House District 42

2026 general election · 2-way race · 2024: Heather Matson +0.8%

Voter registration (Sep 2026): R+5.1 of 20,374 active voters · flat since Nov 2024

Democratic 31% · No party 33% · Republican 36% · Other 1%

Amy Tagliareni holds 2.8× the campaign cash of Heather Stephenson — $28,474.77 to $10,228.67.

Amy Tagliareni

Democrat

Cash on hand (money in the bank) · as of 2026-07-20

$28,474.77

raised $21,943.73 in the latest report (2026) · $31,282.43 in cash this election (since 2025)

plus $550.00 in donated goods and services this election (since 2025) — staff, mail, polling and the like, which is support rather than money in the bank

Biggest donors · cash, since 2023

Friends of Amy Tagliareni $1,313.70

Scott McCormick $550.00

Georgia Murray $400.00

Full committee money →

Heather Stephenson

Republican

Cash on hand (money in the bank) · as of 2026-07-19

$10,228.67

raised $7,098.43 in the latest report (2026) · $16,285.84 in cash this election (since 2025)

Biggest donors · cash, since 2023

Robert Myers $2,500.00

Trent Murphy $2,500.00

Chris Wehrman $2,050.00

Full committee money →

Where the money comes from

Who gives to each campaign, and where those donors live, for this election (since 2025). Cash the state lists donor-by-donor.

Amy Tagliareni · Democrat

Who gives · this election (since 2025)

Individuals 86% ($8,025.00)PACs & committees 14% ($1,313.70)

Shares are of the $9,338.70 that donors gave this election (since 2025). Of the $1,313.70 from PACs and committees, $1,313.70 is from other candidates' campaigns.

Where they live · this election (since 2025)

ZIP crosses the district line 73% ($6,813.70)Elsewhere in Iowa 7% ($685.00)Iowa, ZIP not mapped <1% ($25.00)Outside Iowa 19% ($1,815.00)

Between 0% and 73% of the $9,338.70 whose donor listed an address came from inside the district (House District 42) this election (since 2025). It's a range because donor addresses are placed by ZIP code, and some ZIP codes cross the district line.

81% came from somewhere in Iowa and 19% from outside the state. $25.00 of the Iowa money has a ZIP code with no area on the map (a post office box, for example), so it can't be placed in or out of the district.

Its filings report $31,282.43 raised in cash this election (since 2025), and $9,338.70 of that is listed donor-by-donor. The bars use the donor-by-donor part. Its newest report (filed 2026-07-20, $21,943.73 raised, for the period ending 2026-07-14) is not yet in the donor-by-donor rows we hold, so the bars stop at the report before it. · full record →

Not in the bars: $550.00 in donated goods and services this election (since 2025).

Heather Stephenson · Republican

Who gives · this election (since 2025)

Individuals 100% ($9,187.41)

Shares are of the $9,187.41 that donors gave this election (since 2025).

Where they live · this election (since 2025)

ZIP crosses the district line 81% ($7,474.21)Elsewhere in Iowa 18% ($1,661.15)Outside Iowa 1% ($52.05)

Between 0% and 81% of the $9,187.41 whose donor listed an address came from inside the district (House District 42) this election (since 2025). It's a range because donor addresses are placed by ZIP code, and some ZIP codes cross the district line.

99% came from somewhere in Iowa and 1% from outside the state.

Its filings report $16,285.84 raised in cash this election (since 2025), and $9,187.41 of that is listed donor-by-donor. The bars use the donor-by-donor part. Its newest report (filed 2026-07-19, $7,098.43 raised, for the period ending 2026-07-14) is not yet in the donor-by-donor rows we hold, so the bars stop at the report before it. · full record →

Method: itemized cash contributions (Schedule A, transaction type CON) since 2025-01-01, refunds netted, the committee's own account interest excluded. Each donor is placed by the state and 5-digit ZIP code on the filing. A ZIP code counts as in the district when at least 98% of its Iowa land area (Census ZCTA) falls inside it, as crossing the line when between 2% and 98% does, and as elsewhere in Iowa otherwise. Iowa ZIP codes with no Census area (post office boxes) are shown on their own. In-kind support and loans are never in either bar.

The seat's record

Current officeholder: Heather Matson (Democrat) · full voting record →

Voted NO on SF 607 : Unemployment insurance employer tax cut

Voted YES on HF 639 : Hazardous liquid pipeline / eminent domain limits

Voted NO on SF 472 : Public-sector union recertification petitions

Voted NO on HF 2104 : CO2 pipeline eminent domain ban

From the key-votes set on wages, labor, utilities and eminent domain, and school funding — the same set for every legislator, both parties. Each bill is described by what it does; its official title is on the bill page.

Explore win scenarios for this race → what turnout and crossover it would take, on the real electorate

Fundraising rate

New money raised per day of each candidate's latest report — the pace of fundraising, comparable even when reports cover spans of different length. The small bars trace how that pace moved across recent reports.

Amy Tagliareni $360/day

$21,943.73 over 61 days · latest report

Heather Stephenson $116/day

$7,098.43 over 61 days · latest report

Rate = money raised ÷ days the report covers. ("Money raised" is the report's cash-contribution line — Schedule A.) Faded bars are earlier reports' rates; the solid bar is the latest. State committees only. A period's total can arrive as one large check or many small gifts — the rate can't tell them apart; a committee's donation page breaks its money down by gift size.

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General election: Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Check your registration and polling place with the Iowa Secretary of State. Legislative districts are rarely publicly polled; if a qualifying public poll appears for this race it will be shown here.

Candidates: Iowa Secretary of State 2026 general-election list. Cash figures: each candidate's latest state disclosure filing; a newly announced challenger may not have filed yet. State money only — any federal committee is separate.