House District 51

2026 general election · 2-way race · 2024: Brett Barker +25.3%

Voter registration (Sep 2026): R+19.3 of 20,505 active voters · R +0.6 since Nov 2024

Democratic 23% · No party 33% · Republican 43% · Other 1%

Brett Barker holds 21.0× the campaign cash of Teresa Perin — $55,143.58 to $2,630.82.

Brett Barker

Republican

Cash on hand (money in the bank) · as of 2026-07-17

$55,143.58

raised $14,775.09 in the latest report (2026) · $83,318.71 in cash this election (since 2025)

Biggest donors · cash, since 2023

Jay Faison $6,078.80

JONI PAC Iowa $5,000.00

Cedar Rapids Development Group PAC $4,000.00

Full committee money →

Incumbent · voting record →

Teresa Perin

Democrat

Cash on hand (money in the bank) · as of 2026-07-17

$2,630.82

raised $2,133.25 in the latest report (2026) · $7,417.33 in cash this election (since 2025)

plus $232.06 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

Teresa Perin $1,500.00

Mary Dooley $300.00

Marshall County Democratic Central Committee $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.

Brett Barker · Republican

Who gives · this election (since 2025)

Individuals 46% ($31,316.65)PACs & committees 44% ($30,483.22)Other organizations 10% ($6,743.75)

Shares are of the $68,543.62 that donors gave this election (since 2025). Of the $30,483.22 from PACs and committees, $26,350.00 is from PACs, $542.76 from other candidates' campaigns and $3,590.46 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% ($570.13)ZIP crosses the district line 21% ($14,672.87)Elsewhere in Iowa 54% ($36,902.95)Iowa, ZIP not mapped 1% ($514.54)Outside Iowa 23% ($15,823.13)

Between 1% and 22% of the $68,483.62 whose donor listed an address came from inside the district (House District 51) this election (since 2025). It's a range because donor addresses are placed by ZIP code, and some ZIP codes cross the district line.

77% came from somewhere in Iowa and 23% from outside the state. $514.54 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 $83,318.71 raised in cash this election (since 2025), and $68,543.62 of that is listed donor-by-donor. The bars use the donor-by-donor part. Its newest report (filed 2026-07-17, $14,775.09 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 →

The second bar also leaves out $60.00 from donors with no usable address on the filing.

Teresa Perin · Democrat

Who gives · this election (since 2025)

Individuals 91% ($4,834.00)PACs & committees 5% ($250.00)Other organizations 4% ($200.08)

Shares are of the $5,284.08 that donors gave this election (since 2025). Of the $250.00 from PACs and committees, $250.00 is from party committees.

Where they live · this election (since 2025)

In the district 10% ($510.00)ZIP crosses the district line 75% ($3,745.00)Elsewhere in Iowa 6% ($280.08)Iowa, ZIP not mapped 3% ($150.00)Outside Iowa 6% ($299.00)

Between 10% and 85% of the $4,984.08 whose donor listed an address came from inside the district (House District 51) this election (since 2025). It's a range because donor addresses are placed by ZIP code, and some ZIP codes cross the district line.

94% came from somewhere in Iowa and 6% from outside the state. $150.00 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 $7,417.33 raised in cash this election (since 2025), and $5,284.08 of that is listed donor-by-donor. The bars use the donor-by-donor part. Its newest report (filed 2026-07-17, $2,133.25 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: $232.06 in donated goods and services this election (since 2025). The second bar also leaves out $300.00 from donors with no usable address on the filing.

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: Brett Barker (Republican) · full voting record →

Voted YES on SF 607 : Unemployment insurance employer tax cut

Voted NO on HF 639 : Hazardous liquid pipeline / eminent domain limits

Voted YES 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.

Brett Barker $242/day

$14,775.09 over 61 days · latest report

Teresa Perin $35/day

$2,133.25 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.

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.