Elections · U.S. House, District 2 · Iowa
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Raised for this seat
$1.9M
Through June 30, 2026
Cash on hand
$896K
Through June 30, 2026
On the November ballot
Mitchell faces Lindsay James, Rick Stewart and Dave Bushaw for this seat on November 3, 2026.
The general-election ballot as recorded September 8, 2026, not a prediction. Official candidate list: Iowa Secretary of State. Minor-party and write-in filers are on the race page.
Where the money comes from
- Small donors
- 15%$284K
- Large donors
- 57%$1.1M
- PACs
- 21%$408K
- Party
- <1%$5K
- Self-funding
- 5%$100K
- Other
- 2%$28K
Separately, $4.6M in independent expenditures was reported for and against this candidate by outside committees. That money is not the candidate's receipts and is not part of the mix above.
Receipts reported through June 30, 2026. Source: FEC.
How to vote in Iowa
- General electionNovember 3, 2026
Register 15 days before (mail postmarked 15 days before), or same-day through Election Day in person.
The district they want to represent
- People
- 795K
- Median household income
- $74K
- Unemployment
- 3.4%
- Living below the poverty line
- 10.4%
- Without health insurance
- 4.5%
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.
Against the field for this seat
Each campaign's reported receipts on one shared scale, incumbent first and then by name, never in money order.
- Dave Bushaw$26K
- Kathy Dolter$75K
- Lindsay James$1.6M
- Joe Mitchellthis page$1.9M
- Clint Twedt-Ball$585K
Muted rows are campaigns not on the November ballot; their money is still their own filed record. Also on the ballot with no FEC filing, so no row: Rick Stewart.
Spending to support them
$157K- No Going Back PAC$119K
- America PAC$19K
- Senate Conservatives Action$11K
- Senate Conservatives Fund$8.1K
Spending to oppose them
$4.5M- Your Community PAC$1.7M
- HMP$1.6M
- AB PAC$993K
- End Citizens United$113K
- American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees P E O P L E$46K
The top 5 committees of the $4.5M filed in this direction.
How these directions are decided
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC, through October 8, 2026. The supporting or opposing direction is each committee's own declared filing, not an interpretation, and a group spending against a candidate is not necessarily spending for their opponent. Outside money is not the campaign's money and is never added to what they raised.
Record in office
Mitchell does not hold a seat in Congress now, so there is no current voting record, cosponsorships or committee service to show here.
That absence is not a position for or against anything.
What the campaign says, on joemitchell.comCandidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Portrait: Campaign photo, campaign website (reference use, candidate's own published headshot). Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.
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