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House District 55

2026 general election · 2-way race · 2024: Shannon Latham unopposed

Voter registration (Sep 2026): R+28.7 of 17,946 active voters · D +1.0 since Nov 2024

Democratic 21% · No party 29% · Republican 49% · Other 1%

Cynthia Oppedal Paschen holds 1.3× the campaign cash of Beau Klaver — $7,438.50 to $5,572.43.

Cynthia Oppedal Paschen

Democrat

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

$7,438.50

raised $730.00 in the latest report (2026) · $6,049.64 in cash this election (since 2025)

plus $30.00 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

Alan Oppedal $12,000.00

Iowa Democratic Party $6,250.00

Story County Democratic Central Committee $3,500.00

Full committee money →

Beau Klaver

Republican

Cash on hand (money in the bank) · as of 2026-07-18

$5,572.43

raised $14,165.00 in the latest report (2026) · $40,406.81 in cash this election (since 2025)

plus $500.14 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

Growth and Opportunities for Iowa PAC $14,000.00

Beau Klaver $1,020.00

Marcia Dicks $1,000.00

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.

Cynthia Oppedal Paschen · Democrat

Who gives · this election (since 2025)

Individuals 100% ($5,284.00)

Shares are of the $5,284.00 that donors gave this election (since 2025).

Where they live · this election (since 2025)

In the district 3% ($170.00)ZIP crosses the district line <1% ($10.00)Elsewhere in Iowa 97% ($5,074.00)

About 3% of the $5,254.00 whose donor listed an address came from inside the district (House District 55) this election (since 2025). Donor addresses are placed by ZIP code, and $10.00 of it sits in ZIP codes that cross the district line.

100% came from somewhere in Iowa and 0% from outside the state.

Its filings report $6,049.64 raised in cash this election (since 2025), and $5,284.00 of that is listed donor-by-donor. The bars use the donor-by-donor part. Its newest report (filed 2026-07-19, $730.00 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: $30.00 in donated goods and services this election (since 2025). The second bar also leaves out $30.00 from donors with no usable address on the filing.

Beau Klaver · Republican

Who gives · this election (since 2025)

Individuals 47% ($12,241.81)PACs & committees 53% ($14,000.00)

Shares are of the $26,241.81 that donors gave this election (since 2025).

Where they live · this election (since 2025)

In the district 29% ($7,520.00)ZIP crosses the district line 3% ($700.00)Elsewhere in Iowa 66% ($17,371.81)Outside Iowa 2% ($650.00)

Between 29% and 31% of the $26,241.81 whose donor listed an address came from inside the district (House District 55) this election (since 2025). It's a range because donor addresses are placed by ZIP code, and some ZIP codes cross the district line.

98% came from somewhere in Iowa and 2% from outside the state.

Its filings report $40,406.81 raised in cash this election (since 2025), and $26,241.81 of that is listed donor-by-donor. The bars use the donor-by-donor part. Its newest report (filed 2026-07-18, $14,165.00 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: $500.14 in donated goods and services this election (since 2025).

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: Shannon Latham (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.

Beau Klaver $232/day

$14,165.00 over 61 days · latest report

Cynthia Oppedal Paschen $12/day

$730.00 over 61 days · latest report

Behind in total cash, Beau Klaver is raising faster by the day right now — $232/day versus $12/day for Cynthia Oppedal Paschen, 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.