0%
Production/Creative$17,6722.0%
Text/Phones$4,2560.5%
Field/Canvassing$2,0000.2%
Total$869,228100.0%

Buckets are assigned from each disbursement's FEC purpose description using the same keyword map applied to outside spending. Cycle-to-date for each principal campaign committee.

7.8 PACs giving directly to each campaign

Joe Mitchell (R)

PACAmountDate(s)
Electing Majority Making Effective Republicans PAC$10,00011/20/2025, 12/29/2025
Buckeye Liberty Political Action Committee$10,00012/11/2025, 05/29/2026
National Electrical Contractors Association Political Action Committee$10,00002/23/2026, 06/30/2026
American Revival PAC$10,00002/06/2026, 06/03/2026
Rvfpac$10,00001/02/2026, 03/27/2026, 05/12/2026, 05/13/2026, 06/23/2026, 07/02/2026
Anti-Woke Fund$10,00003/31/2026
Build Political Action Committee Of The National Association Of Home Builders (Buildpac)$10,00002/25/2026, 06/23/2026
The Eye Of The Tiger Political Action Committee$10,00001/16/2026, 06/08/2026
Mr. Southern Missourian In The House PAC$10,00001/29/2026
Restoring Our Nation PAC$10,00003/18/2026
On Wisconsin PAC, Inc.$10,00003/27/2026
Associated Builders And Contractors, Inc. Political Action Committee (Abc PAC)$10,00003/18/2026, 07/30/2026
Conservative Opportunity Leadership And Enterprise PAC$10,00005/02/2026
Seal PAC Supporting Electing American Leaders PAC$7,50005/13/2026, 06/18/2026
Leadership And Loyalty Only To America PAC$7,50003/17/2026, 03/20/2026
Eureka Political Action Committee$7,50006/02/2026, 07/21/2026
American Bankers Association PAC (Bankpac)$7,50003/10/2026, 08/26/2026
Hebrew Hammer PAC$5,50003/18/2026, 05/13/2026
First In Freedom PAC$5,00003/17/2026
Raptor PAC$5,00001/30/2026
National Apartment Association Political Action Committee$5,00002/24/2026
American Dream Delivered$5,00003/18/2026
Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers Of America, Inc. Political Action Committee (Insurpac)$5,00003/09/2026
The Council Of Insurance Agents & Brokers Political Action Committee$5,00004/07/2026
Senate Conservatives Fund$5,00006/10/2026
Mountaineer PAC$5,00006/10/2026
Working For Ohio$5,00003/18/2026
31 Days PAC$5,00004/13/2026
NRCC$5,00003/25/2026
In The Arena PAC$5,00005/18/2026
Be Victorious Over Democrats PAC$5,00005/18/2026
Land Of Opportunity PAC$5,00005/06/2026
The Hawkeye PAC$5,00006/25/2026
Victory And Freedom PAC (Vaf PAC)$5,00003/31/2026
Lasting Investments Strengthening America PAC$5,00003/23/2026
Jobs And The Economy PAC$5,00003/20/2026
America's First PAC$5,00005/19/2026
Scott Fitzgerald For Congress$5,00005/18/2026
Defending American Values Everywhere PAC$5,00009/30/2026
Jobs, Freedom, And Security PAC$5,00007/30/2026
Bringing Republican Excellence To Town PAC$4,50003/26/2026, 05/05/2026
Emmer For Congress$4,00011/20/2025, 12/29/2025
Jim Jordan For Congress$4,00012/11/2025
Ultra MAGA PAC$4,00003/31/2026
Andy Harris For Congress$4,00003/26/2026
Carol For Congress$4,00005/14/2026, 06/30/2026
Scalise For Congress$4,00001/16/2026, 06/05/2026
Big Ideas Create Excellence PAC$3,50003/31/2026, 05/18/2026
Protect America$3,50006/30/2026
Mike Kennedy For Utah$3,50003/18/2026
American Conservation Coalition PAC (Acc PAC)$3,50006/01/2026
Florida First PAC$3,00005/08/2026
Delivering American Values In DC PAC$3,00004/27/2026
Keeping Freedom Alive PAC$3,00005/15/2026
Leadership For America Today Tomorrow And Always PAC$3,00004/01/2026
Right Track USA PAC$2,60006/24/2026
Apl PAC$2,50012/03/2025, 01/06/2026
The Seasonal Employer PAC$2,50003/31/2026
Baker PAC$2,50006/25/2026
Texas Red$2,50007/20/2026
Acpac Aca International Political Action Committee$2,50005/27/2026
Great Plains PAC$2,50003/30/2026
Mortgage Bankers Association Political Action Committee (Morpac)$2,50006/26/2026
Abraham Lincoln PAC$2,50003/30/2026
Cpac Action PAC$2,50003/30/2026
Expect More Leadership PAC$2,50007/16/2026
Chamber Of Commerce Of The United States Of America PAC (US Chamber PAC)$2,50007/13/2026
American Principles$2,25012/07/2025, 03/19/2026
Sconnie PAC$2,00012/30/2025
Republicans United To Defend You PAC$2,00012/31/2025, 03/31/2026
Pete Sessions For Congress$2,00003/26/2026
Nathaniel Moran For Congress$2,00003/26/2026
Mcgowan For Iowa$2,00003/31/2026
Chris Gober For Texas$2,00006/01/2026
Friends Of Tim Moore$2,00005/14/2026
Jace Yarbrough For Congress$2,00005/14/2026
Smucker For Congress$2,00006/22/2026
Rudy For Indiana$2,00005/15/2026
David Rouzer For Congress$2,00005/22/2026
Austin Scott For Congress Inc$2,00006/04/2026
Morgan Griffith For Congress$2,00003/18/2026
Rural America Counts PAC (Rac PAC)$2,00006/29/2026
Greater Tomorrow Political Action Committee$2,00005/15/2026
Impact Committee$2,00005/19/2026, 08/30/2026
Grassroots Organizing For Better Election Results PAC$2,00006/01/2026
Glenn Grothman For Congress$2,00007/01/2026
Trucking Political Action Committee Of The American Trucking Associations Inc.$2,00006/03/2026
Mike Johnson For Louisiana$2,00002/06/2026
Burchett For Congress$2,00005/29/2026
Circle The Wagons PAC$2,00006/25/2026
CHS Inc. Political Action Committee$2,00006/30/2026
Let's All Keep Electing Republicans PAC$2,00008/07/2026
Clay Fuller For Congress, Inc.$2,00006/01/2026
Mark Harris For Congress$2,00005/13/2026
Cliff Bentz For Congress$2,00005/15/2026
Dave Taylor For Congress$2,00003/24/2026
Friends Of Dave Joyce$2,00006/28/2026
Friends Of Jim Kingston$2,00006/29/2026
Houchin For Congress$1,50003/24/2026
Freedom First PAC$1,00002/17/2026
Jessica Steinmann For Congress$1,00003/31/2026
Securing The Republic For Our Next Generation$1,00004/22/2026
Rwa Fund, Inc.$1,00004/22/2026
Alaskans For Nick Begich$1,00005/11/2026
National Association Of Mutual Insurance Companies PAC$1,00005/26/2026
Guarding Our Lasting Democracy (Gold) PAC$1,00005/06/2026
The Majority$1,00005/15/2026
Dr. Brian Babin For Congress$1,00004/24/2026
Oregon Frontier PAC$1,00005/15/2026
Indianaengrpac$1,00005/27/2026
App Big Family PAC$1,00004/06/2026
Truth And Excellence PAC$1,00006/25/2026
Six PAC$1,00005/19/2026
North Dakota Petroleum Council, Inc. Federal PAC$1,00009/14/2026
American Health Care Association Political Action Committee$1,00008/13/2026
International Council Of Shopping Centers Inc Political Action Committee (Icsc PAC)$1,00008/04/2026
National Federation Of Independent Business Federal Political Action Committee$1,00007/29/2026
Trinity Industries Employee Political Action Committee (SF) Inc.$012/12/2025, 02/26/2026
Total (118)$441,850

Lindsay James (D)

PACAmountDate(s)
Zinc Collective PAC$10,50006/11/2026
Emilys List$10,10812/10/2025, 12/17/2025, 12/18/2025, 12/22/2025, 01/07/2026, 01/20/2026, 03/26/2026, 06/25/2026
International Brotherhood Of Electrical Workers Political Action Committee$10,00010/10/2025, 03/31/2026
Machinists Non Partisan Political League Of The International Association Of Machinists & Aerospace Workers$10,00004/22/2026, 06/15/2026
Defend The Vote$10,00006/01/2026, 06/24/2026
Carpenters Legislative Improvement Committee United Brotherhood Of Carpenters And Joiners$10,00003/09/2026
American Federation Of State County & Municipal Employees P E O P L E$10,00005/20/2026, 06/23/2026
UAW - V - Cap (UAW Voluntary Community Action Program) 'Int'l Union United Automobile Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers Of America UAW$10,00005/18/2026, 06/26/2026
Ua Union Plumbers & Pipefitters Vote! PAC (United Association Of Journeymen And Apprentices Of The Plumbing & Pipefitting Industry Of The United States And Canada)$10,00004/06/2026, 06/30/2026
American Association For Justice Political Action Committee (Aaj PAC)$7,50005/22/2026, 08/13/2026
League Of Conservation Voters Action Fund$6,50003/10/2026, 06/01/2026, 07/23/2026
Elect Democratic Women$6,00003/04/2026, 06/15/2026
Blue Hen Federal PAC$5,00006/30/2026
New Democrat Coalition Action Fund$5,00006/30/2026
Fair Shot PAC$5,00006/16/2026
Way Back PAC$5,00006/03/2026
International Brotherhood Of Boilermakers Campaign Assistance Fund$5,00006/10/2026
Int'l Association Of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental And Reinforcing Iron Workers (Ipal)$5,00006/29/2026
Purpose PAC$5,00006/05/2026
NEA Fund For Children And Public Education$5,00006/24/2026
American Federation Of Teachers, Afl-Cio Committee On Political Education$5,00006/26/2026
International Association Of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail And Transportation Workers Political Action League$5,00005/13/2026, 06/17/2026, 06/29/2026
Communications Workers Of America - Cope Political Contributions Committee$5,00006/24/2026
Jobs, Education, & Families First Jeff PAC$5,00008/14/2026
Moms Fed Up$5,00006/17/2026
United Food And Commercial Workers International Union Active Ballot Club$5,00007/24/2026
Innovation For Good PAC$5,00008/03/2026
Uplift PAC$5,00008/25/2026
United Steelworkers Political Action Fund$5,00008/11/2026
National Rural Letter Carriers' Association Political Action Committee$5,00009/15/2026
Mitten PAC$5,00006/22/2026
America's Credit Unions PAC$5,00008/20/2026
End Citizens United$4,50005/06/2026, 05/29/2026, 06/26/2026
Kevin Techau For Congress$4,00009/29/2025, 03/20/2026
Blue Majority PAC$4,00006/03/2026, 06/17/2026
Silicorn Valley PAC$3,00005/27/2026, 08/25/2026, 08/27/2026
Patriot PAC$2,50006/30/2026
Vote Mama$2,50006/26/2026
Academy Of Rail Labor Attorneys Political Action Committee$2,50009/01/2026
D.r.i.v.e. - Dem, Rep, Ind Voter Ed (The PAC Of The Int'l BRHD Of Teamsters)$2,50008/04/2026
Democratic Women Of The South Orange County$2,50008/14/2026
Theresa Greenfield For Iowa$2,00009/28/2025
Defeat Extremists$2,00012/31/2025
Katherine Clark For Congress$2,00007/29/2026
Oversight Action Fund$2,00006/25/2026, 07/13/2026
Everytown For Gun Safety Action Fund, Inc. PAC (Everytown PAC)$1,50006/29/2026
Puget PAC$1,50008/03/2026
Friends Of Cheri Bustos$1,00006/16/2026
Future Forum PAC$1,00007/23/2026
Shore PAC$1,00008/31/2026
Fostering Progress PAC$1,00008/06/2026
Americans Making Opportunities PAC$1,00008/31/2026
Tried-And-True PAC$1,00009/21/2026
A Pleasant Peninsula PAC$1,00008/03/2026
Bridge The Gap PAC$1,00008/25/2026
Green On Top PAC$1,00008/30/2026
Rebuild America PAC$1,00008/18/2026
Wolverine PAC$1,00008/30/2026
North America's Building Trades Unions Political Educational Fund$1,00007/27/2026
Mcbride For Delaware Inc.$1,00008/14/2026
Melton For Iowa$40006/30/2026
Square One Politics$21606/23/2026, 06/24/2026, 06/25/2026
Total (62)$263,224

Cash and in-kind contributions from PACs and other political committees to each campaign, cycle-to-date (FEC transaction types 24K and 24Z in the committee-to-candidate bulk file, memo entries excluded). The candidate's own authorized committees are left out — their transfers are the "transfers from authorized committees" line in §7.6. Independent expenditures (types 24A/24E) are never counted here; they appear only in the §7.3 ledger.

Also in this FEC file, shown elsewhere on this page

  • $748,397 of independent expenditures (types 24E for, 24A against) — outside spending: rows disseminated after primary day are in the §7.3 ledger and the totals above, primary-period rows are in the §7.15 appendix. $1,106 of it, from 2 committee(s) that report IEs only on their regular reports and never appear in the FEC independent-expenditure file, was added from this file so it is not lost ($1,106 in the general-election ledger and totals).

7.9 Earmarked contributions via conduits

Joe Mitchell (R)

Total earmarked through AIPAC PAC (overlay stat, not additive with §7.6 receipts): $0

No AIPAC PAC earmarks to this campaign in the filings processed for this snapshot.

Lindsay James (D)

Total earmarked through AIPAC PAC (overlay stat, not additive with §7.6 receipts): $0

No AIPAC PAC earmarks to this campaign in the filings processed for this snapshot.

Both campaigns are checked the same way against AIPAC PAC's own itemized receipts (each earmark names the recipient committee). AIPAC PAC reports disclosed through October 14, 2026. This is an overlay statistic showing the conduit path of money already counted in §7.6 receipts; it is not added to any other total. AIPAC PAC contributions earmarked to a candidate pass through the traditional PAC as a conduit. ActBlue is a payment processor, mechanically different from an ideological bundler; no ActBlue conduit activity was observed in the current filings.

7.9b AIPAC PAC-network donors among itemized contributors

Cross-match computed October 23, 2026, 9:23 AM ET.

Joe Mitchell (R)

6 of 595 itemized individual donors also appear in AIPAC PAC's receipts — $14,415 of $1,098,831 itemized (1.3%; 7 contributions). Overlay stat, not additive with §7.6 receipts.

  • Match tier: name + ZIP 6 donors ($14,415); name + state only 0 donors ($0). 3 matched donors list the identical specific employer on both sides (entries such as Retired, Self-employed or Not employed do not count as an employer match).
  • Residence: IA 1 donors ($3,615); out of state 5 donors ($10,800).
  • No negative Schedule A adjustment lines in these reports. Refunds to individuals ($120,632 cycle-to-date, per the FEC candidate summary) are not netted.
  • Not compared: $76,476 that reached the campaign as transfers from joint fundraising or other authorized committees (Schedule A line 12, per the FEC candidate summary). The individuals behind those transfers are reported as memo entries and are outside this comparison.
  • Itemized receipts through June 30, 2026 (C00918979: 2,230 itemized lines).

By quarter

QuarterMatched donorsAll itemizedShare
Q3 2025$0$301,0000.0%
Q4 2025$2,000$227,7500.9%
Q1 2026$0$356,4970.0%
Q2 2026$12,415$213,5845.8%

Dates with the most matched-donor money

DateGiftsMatchedDay totalShare
04/30/20261$7,000$9,52473.5%
06/29/20261$3,615$16,34322.1%
05/28/20261$1,500$6,66622.5%
10/12/20251$1,000$1,000100.0%
12/31/20251$500$20,1812.5%
10/20/20251$500$1,20841.4%
04/11/20261$300$75040.0%

Lindsay James (D)

1 of 1,001 itemized individual donors also appear in AIPAC PAC's receipts — $1,666 of $1,231,207 itemized (0.1%; 1 contributions). Overlay stat, not additive with §7.6 receipts.

  • Match tier: name + ZIP 0 donors ($0); name + state only 1 donors ($1,666). 0 matched donors list the identical specific employer on both sides (entries such as Retired, Self-employed or Not employed do not count as an employer match).
  • Residence: IA 0 donors ($0); out of state 1 donors ($1,666).
  • No negative Schedule A adjustment lines in these reports. Refunds to individuals ($15,839 cycle-to-date, per the FEC candidate summary) are not netted.
  • Not compared: $21,290 that reached the campaign as transfers from joint fundraising or other authorized committees (Schedule A line 12, per the FEC candidate summary). The individuals behind those transfers are reported as memo entries and are outside this comparison.
  • Itemized receipts through June 30, 2026 (C00916452: 1,830 itemized lines).

By quarter

QuarterMatched donorsAll itemizedShare
Q2 2025$0$3020.0%
Q3 2025$0$222,0650.0%
Q4 2025$0$144,8450.0%
Q1 2026$1,666$244,2280.7%
Q2 2026$0$619,7670.0%

Dates with the most matched-donor money

DateGiftsMatchedDay totalShare
03/31/20261$1,666$56,6332.9%

Joe Mitchell (R) — matched donors (6)

DonorCityEmployerOccupationTo campaignGiftsLatest giftTo/through AIPAC PACCandidates earmarkedCyclesMatch
Maya GabbayDallas, TXSelf-EmployedReal Estate$7,000104/30/2026$8,50022026name + ZIP
David SpaldingAmes, IAIowa State UniversityEducator$3,615106/29/2026$10,50032026name + ZIP, same employer
Andrew TurnerAtlanta, GAMountain Lake AdvisorsCo-Founder$1,500212/31/2025$50012026name + ZIP
Ari FeinsteinDallas, TXAnnex VenturesPresident$1,500105/28/2026$6,30042024/2026name + ZIP, same employer
Yehuda David ScharfNew York, NYMorrison Cohen LLPAttorney$500110/20/2025$7,00032024/2026name + ZIP, same employer
Dennis DunnNaples, FLSelf-EmployedAuthor, Outdoor Writer$300104/11/2026$50012026name + ZIP
Total$14,4157

Lindsay James (D) — matched donors (1)

DonorCityEmployerOccupationTo campaignGiftsLatest giftTo/through AIPAC PACCandidates earmarkedCyclesMatch
Susan MillerPiedmont, CANo EmployerNo Employer$1,666103/31/2026$1,25052024name + state
Total$1,6661

What this measures: donor overlap, not direction. Each nominee's itemized individual receipts (Schedule A, individuals only, memo entries excluded, net of the negative adjustment lines campaigns file to reverse excessive contributions) are compared with the people named in AIPAC PAC's own regular reports from January 1, 2023 through October 14, 2026 (46 reports, 98,937 individual receipt lines, 18,794 distinct donors — direct PAC contributions and earmarks to any candidate alike). Donors are grouped, and chargebacks netted, at the level of surname + first given name + ZIP code on both sides; a donor matches when that ZIP-level identity appears in both ("name + ZIP"). Only when it does not is a weaker fallback tried: the same surname and first name anywhere in the same state, compared against the combined receipts of everyone with that name in the state ("name + state" — several people can share a name, so this tier is reported separately). Both nominees are run through the identical procedure, so the opponent's block shows what the same method yields on the other donor list; it is a comparison, not a measured error rate. A match shows that a person who gave to this campaign also gave to or through AIPAC PAC; it does not show that AIPAC PAC raised, hosted or directed the contribution, which FEC data cannot establish (see the §7.9 earmark blocks for money that verifiably passed through the PAC). Only contributions itemized by the campaign ($200+ aggregate) can be matched; unitemized receipts are invisible to this method, and so are donors whose money arrived as a joint-fundraising-committee transfer (each block states that amount). Every matched donor is in the matched-donor CSV. Method note.

7.10 Final-stretch tracker

(a) 24-hour independent-expenditure reports since October 15 (newest first)

DateCommittee AmountFor / Against PurposeFiling
10/30/2026America PAC$6,597Oppose · Lindsay JamesMESSAGE PHONE CALLSview
10/30/2026America PAC$6,597Support · Joe MitchellMESSAGE PHONE CALLSview
10/23/2026America PAC$41,287Oppose · Lindsay JamesPRINTING/POSTAGEview
10/23/2026Center Forward Committee$200,000Support · Lindsay JamesDigital Advertisingview
10/22/2026Fight For Working People$50,000Support · Lindsay JamesIE to Supportview
10/21/2026American Federation Of State County & Municipal Employees P E O P L E$50,947Oppose · Joe Mitchell2026 IE Mail Piece Production and Shipping Costs for the IA-02 House Race. ESTIMATEview
10/21/2026Cffe PAC$20,000Support · Lindsay JamesCanvassing - Estimateview
10/21/2026Cffe PAC$8,333Support · Lindsay JamesCanvassing - Estimateview
10/21/2026CLF$300,035Oppose · Lindsay JamesDIGITAL PLACEMENTview
10/21/2026CLF$522,114Oppose · Lindsay JamesMEDIA PLACEMENTview
10/21/2026Everytown For Gun Safety Victory Fund (Everytown Victory Fund)$478,440Support · Lindsay JamesEstimated Cost for TV Ad Buy, Also Opposing Joe Mitchellview
10/21/2026Everytown For Gun Safety Victory Fund (Everytown Victory Fund)$600Support · Lindsay JamesEstimated Cost for TV Ad Production, Also Opposing Joe Mitchellview
10/21/2026Everytown For Gun Safety Victory Fund (Everytown Victory Fund)$6,000Support · Lindsay JamesEstimated Cost for TV Ad Production, Also Opposing Joe Mitchellview
10/21/2026Everytown For Gun Safety Victory Fund (Everytown Victory Fund)$21,134Support · Lindsay JamesEstimated Cost of In-Kind Received for Media Production, Also Opposing Joe Mitchellview
10/21/2026Maha PAC$44Support · Joe MitchellNoncintribution acct - Online adsview
10/21/2026No Going Back PAC Inc.$253,125Oppose · Lindsay JamesPLACED MEDIA: TVview
10/21/2026Our Heritage Matters$9,065Oppose · Joe MitchellDigital Advertisingview
10/20/2026American Family Voices$83,320Oppose · Joe MitchellDigital Ad/Productionview
10/20/2026Cffe PAC$6,546Support · Lindsay JamesDigital Advertising - Estimateview
10/20/2026Common Ground Coalition PAC$706Support · Lindsay JamesDigital Ad Buy (Estimate)view
10/20/2026Common Ground Coalition PAC$4,706Support · Lindsay JamesDigital Ad Buy (Estimate)view
10/20/2026Common Ground Coalition PAC$12,470Support · Lindsay JamesDigital Ad Buy (Estimate)view
10/20/2026Common Ground Coalition PAC$706Support · Lindsay JamesDigital Ad Buy (Estimate)view
10/20/2026Elect Democratic Women$95,000Oppose · Joe MitchellTelevision/Digital Advertisingview
10/20/2026HMP$7,628Oppose · Joe MitchellMedia Production - Estimateview
10/20/2026HMP$11,453Oppose · Joe MitchellMedia Production - Estimateview
10/20/2026HMP$339,319Oppose · Joe MitchellDigital Advertising - Estimateview
10/20/2026HMP$414,720Oppose · Joe MitchellTelevision Advertising - Estimateview
10/20/2026Our Heritage Matters$898Oppose · Joe MitchellDigital Advertisingview
10/20/2026Project 218$153,000Support · Lindsay JamesDigital Advertising- Estimated Costview
10/20/2026Project 218$18,750Support · Lindsay JamesRadio Advertising- Estimated Costview
10/20/2026Project 218$113,390Support · Lindsay JamesRadio Advertising- Estimated Costview
10/20/2026Senate Conservatives Fund$61Support · Joe MitchellIE- MITCHELL - DONATION PROCESSINGview
10/20/2026Your Community PAC$10,528Oppose · Joe MitchellDigital Ad Production (Estimate)view
10/20/2026Your Community PAC$192,000Oppose · Joe MitchellDigital Advertising (Estimate)view
10/19/2026Fight For Working People$2,983Support · Lindsay JamesIE to Supportview
10/19/2026NRA Victory Fund, Inc.$1,583Support · Joe MitchellSMS MESSAGINGview
10/19/2026Neighbor Voices PAC$33Support · Lindsay JamesCanvassing via text - Supporting Lindsay Jamesview
10/19/2026The Family Leader$16,864Support · Joe MitchellDirect mailview
10/19/2026Voters Of Tomorrow PAC$46Support · Lindsay JamesText Messages - Estimateview
10/19/2026Women Vote$34,968Support · Lindsay JamesMailhouseview
10/18/2026Maha PAC$6,552Support · Joe MitchellNoncontrib acct - Text Campaignview
10/18/2026Voters Of Tomorrow PAC$347Support · Lindsay JamesStaff Time - Phone Banking - Estimateview
10/18/2026Voters Of Tomorrow PAC$250Support · Lindsay JamesStaff Time - Graphic Design - Estimateview
10/18/2026Voters Of Tomorrow PAC$47Support · Lindsay JamesPhone banking - Estimateview
10/17/2026Progressive Turnout Project$17,652Support · Lindsay Jamesfield organizingview
10/17/2026Project 218$152,256Support · Lindsay JamesDigital Advertising- Estimated Costview
10/16/2026American Federation Of State County & Municipal Employees P E O P L E$45,723Oppose · Joe Mitchell2026 IE Mail Piece Production and Shipping Costs for the IA-02 House Race. ESTIMATEview
10/16/2026Everytown For Gun Safety Victory Fund (Everytown Victory Fund)$185Support · Lindsay JamesEstimated Cost for Digital Ad Buy and Productionview
10/16/2026Maha PAC$7,053Support · Joe MitchellNoncontrib acct - Text Campaignview
10/16/2026No Going Back PAC Inc.$13,724Oppose · Lindsay JamesTEXT MESSAGESview
10/16/2026Women Speak Out PAC$4,780Oppose · Lindsay JamesTEXTING EXPview
10/15/2026Cffe PAC$100,000Support · Lindsay JamesCanvassing - Estimateview
10/15/2026CLF$2,000Oppose · Lindsay JamesMEDIA PRODUCTIONview
10/15/2026Momsrising Together$2,667Support · Lindsay JamesPhone Calls (Estimate)view
10/15/2026Neighbor Voices PAC$27Support · Lindsay JamesCanvassing via text - Supporting Lindsay Jamesview
10/15/2026The Family Leader$25,000Support · Joe MitchellDigital advertisingview
10/15/2026Voters Of Tomorrow PAC$47Support · Lindsay JamesText Messages - Estimateview

(b) 48-hour contribution notices (Form 6), per campaign

Joe Mitchell (R)

DateContributorAmount
10/21/2026JAMES LEININGER$5,000
10/21/2026CARSON DEE ADCOCK$2,000
10/21/2026STEWART WELCH$2,000
10/20/2026LIAM DONOVAN$3,500
10/20/2026ARLENE HOLDEN$3,500
10/20/2026STEVE LAVIN$3,500
10/20/2026RONALD W. HOLDEN$3,500
10/20/2026BRIAN S. BAKKEN$1,200
10/20/2026THOMAS B. WARD$1,000
10/20/2026ALASTAIR MUIR TAYLOR$1,200
10/19/2026KENNETH A. ELDRED$2,500
10/19/2026PHILLIP FROST$2,500
10/19/2026BRUCE D. DUNBAR$1,000
10/19/2026DAVID A. BOUTWELL$1,500
10/19/2026ALLAN D. WORTHINGTON$1,000
10/19/2026GEORGIA ANN BOUTWELL$1,500
10/19/2026KAREN EDWARDS$3,000
10/19/2026ROBERTA A. ELDRED$2,500
10/19/2026KRISTA L. THIER$1,000
10/19/2026M. MILLER GORRIE$5,000
10/19/2026E. CARLISLE JONES$1,200
10/19/2026WILLIAM B. MORTON$1,200
10/19/2026MARY ANN MARTIN CHRISTENSEN$1,000
10/19/2026REPUBLICAN GOVERNANCE GROUP/TUESDAY GROUP PAC$2,500
10/18/2026NICHOLAS M. MOLO$1,000
10/18/2026GORDON JOHNSTONE$3,500
10/17/2026REPUBLICANS UNITED TO DEFEND YOU PAC (RUDY PAC)$1,000
10/16/2026WILLIAM D. UPTON$1,500
10/16/2026GERHARDT WINKEL$1,000
10/16/2026CARSON ADCOCK$1,000
10/16/2026SARA HOBSON$3,644
10/16/2026MACEDONIA PAC (MACPAC)$5,000
10/15/2026CONSERVATIVE SERVICE ACTION RESULTS (CSAR) PAC$1,000

Lindsay James (D)

DateContributorAmount
10/20/2026AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVT. EMPL. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$1,000
10/20/2026Reginald Ballantyne$3,500
10/20/2026JANET BENEKE$1,000
10/20/2026Charles Cohen$1,000
10/20/2026DR. RAUL RUIZ FOR CONGRESS$2,000
10/20/2026Alan Du$1,000
10/20/2026Paul Graham$3,500
10/20/2026Mark Hoose$1,000
10/20/2026Laura Lauder$3,500
10/20/2026LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITY INNOVATION SERVICE PAC$1,000
10/20/2026Jessica Livingston$3,500
10/20/2026Dustin L Marquis$3,500
10/20/2026Marissa McBride$2,500
10/20/2026Shreya Murthy$3,500
10/20/2026Andrea Potash$3,500
10/20/2026Dianne Stern$3,000
10/19/2026Bruce Allen$3,500
10/19/2026Yoko Allen$3,500
10/19/2026ANIMAL WELLNESS ACTION PAC$1,500
10/19/2026BACK THE BOLD$1,000
10/19/2026DAVIS DEMOCRATIC CLUB$1,000
10/19/2026John Dawson$3,500
10/19/2026EQUALITY PAC$1,000
10/19/2026HIMES FOR CONGRESS$2,000
10/19/2026Thomas F Holloway$1,000
10/19/2026Annette Huizenga$1,000
10/19/2026James Humphreys$3,500
10/19/2026Randall J Jordison$1,000
10/19/2026LEADERS IN LIFE ACTING COOPERATIVELY (LILAC) PAC$1,000
10/19/2026MAKING A DIFFERENCE PAC$1,000
10/19/2026Jacob Thomas$1,000
10/19/2026Cynthia Wayburn$1,000
10/19/2026Marcia D. Weber$2,750
10/18/2026Howard Cohen$1,000
10/18/2026Ramakrishna Reddy$1,000
10/17/2026Monica Fischer$1,000
10/16/2026James Beranek$1,000
10/16/2026Luke Elliott-Negri$3,500
10/16/2026IN THIS TOGETHER PAC$5,000
10/16/2026PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT$1,000
10/16/2026Joseph Shearer$1,000
10/16/2026Walter Smith$1,458
10/16/2026SQUARE ONE POLITICS$1,400
10/16/2026Lynn Stern$1,000
10/15/2026AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC$2,500
10/15/2026Bernard Aronson$3,500
10/15/2026Christopher Avery$1,000
10/15/2026Warren Breslau$1,000
10/15/2026Eggert Dagbjartsson$2,450
10/15/2026Annette Huizenga$1,000
10/15/2026Peter Leone$1,000
10/15/2026Lewis Levin$2,000
10/15/2026Frank Orson$1,000
10/15/2026Robert Steiner$1,000
10/15/2026Allen Thompson$3,500

Figures reported via 24/48-hour notices; not yet in a periodic report. The closing window opens October 15, the day after pre-general report coverage ends; this is the live feed through election day (November 3, 2026). Before then, every notice-sourced expenditure is already in the §7.3 tables and the §7.11 ledger.

7.11 Full expenditure ledger

Every deduped Schedule E transaction in the general-election window (271 rows). Full ledger with cents precision in the CSV download; primary-period rows are in the §7.15 appendix.

DateCommitteeCandidate Support / OpposeAmount PurposePayeeFiling
10/07/2026No Going Back PAC Inc.Lindsay JamesOppose$600,000TV/RadioMHB MEDIA, INCview
09/23/2026No Going Back PAC Inc.Lindsay JamesOppose$565,100TV/RadioMHB MEDIA, INCview
09/30/2026No Going Back PAC Inc.Lindsay JamesOppose$550,000TV/RadioMHB MEDIA, INCview
10/21/2026CLFLindsay JamesOppose$522,114TV/RadioDEL RAY MEDIA LLCview
10/14/2026CLFLindsay JamesOppose$522,100TV/RadioDEL RAY MEDIA LLCview
09/16/2026No Going Back PAC Inc.Lindsay JamesOppose$505,100TV/RadioMHB MEDIA, INCview
10/21/2026Everytown For Gun Safety Victory Fund (Everytown Victory Fund)Lindsay JamesSupport$478,440TV/RadioWaterfront Strategies Inc.view
09/01/2026Your Community PACJoe MitchellOppose$469,989TV/RadioTargeted Platform Media, LLCview
08/25/2026Your Community PACJoe MitchellOppose$455,814TV/RadioTargeted Platform Media, LLCview
10/12/2026Everytown For Gun Safety Victory Fund (Everytown Victory Fund)Lindsay JamesSupport$450,000Digital adsWaterfront Strategies Inc.view
09/11/2026No Going Back PAC Inc.Lindsay JamesOppose$422,260TV/RadioMHB MEDIA, INCview
10/20/2026HMPJoe MitchellOppose$414,720TV/RadioWaterfront Strategies Inc.view
10/13/2026HMPJoe MitchellOppose$414,720TV/RadioWaterfront Strategies Inc.view
08/18/2026Your Community PACJoe MitchellOppose$381,334TV/RadioTargeted Platform Media, LLCview
10/20/2026HMPJoe MitchellOppose$339,319Digital adsSKDKnickerbocker LLCview
10/14/2026CLFLindsay JamesOppose$300,035Digital adsDEL RAY MEDIA LLCview
10/21/2026CLFLindsay JamesOppose$300,035Digital adsDEL RAY MEDIA LLCview
09/15/2026HMPJoe MitchellOppose$259,200TV/RadioWaterfront Strategies Inc.view
09/08/2026HMPJoe MitchellOppose$259,200TV/RadioWaterfront Strategies Inc.view
09/22/2026HMPJoe MitchellOppose$259,200TV/RadioWaterfront Strategies Inc.view
10/21/2026No Going Back PAC Inc.Lindsay JamesOppose$253,125TV/RadioMHB MEDIA, INCview
10/07/2026No Going Back PAC Inc.Lindsay JamesOppose$237,924Direct mailOPTIMATES LLCview
09/23/2026No Going Back PAC Inc.Lindsay JamesOppose$221,514Direct mailOPTIMATES LLCview
10/13/2026HMPJoe MitchellOppose$213,511Digital adsSKDKnickerbocker LLCview
09/30/2026No Going Back PAC Inc.Lindsay JamesOppose$210,099Direct mailOPTIMATES LLCview
10/13/2026No Going Back PAC Inc.Joe MitchellSupport$203,455Direct mailOPTIMATES LLCview
10/23/2026Center Forward CommitteeLindsay JamesSupport$200,000Digital adsAd Beat Strategiesview
10/06/2026HMPJoe MitchellOppose$192,287Digital adsSKDKnickerbocker LLCview
10/20/2026Your Community PACJoe MitchellOppose$192,000Digital adsMVAR Media LLCview
09/29/2026HMPJoe MitchellOppose$180,984Digital adsSKDKnickerbocker LLCview
10/07/2026CLFLindsay JamesOppose$175,035Digital adsDEL RAY MEDIA LLCview
10/13/2026Project 218Lindsay JamesSupport$153,000Digital adsTechnicolor Politicalview
10/20/2026Project 218Lindsay JamesSupport$153,000Digital adsTechnicolor Politicalview
10/06/2026Project 218Lindsay JamesSupport$153,000Digital adsTechnicolor Politicalview
10/17/2026Project 218Lindsay JamesSupport$152,256Digital adsLC Mediaview
06/09/2026Ab PACJoe MitchellOppose$150,021Digital adsBerni Consulting LLCview
09/22/2026HMPJoe MitchellOppose$133,117Digital adsSKDKnickerbocker LLCview
09/15/2026HMPJoe MitchellOppose$123,375Digital adsSKDKnickerbocker LLCview
09/08/2026HMPJoe MitchellOppose$116,375Digital adsSKDKnickerbocker LLCview
10/20/2026Project 218Lindsay JamesSupport$113,390TV/RadioLC Mediaview
10/13/2026No Going Back PAC Inc.Joe MitchellSupport$105,035Direct mailOPTIMATES LLCview
09/22/2026Ab PACJoe MitchellOppose$100,000Digital adsBerni Consulting LLCview
09/29/2026Ab PACJoe MitchellOppose$100,000Digital adsBerni Consulting LLCview
10/06/2026Ab PACJoe MitchellOppose$100,000Digital adsBerni Consulting LLCview
10/15/2026Cffe PACLindsay JamesSupport$100,000Field/CanvassingOTG Strategiesview
08/25/2026Your Community PACJoe MitchellOppose$100,000Digital adsMVAR Media LLCview
09/01/2026Your Community PACJoe MitchellOppose$100,000Digital adsMVAR Media LLCview
08/18/2026Your Community PACJoe MitchellOppose$100,000Digital adsMVAR Media LLCview
10/20/2026Elect Democratic WomenJoe MitchellOppose$95,000TV/RadioSymmetry Media LLCview
10/13/2026Elect Democratic WomenJoe MitchellOppose$95,000TV/RadioSymmetry Media LLCview
10/13/2026Project 218Lindsay JamesSupport$89,824TV/RadioLC Mediaview
10/06/2026Project 218Lindsay JamesSupport$89,824TV/RadioLC Mediaview
10/20/2026American Family VoicesJoe MitchellOppose$83,320Digital adsThe New Media Firmview
10/14/2026America PACLindsay JamesOppose$74,948Digital adsIMGE LLCview
08/18/2026Your Community PACJoe MitchellOppose$74,480TV/RadioTargeted Platform Media, LLCview
09/22/2026Cffe PACLindsay JamesSupport$66,667Field/CanvassingOTG Strategiesview
07/28/2026Ab PACJoe MitchellOppose$56,000Digital adsBerni Consulting LLCview
08/04/2026Ab PACJoe MitchellOppose$56,000Digital adsBerni Consulting LLCview
07/14/2026Ab PACJoe MitchellOppose$56,000Digital adsBerni Consulting LLCview
08/11/2026Ab PACJoe MitchellOppose$56,000Digital adsBerni Consulting LLCview
07/21/2026Ab PACJoe MitchellOppose$56,000Digital adsBerni Consulting LLCview
09/09/2026HMPLindsay JamesSupport$53,773Direct mailThe Pivot Group, Inc.view
10/21/2026American Federation Of State County & Municipal Employees P E O P L EJoe MitchellOppose$50,947Direct mailMoxie Mediaview
10/14/2026American Federation Of State County & Municipal Employees P E O P L EJoe MitchellOppose$50,947Direct mailMoxie Mediaview
09/14/2026HMPLindsay JamesSupport$50,906Direct mailThe Pivot Group, Inc.view
09/17/2026HMPLindsay JamesSupport$50,906Direct mailThe Pivot Group, Inc.view
09/22/2026HMPLindsay JamesSupport$50,906Direct mailThe Pivot Group, Inc.view
10/13/2026Fight For Working PeopleLindsay JamesSupport$50,000UnclassifiedThe New Media Firm, Incview
10/22/2026Fight For Working PeopleLindsay JamesSupport$50,000UnclassifiedThe New Media Firm, Incview
10/13/2026HMPJoe MitchellOppose$48,406Production/CreativeThree Point Media, LLCview
09/01/2026Cffe PACLindsay JamesSupport$47,008Field/CanvassingOTG Strategiesview
10/08/2026American Federation Of State County & Municipal Employees P E O P L EJoe MitchellOppose$45,723Direct mailMoxie Mediaview
10/16/2026American Federation Of State County & Municipal Employees P E O P L EJoe MitchellOppose$45,723Direct mailMoxie Mediaview
10/10/2026Progressive Turnout ProjectLindsay JamesSupport$42,113Field/CanvassingMerrimack Services LLCview
10/09/2026America PACLindsay JamesOppose$41,287Direct mailTHE BAKER GROUP LLCview
10/23/2026America PACLindsay JamesOppose$41,287Direct mailTHE BAKER GROUP LLCview
09/16/2026No Going Back PAC Inc.Lindsay JamesOppose$39,654Direct mailOPTIMATES LLCview
09/18/2026No Going Back PAC Inc.Lindsay JamesOppose$39,654Direct mailOPTIMATES LLCview
09/21/2026No Going Back PAC Inc.Joe MitchellSupport$39,654Direct mailOPTIMATES LLCview
09/21/2026No Going Back PAC Inc.Lindsay JamesOppose$39,654Direct mailOPTIMATES LLCview
09/18/2026No Going Back PAC Inc.Joe MitchellSupport$39,654Direct mailOPTIMATES LLCview
09/16/2026No Going Back PAC Inc.Joe MitchellSupport$39,654Direct mailOPTIMATES LLCview
10/05/2026America PACLindsay JamesOppose$36,037Direct mailTHE BAKER GROUP LLCview
10/13/2026Women VoteLindsay JamesSupport$34,968Direct mailAgency Strategiesview
10/19/2026Women VoteLindsay JamesSupport$34,968Direct mailAgency Strategiesview
08/10/2026Ab PACJoe MitchellOppose$34,697Direct mailBerni Consulting LLCview
07/23/2026Ab PACJoe MitchellOppose$34,697Direct mailBerni Consulting LLCview
08/01/2026Ab PACJoe MitchellOppose$34,697Direct mailBerni Consulting LLCview
08/01/2026Ab PACJoe MitchellOppose$34,697Direct mailBerni Consulting LLCview
09/25/2026End Citizens UnitedJoe MitchellOppose$30,672Direct mailThe Pivot Group, Inc.view
10/06/2026End Citizens UnitedJoe MitchellOppose$29,382Direct mailThe Pivot Group, Inc.view
08/29/2026Your Community PACJoe MitchellOppose$29,046TV/RadioMVAR Media LLCview
10/12/2026MAGA Inc.Lindsay JamesOppose$28,630Digital adsMOMENTUM DIGITAL STRATEGY, LLCview
09/30/2026No Going Back PAC Inc.Lindsay JamesOppose$27,869Direct mailOPTIMATES LLCview
10/01/2026America PACLindsay JamesOppose$26,905Digital adsIMGE LLCview
09/25/2026End Citizens UnitedJoe MitchellOppose$26,515Direct mailThe Pivot Group, Inc.view
10/06/2026End Citizens UnitedJoe MitchellOppose$26,515Direct mailThe Pivot Group, Inc.view
10/06/2026Cffe PACLindsay JamesSupport$25,000Field/CanvassingThe Outreach Team Inc.view
10/15/2026The Family LeaderJoe MitchellSupport$25,000Digital adsPublic Affairs Partnersview
10/06/2026Project 218Lindsay JamesSupport$24,121TV/RadioLC Mediaview
10/13/2026Project 218Lindsay JamesSupport$23,566TV/RadioLC Mediaview
10/01/2026Women Speak Out PACLindsay JamesOppose$23,448Digital adsDONORVISION LLCview
10/21/2026Everytown For Gun Safety Victory Fund (Everytown Victory Fund)Lindsay JamesSupport$21,134Production/CreativeHMPview
06/09/2026Ab PACJoe MitchellOppose$20,143Production/CreativeDixon / Davis Media Group LLCview
10/21/2026Cffe PACLindsay JamesSupport$20,000Field/CanvassingThe Outreach Team Inc.view
06/09/2026Ab PACJoe MitchellOppose$19,373Production/CreativeDixon / Davis Media Group LLCview
10/13/2026Project 218Lindsay JamesSupport$18,750TV/RadioDSPoliticalview
10/20/2026Project 218Lindsay JamesSupport$18,750TV/RadioDSPoliticalview
10/06/2026Project 218Lindsay JamesSupport$18,750TV/RadioDSPoliticalview
10/17/2026Progressive Turnout ProjectLindsay JamesSupport$17,652Field/CanvassingMerrimack Services LLCview
10/14/2026Women Speak Out PACLindsay JamesOppose$17,586Digital adsDONORVISION LLCview
09/01/2026Cffe PACLindsay JamesSupport$16,911Field/CanvassingThe Outreach Team Inc.view
10/19/2026The Family LeaderJoe MitchellSupport$16,864Direct mailEl Toro IP Targetingview
07/28/2026Ab PACJoe MitchellOppose$16,584TV/RadioK Squared Media LLCview
08/04/2026Ab PACJoe MitchellOppose$16,583TV/RadioK Squared Media LLCview
08/11/2026Ab PACJoe MitchellOppose$16,583TV/RadioK Squared Media LLCview
08/18/2026Your Community PACJoe MitchellOppose$15,914TV/RadioMVAR Media LLCview
09/08/2026America PACJoe MitchellSupport$14,793Text/PhonesCONNECTION STRATEGY LLCview
10/13/2026Elect Democratic WomenJoe MitchellOppose$14,454TV/RadioSymmetry Media LLCview
09/23/2026No Going Back PAC Inc.Lindsay JamesOppose$14,220Text/PhonesOPTIMATES LLCview
10/16/2026No Going Back PAC Inc.Lindsay JamesOppose$13,724Text/PhonesOPTIMATES LLCview
09/16/2026HMPJoe MitchellOppose$13,537Production/CreativeThree Point Media, LLCview
08/29/2026Your Community PACJoe MitchellOppose$13,483TV/RadioMVAR Media LLCview
10/05/2026Ab PACLindsay JamesSupport$13,298TV/RadioLamar Companiesview
10/07/2026CLFLindsay JamesOppose$13,000Production/CreativeJAMESTOWN ASSOCIATESview
10/05/2026Ab PACLindsay JamesSupport$12,560TV/RadioAdQuickview
10/20/2026Common Ground Coalition PACLindsay JamesSupport$12,470Digital adsStackAdapt Inc.view
10/13/2026Common Ground Coalition PACLindsay JamesSupport$12,470Digital adsStackAdapt Inc.view
10/07/2026Progressive Turnout ProjectLindsay JamesSupport$12,340Field/CanvassingMerrimack Services LLCview
10/14/2026Women Speak Out PACLindsay JamesOppose$12,000Digital adsS2R LLCview
09/30/2026Progressive Turnout ProjectLindsay JamesSupport$11,612Field/CanvassingMerrimack Services LLCview
10/20/2026HMPJoe MitchellOppose$11,453Production/CreativeThree Point Media, LLCview
09/08/2026HMPJoe MitchellOppose$10,931Production/CreativeThree Point Media, LLCview
09/24/2026Ab PACJoe MitchellOppose$10,594Production/CreativeDixon / Davis Media Group LLCview
10/20/2026Your Community PACJoe MitchellOppose$10,528Digital adsMVAR Media LLCview
09/18/2026Progressive Turnout ProjectLindsay JamesSupport$10,400Field/CanvassingMerrimack Services LLCview
07/14/2026Ab PACJoe MitchellOppose$10,109Production/CreativeDixon / Davis Media Group LLCview
10/14/2026Momsrising TogetherLindsay JamesSupport$9,998Digital adsThe New Media Groupview
10/05/2026America PACLindsay JamesOppose$9,560Direct mailTHE BAKER GROUP LLCview
10/21/2026Our Heritage MattersJoe MitchellOppose$9,065Digital adsChase Grove LLCview
09/28/2026America PACLindsay JamesOppose$8,783Direct mailTHE BAKER GROUP LLCview
09/24/2026Fight For Working PeopleLindsay JamesSupport$8,750UnclassifiedThe New Media Firm, Incview
10/06/2026Fight For Working PeopleLindsay JamesSupport$8,750UnclassifiedThe New Media Firm, Incview
10/08/2026Common Ground Coalition PACJoe MitchellOppose$8,517Digital adsStackadaptview
10/21/2026Cffe PACLindsay JamesSupport$8,333Field/CanvassingFieldworks LLCview
09/08/2026HMPJoe MitchellOppose$8,272Production/CreativeSKDKnickerbocker LLCview
10/20/2026HMPJoe MitchellOppose$7,628Production/CreativeSKDKnickerbocker LLCview
10/13/2026No Going Back PAC Inc.Lindsay JamesOppose$7,558Text/PhonesOPTIMATES LLCview
10/13/2026HMPJoe MitchellOppose$7,401Production/CreativeThree Point Media, LLCview
10/13/2026HMPJoe MitchellOppose$7,354Production/CreativeSKDKnickerbocker LLCview
10/16/2026Maha PACJoe MitchellSupport$7,053Text/PhonesJLK Strategies, LLCview
09/29/2026Ab PACJoe MitchellOppose$7,000Production/CreativeBerni Consulting LLCview
10/13/2026Cffe PACLindsay JamesSupport$6,980Digital adsEcho Effect LLCview
10/30/2026America PACLindsay JamesOppose$6,597Text/PhonesCONNECTION STRATEGY LLCview
10/30/2026America PACJoe MitchellSupport$6,597Text/PhonesCONNECTION STRATEGY LLCview
10/18/2026Maha PACJoe MitchellSupport$6,552Text/PhonesJLK Strategies, LLCview
10/20/2026Cffe PACLindsay JamesSupport$6,546Digital adsEcho Effect LLCview
10/13/2026Make America Great Again Action IncJoe MitchellSupport$6,080Text/PhonesLP BROKERING, LLCview
10/08/2026America PACLindsay JamesOppose$6,013Text/PhonesIMGE LLCview
10/21/2026Everytown For Gun Safety Victory Fund (Everytown Victory Fund)Lindsay JamesSupport$6,000TV/RadioWaterfront Strategies Inc.view
09/29/2026Common Ground Coalition PACJoe MitchellOppose$5,950Digital adsGoogle, Inc.view
09/01/2026Cffe PACLindsay JamesSupport$5,835UnclassifiedThe Pivot Group, Inc.view
10/05/2026Ab PACLindsay JamesSupport$5,446TV/RadioTarget Platformview
08/12/2026Ab PACJoe MitchellOppose$5,180Production/CreativeDixon / Davis Media Group LLCview
10/01/2026Common Ground Coalition PACJoe MitchellOppose$4,959Digital adsStackadaptview
10/16/2026Women Speak Out PACLindsay JamesOppose$4,780Text/PhonesCAMPAIGNHQview
10/20/2026Common Ground Coalition PACLindsay JamesSupport$4,706Digital adsGoogle, Inc.view
10/13/2026Common Ground Coalition PACLindsay JamesSupport$4,706Digital adsGoogle, Inc.view
10/13/2026No Going Back PAC Inc.Lindsay JamesOppose$4,657Text/PhonesOPTIMATES LLCview
10/10/2026NRA Victory Fund, Inc.Joe MitchellSupport$4,200Direct mailMOORE A SERIES LLCview
10/08/2026Common Ground Coalition PACLindsay JamesSupport$3,953Digital adsStackadaptview
10/05/2026America PACJoe MitchellSupport$3,734Text/PhonesCONNECTION STRATEGY LLCview
09/29/2026Common Ground Coalition PACJoe MitchellOppose$3,529Digital ads76 Wordsview
09/01/2026Cffe PACLindsay JamesSupport$3,373UnclassifiedThe Pivot Group, Inc.view
10/08/2026Common Ground Coalition PACJoe MitchellOppose$3,214Digital adsGoogle, Inc.view
10/19/2026Fight For Working PeopleLindsay JamesSupport$2,983UnclassifiedA Line Answersview
10/14/2026Momsrising TogetherLindsay JamesSupport$2,800Text/PhonesCiviTechview
09/29/2026Common Ground Coalition PACLindsay JamesSupport$2,762Digital adsGoogle, Inc.view
10/15/2026Momsrising TogetherLindsay JamesSupport$2,667Text/PhonesTak Kei Wongview
09/01/2026Cffe PACLindsay JamesSupport$2,500UnclassifiedThe Pivot Group, Inc.view
10/01/2026Common Ground Coalition PACLindsay JamesSupport$2,301Digital adsStackadaptview
10/06/2026Cffe PACLindsay JamesSupport$2,200UnclassifiedThe Pivot Group, Inc.view
10/15/2026CLFLindsay JamesOppose$2,000Production/CreativeJAMESTOWN ASSOCIATESview
08/07/2026Ab PACJoe MitchellOppose$1,823Production/CreativeBerni Consulting LLCview
09/22/2026HMPJoe MitchellOppose$1,675Production/CreativeRyegrass, LLCview
09/29/2026Common Ground Coalition PACLindsay JamesSupport$1,638Digital ads76 Wordsview
10/19/2026NRA Victory Fund, Inc.Joe MitchellSupport$1,583Text/PhonesI360 LLCview
10/08/2026Common Ground Coalition PACLindsay JamesSupport$1,492Digital adsGoogle, Inc.view
10/14/2026Momsrising TogetherLindsay JamesSupport$1,333Digital adsThe New Media Groupview
09/22/2026HMPJoe MitchellOppose$1,200Production/CreativeActivate HQview
09/01/2026Cffe PACLindsay JamesSupport$1,131UnclassifiedThe Pivot Group, Inc.view
09/30/2026Field Team 6, Inc.Lindsay JamesSupport$1,034Unclassified—view
10/20/2026Our Heritage MattersJoe MitchellOppose$898Digital adsChase Grove LLCview
10/01/2026America PACJoe MitchellSupport$815Text/PhonesIMGE LLCview
10/01/2026America PACLindsay JamesOppose$815Text/PhonesIMGE LLCview
09/24/2026America PACLindsay JamesOppose$769Text/PhonesIMGE LLCview
09/01/2026Cffe PACLindsay JamesSupport$750UnclassifiedThe Pivot Group, Inc.view
09/24/2026Fight For Working PeopleLindsay JamesSupport$738UnclassifiedThe New Media Firm, Incview
09/17/2026Cffe PACLindsay JamesSupport$722UnclassifiedThe Pivot Group, Inc.view
10/06/2026Cffe PACLindsay JamesSupport$717UnclassifiedThe Pivot Group, Inc.view
10/20/2026Common Ground Coalition PACLindsay JamesSupport$706Digital adsSnap Inc.view
10/13/2026Common Ground Coalition PACLindsay JamesSupport$706Digital adsMeta Platforms, Inc.view
10/13/2026Common Ground Coalition PACLindsay JamesSupport$706Digital adsSnap Inc.view
10/20/2026Common Ground Coalition PACLindsay JamesSupport$706Digital adsMeta Platforms, Inc.view
10/21/2026Everytown For Gun Safety Victory Fund (Everytown Victory Fund)Lindsay JamesSupport$600TV/RadioThree Point Media LLCview
10/06/2026Senate Conservatives FundJoe MitchellSupport$517UnclassifiedSENATE CONSERVATIVES FUNDview
10/01/2026Common Ground Coalition PACJoe MitchellOppose$496Digital adsMeta Platforms, Inc.view
09/29/2026Common Ground Coalition PACJoe MitchellOppose$496Digital adsSnap Inc.view
10/08/2026Common Ground Coalition PACJoe MitchellOppose$482Digital adsMeta Platforms, Inc.view
10/08/2026Common Ground Coalition PACJoe MitchellOppose$482Digital adsSnap Inc.view
09/01/2026Cffe PACLindsay JamesSupport$381UnclassifiedThe Pivot Group, Inc.view
10/05/2026Ab PACLindsay JamesSupport$380Production/CreativeBerni Consulting LLCview
10/18/2026Voters Of Tomorrow PACLindsay JamesSupport$347Text/PhonesVoters of Tomorrow Inc.view
10/18/2026Voters Of Tomorrow PACLindsay JamesSupport$250UnclassifiedVoters of Tomorrow Inc.view
06/08/2026Senate Conservatives FundJoe MitchellSupport$238Digital adsTMA DIRECTview
09/29/2026Common Ground Coalition PACLindsay JamesSupport$230Digital adsSnap Inc.view
10/01/2026Common Ground Coalition PACLindsay JamesSupport$230Digital adsMeta Platforms, Inc.view
10/08/2026Common Ground Coalition PACLindsay JamesSupport$224Digital adsMeta Platforms, Inc.view
10/08/2026Common Ground Coalition PACLindsay JamesSupport$224Digital adsSnap Inc.view
07/22/2026Senate Conservatives FundJoe MitchellSupport$208Digital adsTMA DIRECTview
09/16/2026Senate Conservatives FundJoe MitchellSupport$208Digital adsTMA DIRECTview
10/05/2026Senate Conservatives FundJoe MitchellSupport$208Digital adsTMA DIRECTview
09/01/2026Cffe PACLindsay JamesSupport$206UnclassifiedThe Pivot Group, Inc.view
08/11/2026Senate Conservatives FundJoe MitchellSupport$200Digital adsTMA DIRECTview
10/16/2026Everytown For Gun Safety Victory Fund (Everytown Victory Fund)Lindsay JamesSupport$185Digital adsEverytown For Gun Safety Action Fund Incview
10/11/2026Voters Of Tomorrow PACLindsay JamesSupport$150UnclassifiedVoters of Tomorrow Inc.view
08/19/2026Senate Conservatives FundJoe MitchellSupport$133UnclassifiedSENATE CONSERVATIVES FUNDview
10/08/2026Neighbor Voices PACLindsay JamesSupport$120Text/PhonesScale to Winview
10/08/2026Neighbor Voices PACLindsay JamesSupport$120Text/PhonesScale to Winview
09/09/2026Senate Conservatives FundJoe MitchellSupport$110UnclassifiedSENATE CONSERVATIVES FUNDview
10/13/2026Neighbor Voices PACLindsay JamesSupport$100Text/PhonesScale to Winview
10/13/2026Neighbor Voices PACLindsay JamesSupport$100Text/PhonesScale to Winview
10/10/2026NRA Victory Fund, Inc.Joe MitchellSupport$93UnclassifiedNATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INSTITUTE FOR LEGISLATIVE ACTIONview
06/24/2026Senate Conservatives FundJoe MitchellSupport$88UnclassifiedSENATE CONSERVATIVES FUNDview
09/28/2026Everytown For Gun Safety Victory Fund (Everytown Victory Fund)Lindsay JamesSupport$81UnclassifiedEverytown For Gun Safety Action Fund Incview
09/15/2026Senate Conservatives FundJoe MitchellSupport$81UnclassifiedSENATE CONSERVATIVES FUNDview
10/08/2026Neighbor Voices PACLindsay JamesSupport$73Text/PhonesScale to Winview
10/08/2026Neighbor Voices PACLindsay JamesSupport$73Text/PhonesScale to Winview
10/20/2026Senate Conservatives FundJoe MitchellSupport$61UnclassifiedSENATE CONSERVATIVES FUNDview
07/15/2026Senate Conservatives FundJoe MitchellSupport$58UnclassifiedSENATE CONSERVATIVES FUNDview
07/01/2026Senate Conservatives FundJoe MitchellSupport$50UnclassifiedSENATE CONSERVATIVES FUNDview
09/01/2026Everytown For Gun Safety Victory Fund (Everytown Victory Fund)Lindsay JamesSupport$49Text/PhonesEverytown For Gun Safety Action Fund Incview
10/18/2026Voters Of Tomorrow PACLindsay JamesSupport$47Text/PhonesActBlue Field Toolsview
10/11/2026Voters Of Tomorrow PACLindsay JamesSupport$47UnclassifiedVoters of Tomorrow Inc.view
10/15/2026Voters Of Tomorrow PACLindsay JamesSupport$47Text/PhonesActBlue Field Toolsview
10/19/2026Voters Of Tomorrow PACLindsay JamesSupport$46Text/PhonesActBlue Field Toolsview
10/14/2026Senate Conservatives FundJoe MitchellSupport$46UnclassifiedSENATE CONSERVATIVES FUNDview
10/11/2026Voters Of Tomorrow PACLindsay JamesSupport$46Text/PhonesActBlue Field Toolsview
10/11/2026Voters Of Tomorrow PACLindsay JamesSupport$46Text/PhonesActBlue Field Toolsview
10/21/2026Maha PACJoe MitchellSupport$44Digital adsMetaview
10/08/2026Neighbor Voices PACJoe MitchellOppose$40Text/PhonesScale to Winview
09/30/2026Field Team 6, Inc.Lindsay JamesSupport$36Unclassified—view
09/29/2026Senate Conservatives FundJoe MitchellSupport$35UnclassifiedSENATE CONSERVATIVES FUNDview
10/19/2026Neighbor Voices PACLindsay JamesSupport$33Text/PhonesScale to Winview
06/25/2026Givegreen United ActionLindsay JamesSupport$32Unclassified—view
09/02/2026Senate Conservatives FundJoe MitchellSupport$31UnclassifiedSENATE CONSERVATIVES FUNDview
10/08/2026Everytown For Gun Safety Victory Fund (Everytown Victory Fund)Lindsay JamesSupport$27Text/PhonesEverytown For Gun Safety Action Fund Incview
10/15/2026Neighbor Voices PACLindsay JamesSupport$27Text/PhonesScale to Winview
10/12/2026America PACLindsay JamesOppose$26Text/PhonesCONNECTION STRATEGY LLCview
10/12/2026America PACJoe MitchellSupport$26Text/PhonesCONNECTION STRATEGY LLCview
08/25/2026Senate Conservatives FundJoe MitchellSupport$19UnclassifiedSENATE CONSERVATIVES FUNDview
06/10/2026Senate Conservatives FundJoe MitchellSupport$18UnclassifiedSENATE CONSERVATIVES FUNDview
09/22/2026Senate Conservatives FundJoe MitchellSupport$16UnclassifiedSENATE CONSERVATIVES FUNDview
06/17/2026Senate Conservatives FundJoe MitchellSupport$16UnclassifiedSENATE CONSERVATIVES FUNDview
07/29/2026Senate Conservatives FundJoe MitchellSupport$13UnclassifiedSENATE CONSERVATIVES FUNDview
08/12/2026Senate Conservatives FundJoe MitchellSupport$12UnclassifiedSENATE CONSERVATIVES FUNDview
07/08/2026Senate Conservatives FundJoe MitchellSupport$10UnclassifiedSENATE CONSERVATIVES FUNDview
08/04/2026Senate Conservatives FundJoe MitchellSupport$10UnclassifiedSENATE CONSERVATIVES FUNDview
07/22/2026Senate Conservatives FundJoe MitchellSupport$8UnclassifiedSENATE CONSERVATIVES FUNDview
06/25/2026Givegreen United ActionLindsay JamesSupport$4Unclassified—view
10/01/2026Everytown For Gun Safety Victory Fund (Everytown Victory Fund)Lindsay JamesSupport$3Text/PhonesEverytown For Gun Safety Action Fund Incview
Total (271 transactions)$16,113,999

7.12 Electioneering communications & communication costs

Electioneering communications

None reported.

Communication costs

None reported.

Every cycle-to-date row naming either nominee, dated so primary-period and general-election items can be told apart; these are not independent expenditures and are not added into any total above.

Key facts and questions

As of October 23, 2026, $22.1 million ($22,136,575) has been spent in Iowa's 2nd District 2026 U.S. House race between Joe Mitchell (R) and Lindsay James (D), according to Federal Election Commission filings compiled by VoteLog: $6,022,576 by the campaigns themselves (cycle-to-date spending) and $16,113,999 in independent expenditures by outside groups disseminated after the June 2, 2026 primaries (the general-election window). Outside money benefiting each candidate: Mitchell $6,449,179 and James $9,664,819. The largest outside spender is No Going Back PAC Inc. ($4,179,565: $427,452 supporting Mitchell, $3,752,113 opposing James). James' campaign has raised more: $3,917,994 to Mitchell's $2,916,069 (FEC reports through October 14, 2026).

How much money has been spent in the Iowa 2nd District 2026 House race?
$22.1 million ($22,136,575) as of October 23, 2026: $6,022,576 spent by the campaigns (cycle-to-date, as reported to the FEC) plus $16,113,999 of independent expenditures by outside groups disseminated after the June 2, 2026 primaries (the general-election window). Per candidate (campaign spending + outside money benefiting them): Mitchell $8,819,715 and James $13,316,860.
Who has raised more money, Mitchell or James?
Joe Mitchell (R): $2,916,069 raised, $2,370,535 spent, $545,534 cash on hand (report through October 14, 2026). Lindsay James (D): $3,917,994 raised, $3,652,041 spent, $265,953 cash on hand (report through October 14, 2026).
How much outside and super PAC money is there in the Iowa 2nd District 2026 House race, and who benefits?
$16,113,999 of independent expenditures disseminated after the June 2, 2026 primaries (the general-election window): $6,449,179 benefiting Mitchell ($523,280 supporting Mitchell, $6,591,557 opposing Mitchell) and $9,664,819 benefiting James ($3,073,262 supporting James, $5,925,900 opposing James). "Benefiting" a candidate means independent expenditures supporting that candidate plus those opposing the opponent. The Iowa 2nd District general-election ballot also lists independent Dave Bushaw and Libertarian Rick Stewart. The two-way tables on this page cover Joe Mitchell and Lindsay James, the two candidates with the most money deployed for and against them; spending that opposes one of them is credited to the other even though some of it may have been intended to help another candidate. Every expenditure that named another candidate is listed, row by row, under excludedOtherTargets in the full snapshot JSON (§7.13) and summarized in the note below. Largest outside spenders: 1) No Going Back PAC Inc. ($4,179,565: $427,452 supporting Mitchell, $3,752,113 opposing James); 2) HMP ($3,230,357: $3,023,864 opposing Mitchell, $206,492 supporting James); 3) Your Community PAC ($1,942,587, all opposing Mitchell).
Is AIPAC spending money in the Iowa 2nd District 2026 House race?
United Democracy Project (UDP), AIPAC's super PAC, reported no general-election independent expenditures in the Iowa 2nd District 2026 House race in the filings processed through October 23, 2026. Contributions earmarked through AIPAC PAC (its traditional PAC, acting as a conduit): $0 to Mitchell and $0 to James, per AIPAC PAC reports through October 14, 2026. Earmarks are an overlay on money already counted in each campaign's receipts, not an addition to any total.
Where does this data come from, and how current is it?
Every figure comes from Federal Election Commission filings — the FEC bulk files (independent expenditures, candidate and committee summaries, committee-to-candidate contributions, operating expenditures, individual contributions) and the committees' own reports — compiled by VoteLog with no estimates. As of October 23, 2026: independent expenditures are current through October 23, 2026 (filings processed through October 23, 2026); campaign finances through October 14, 2026. The page is refreshed on a schedule through Election Day, November 3, 2026. The row-by-row ledger and the full snapshot are downloadable from the page.

Cite as: VoteLog, “Iowa 2nd District House Race 2026: All the Money,” https://votelog.org/investigations/iowa-2nd-district-house-general-money (last updated October 23, 2026, 9:23 AM ET). Machine-readable: summary JSON · expenditure ledger CSV · full snapshot JSON.

7.13 Downloads

CSV downloads keep full cents precision. Table totals on this page are exactly reproducible by summing the published CSV.

7.14 Sources & methodology

Sources

All figures derive from filings with the Federal Election Commission. Committee filings: American Federation Of State County & Municipal Employees P E O P L E · Senate Conservatives Fund · Women Vote · Ab PAC · HMP · CLF · Senate Conservatives Action · Women Speak Out PAC · Center Forward Committee · Senate Leadership Fund (SLF PAC) · End Citizens United · Progressive Turnout Project · Elect Democratic Women · Americans for Prosperity Action (AFP Action) · Everytown For Gun Safety Victory Fund (Everytown Victory Fund) · NRA Victory Fund, Inc. · Cffe PAC · Defend The Vote · Make America Great Again Action Inc · United Democracy Project (UDP) · Givegreen United Action · Maha PAC · Voters Of Tomorrow PAC · WinSenate · Project 218 · America PAC · Your Community PAC · MAGA Inc. · Field Team 6, Inc. · Neighbor Voices PAC · Fight For Working People · No Going Back PAC Inc. · Common Ground Coalition PAC · Our Heritage Matters · American Family Voices · Momsrising Together · The Family Leader.

Deduplication

The same expenditure can appear up to three times — as a raw electronic-filing row, as a 24/48-hour notice (Form 24 / Form 5), and re-itemized later in a committee's regular periodic report (Form 3X), with amendments adding further copies. To avoid overstating totals, amendment chains are collapsed; then, per committee, the authoritative ledger keeps non-notice rows disseminated on or before the coverage-end date of the committee's latest filed regular report, plus notice rows disseminated after that date. Memo entries are excluded from all sums.

Attribution rule

Spending that opposes one candidate is counted as benefiting the other. Benefiting a candidate = independent expenditures supporting that candidate + independent expenditures opposing the opponent. Electioneering communications and communication costs are listed separately in §7.12 and are not added to these totals. The rule applies only to spending disseminated after primary day, once both nominees were set; see the scope note below. The Iowa 2nd District general-election ballot also lists independent Dave Bushaw and Libertarian Rick Stewart. The two-way tables on this page cover Joe Mitchell and Lindsay James, the two candidates with the most money deployed for and against them; spending that opposes one of them is credited to the other even though some of it may have been intended to help another candidate. Every expenditure that named another candidate is listed, row by row, under excludedOtherTargets in the full snapshot JSON (§7.13) and summarized in the note below.

FEC-reported expenditures only — no ad-tracker reservations included.

Donor-network cross-match (§7.9b)

Computed October 23, 2026, 9:23 AM ET. Identity key: surname letters (suffixes such as Jr./III dropped) plus the first given-name token (honorifics dropped), then ZIP5 (preferred) or state. Nominee side: the FEC's processed individual-contribution file for the 2026 cycle (every authorized committee's Schedule A individual lines as itemized on its regular Form 3 reports; memo entries and non-individual entities excluded; the FEC's processed data reflects the latest amendment of each report). Network side: AIPAC PAC's regular Form 3X reports covering January 1, 2023 through October 14, 2026 (46 reports, 18,794 distinct donor identities), including earmarks to every candidate and direct PAC contributions. Result: Joe Mitchell (R) 6 matched donors, $14,415 (1.3% of itemized individual receipts through June 30, 2026); Lindsay James (D) 1 matched donors, $1,666 (0.1% of itemized individual receipts through June 30, 2026). Reading: an overlap of donors, reported as a descriptive statistic and kept out of every total. It is not evidence that AIPAC PAC solicited or bundled the money — the FEC record shows conduit passage only through the earmarks in §7.9 and through lobbyist-bundler reports (Form 3L; none filed by Joe Mitchell's committees; Lindsay James's committees have filed 1 such report). Known limits: common names in the same ZIP can collide (the opponent's block is the empirical control); donors who list different name spellings or addresses on the two sides are missed; unitemized contributions cannot be matched; amounts are net of negative Schedule A adjustment lines but refunds disbursed on Schedule B, where present, are not netted.

Independent expenditures that named other Iowa 2nd District U.S. House candidates this cycle — candidates eliminated in or absent from the June 2, 2026 primaries, or running outside the two-way matchup: Rick Stewart (2 rows, $19,717) — are not attributable under the two-way rule. 2 expenditure(s) totaling $19,717 that targeted only them are excluded from the two-way accounting above; they are itemized, row by row, under excludedOtherTargets in the full snapshot JSON (§7.13).

Scope: general election only

This page covers the general election, November 3, 2026, between the two nominees set by the June 2, 2026 primaries. Independent expenditures naming either nominee but disseminated on or before primary day — 3 filing row(s) totaling $64,006 as of October 23, 2026 — are primary-period spending: they are kept out of the general-election totals and two-way tables and are not credited to either nominee (before primary day each was running against different opponents, so "opposing one benefits the other" does not hold). Largest primary-period spenders: Project 218 $53,203 (supporting James); Senate Conservatives Action $10,803 (supporting Mitchell). They are listed by committee in the appendix at the bottom of this page (§7.15), and every row is in the primary-period ledger CSV (and under prePrimary in the full snapshot JSON, §7.13). The general-election window has no upper cutoff: everything disseminated after primary day counts, through election day and any post-election filings. Date basis: 11 row(s) totaling $143,088 carry no dissemination date in the FEC file and are placed by their expenditure or transaction date instead (11 row(s), $143,088, fall after primary day; 0 row(s), $0, on or before it). None of them falls within 7 days of primary day. Every ledger row states its date basis in the CSV (date_basis column).

Disclosure gaps

  • Campaign finances (§7.1 Raised / Spent / Cash on hand, §7.6, §7.7, §7.8) are each principal committee's cycle-to-date totals through October 14, 2026: the FEC candidate summary file does not separate primary-period from general-election receipts and disbursements, so those figures include the primaries. Activity after October 14, 2026 first appears in the December 3 post-general report, covering through November 23.
  • Super PAC donor lists run through each committee's latest filed report (per-committee cutoffs below). Monthly filers (No Going Back PAC Inc., HMP, Ab PAC, Project 218, Everytown For Gun Safety Victory Fund, Cffe PAC, Elect Democratic Women, Center Forward Committee, American Federation Of State County & Municipal Employees P E O P L E, End Citizens United, Progressive Turnout Project) disclose about 20 days after each month ends; quarterly filers (Your Community PAC, CLF, America PAC, Fight For Working People) filed October 15 quarterly reports covering through September 30, then a pre-general report due October 22 covering through October 14; the cutoffs below show whether each has been processed. Independent expenditures themselves are reported within 24 or 48 hours and are current well ahead of the donor lists.
  • National committees (Ab PAC, America PAC, American Federation Of State County & Municipal Employees P E O P L E, Center Forward Committee, Cffe PAC, CLF, Everytown For Gun Safety Victory Fund, Elect Democratic Women, HMP, MAGA Inc., Maha PAC, Momsrising Together, No Going Back PAC Inc., NRA Victory Fund, Inc., Neighbor Voices PAC, Our Heritage Matters, Progressive Turnout Project, Project 218, Senate Conservatives Fund, The Family Leader, Voters Of Tomorrow PAC, Women Speak Out PAC, Women Vote, Your Community PAC, Field Team 6, Inc., Senate Conservatives Action, Senate Leadership Fund, Americans for Prosperity Action, WinSenate, Defend The Vote, United Democracy Project) raise for many races; their donor tables are cycle-wide, all races, and cannot be attributed to Iowa 2nd District specifically.

Super PAC donor disclosure cutoffs (per committee)

  • American Federation Of State County & Municipal Employees P E O P L E — donors disclosed through September 30, 2026
  • Ab PAC — donors disclosed through October 14, 2026
  • HMP — donors disclosed through October 14, 2026
  • CLF — donors disclosed through October 14, 2026
  • Center Forward Committee — donors disclosed through September 30, 2026
  • End Citizens United — donors disclosed through October 14, 2026
  • Progressive Turnout Project — donors disclosed through October 14, 2026
  • Elect Democratic Women — donors disclosed through October 14, 2026
  • Everytown For Gun Safety Victory Fund (Everytown Victory Fund) — donors disclosed through October 14, 2026
  • Cffe PAC — donors disclosed through September 30, 2026
  • Project 218 — donors disclosed through October 14, 2026
  • America PAC — donors disclosed through October 14, 2026
  • Your Community PAC — donors disclosed through October 14, 2026
  • Fight For Working People — donors disclosed through October 14, 2026
  • No Going Back PAC Inc. — donors disclosed through October 14, 2026

Labeling is strictly neutral throughout, with identical footnote treatment for both sides' funding structures. Committees that raise nationally are described identically whichever nominee they support.

How to cite: VoteLog, "Iowa 2nd District House Race 2026: All the Money," https://votelog.org/investigations/iowa-2nd-district-house-general-money (last updated October 23, 2026, 9:23 AM ET).

Full method: VoteLog methodology §11 — Senate race money pages. The House race pages are built by the same method, from the same FEC bulk files, with the district's candidates in place of a state's.

7.15 Appendix: primary-period spending on or before primary day

2 filers, $64,006 disseminated on or before primary day — listed in full, not additive with the general-election totals above.

Committee For Joe Mitchell Against Joe Mitchell For Lindsay James Against Lindsay James TotalLatest
Project 218$0$0$53,203$0$53,20305/22/2026
Senate Conservatives Action$10,803$0$0$0$10,80304/16/2026
Total (2 filers)$10,803$0$53,203$0$64,006

Independent expenditures naming Joe Mitchell or Lindsay James and disseminated on or before the June 2, 2026 primaries, from filings processed through October 23, 2026 (3 filing rows; every row is in the primary-period ledger CSV and under prePrimary in the full snapshot JSON, §7.13). This is primary-period money: it is listed in full here but is not added to the general-election totals above and is not credited to either nominee, because "opposing one candidate benefits the other" only holds once both are on the same ballot — before primary day each nominee was running against different opponents. Scope note.