The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
Official candidate list: Iowa Secretary of State. Not a prediction.
The seat
Joni Ernst
Republican · Holds the seat now
First took office 2015 · Age 56
Not on the November ballot
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.
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How they won the primary
The primary · 192,136 votes
- Josh Turek Won: 62.6% 120,287
- Zach Wahls: 37.3% 71,663
The total includes 186 write-in or scattered votes not listed by candidate.
The primary · 206,786 votes
- Ashley Hinson Won: 74.0% 153,059
- Jim Carlin: 25.7% 53,196
The total includes 531 write-in or scattered votes not listed by candidate.
Primary results as recorded September 27, 2026, ordered by votes. Source: Iowa Secretary of State certified primary canvass. Certified June 22, 2026. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.
The money on this race
- Raised by candidates
- $17M
- Outside money
- $84M
Outside money, for and against
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing. The other $256K of the race's $84M was spent on candidates not listed here.
Where each candidate's money comes from
Small donors give $200 or less; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.
Other includes money transferred in from committees the candidate authorized, such as a joint fundraising committee, which reports its own donors to the FEC: Ashley Hinson $2.7M.
Who is spending on this race
The largest groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.
Not on the November ballot
9 filed- Joni ErnstRepublican$7M
- Jim CarlinRepublican$494K
- Jackie NorrisDemocrat$364K
- Nathan SageDemocrat$1.4M
- James ScholtenDemocrat$213K
Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.
How this seat voted last time
R+7 in 2020
- Joni Ernst Won: 51.7%
- Theresa Greenfield: 45.2%
1,671,828 votes for candidates. Other candidates and write-ins took the remaining 3.1%. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.
Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are reported to the FEC through June 30, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers each candidate's own campaign: the years since their previous federal election, up to the six their totals cover. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.