House District 48

2026 general election · 2-way race · 2024: Chad Behn +20.5%

Voter registration (Sep 2026): R+12.8 of 20,442 active voters · R +1.8 since Nov 2024

Democratic 25% · No party 36% · Republican 38% · Other 1%

Chad Behn holds 17.9× the campaign cash of Benjamin Olsen — $31,212.59 to $1,743.52.

Chad Behn

Republican

Cash on hand (money in the bank) · as of 2026-07-14

$31,212.59

raised $250.00 in the latest report (2026) · $23,630.00 in cash this election (since 2025)

plus $12.50 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

Cedar Rapids Development Group PAC $5,000.00

Associated General Contractors of Iowa PAC $4,000.00

Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Political Action Committee $4,000.00

Full committee money →

Incumbent · voting record →

Benjamin Olsen

Democrat

Cash on hand (money in the bank) · as of 2026-07-15

$1,743.52

raised $3,230.22 in the latest report (2026)

Biggest donors · cash, since 2023

Boone County Democratic Central Committee $2,000.00

Story County Democratic Central Committee $500.00

Mary Weaver $250.00

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.

Chad Behn · Republican

Who gives · this election (since 2025)

Individuals 25% ($5,830.00)PACs & committees 75% ($17,800.00)

Shares are of the $23,630.00 that donors gave this election (since 2025). Of the $17,800.00 from PACs and committees, $14,300.00 is from PACs and $3,500.00 from committees whose type isn't in the filings we hold (they file no Iowa disclosure report of their own, so the state's records we have don't say whether they are a PAC, a party or a candidate).

Where they live · this election (since 2025)

In the district <1% ($100.00)ZIP crosses the district line 14% ($3,380.00)Elsewhere in Iowa 74% ($17,400.00)Outside Iowa 12% ($2,750.00)

Between <1% and 15% of the $23,630.00 whose donor listed an address came from inside the district (House District 48) this election (since 2025). It's a range because donor addresses are placed by ZIP code, and some ZIP codes cross the district line.

88% came from somewhere in Iowa and 12% from outside the state.

$23,630.00 in cash this election (since 2025), listed donor-by-donor in the state's itemized feed (the publisher dates the feed 2026-07-14, posted 2026-09-05). · full record →

Not in the bars: $12.50 in donated goods and services this election (since 2025) and $500.00 in loans from before this election (2023 to 2024), money it owes back and often the candidate's own.

Benjamin Olsen · Democrat

Who gives · this election (since 2025)

Individuals 23% ($730.22)PACs & committees 77% ($2,500.00)

Shares are of the $3,230.22 that donors gave this election (since 2025). Of the $2,500.00 from PACs and committees, $2,500.00 is from party committees.

Where they live · this election (since 2025)

ZIP crosses the district line 99% ($3,200.00)Outside Iowa 1% ($30.22)

Between 0% and 99% of the $3,230.22 whose donor listed an address came from inside the district (House District 48) 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.

$3,230.22 in cash this election (since 2025), listed donor-by-donor in the state's itemized feed (the publisher dates the feed 2026-07-14, posted 2026-09-05). · 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: Chad Behn (Republican) · full voting record →

Voted YES on SF 607 : Unemployment insurance employer tax cut

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

Voted YES on SF 472 : Public-sector union recertification petitions

Voted YES 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.

Benjamin Olsen $53/day

$3,230.22 over 61 days · latest report

Chad Behn $4.1/day

$250.00 over 61 days · latest report

Behind in total cash, Benjamin Olsen is raising faster by the day right now — $53/day versus $4.1/day for Chad Behn, the current cash leader.

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.

More of your 2026 ballot

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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.