Elections · U.S. House, District 2 · Iowa

Joe Mitchell

Republican On the November ballot

On the November ballot

Mitchell faces Lindsay James for this seat on November 3, 2026.

Joe Mitchellthis pageRepublican · $1.9M

The ballot as filed by the nominee source, recorded August 27, 2026, not a prediction. Minor-party and write-in filers are on the race page.

The whole race

Where the money comes from

15%from small donors

Small donors: 15%$284K
Large donors: 57%$1.1M
PACs: 21%$408K
Party: <1%$5K
Self-funding: 5%$100K
Other: 1%$28K

Separately, $208K 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, 2026In 10 weeks

All dates and rules

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, in ballot order, not money order.

Muted rows are campaigns not on the November ballot; their money is still their own filed record. Showing 7 of 9 funded campaigns; every filing is on the race page.

The whole race

Spending to support them

$18K

Senate Conservatives Action$11K
Senate Conservatives Fund$7K

Spending to oppose them

$190K

AB PAC$190K

How these directions are decided

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC. 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 has not held this office, so there is no federal voting record, no cosponsorships and no committee service to report.

That absence is not a position for or against anything; it is what a first federal campaign looks like in the public record.

What the campaign says, on joemitchell.com

Candidates 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.