Where the money comes from and where it goes: who gives to each
campaign, where those donors live, its biggest givers and who it paid,
for this election (since 2025). Cash the state lists donor-by-donor
and payee-by-payee.
Shares are of the $7,885.00 that donors gave this election (since 2025). Of the $1,000.00 from PACs and committees, $1,000.00 is from party committees.
$850.00 of the individuals' money is from recent rows read
from the Ethics Board's public search, which does not say whether a giver
is a person or an organization. We count a giver there as an individual
unless the state's older records list the same name as an organization
or the name is plainly one (a PAC, party, committee, business, trust or
union).
Where they live · this election (since 2025)
In the district 25% ($1,650.00)ZIP crosses the district line 55% ($3,575.00)Elsewhere in Iowa 19% ($1,250.00)
Between 25% and 81% of the $6,475.00 whose donor listed an address came from inside the district (House District 56) this election (since 2025).
It's a range because donor addresses are placed by ZIP code, and some ZIP codes cross the district line.
100% came from somewhere in Iowa and 0% from outside the state.
$7,885.00 in cash this election (since 2025), listed donor-by-donor in the state's itemized records (the rows we hold reach 2026-10-20: the publisher's extract, dated 2026-07-14, plus the Ethics Board's public search, read 2026-10-19). · full record →
The second bar also leaves out $1,410.00 from donors with no usable address on the filing.
Biggest givers to Thompson · this election (since 2025) Itemized cash: 2025-01-01 to 2026-10-14, the end of its newest report in our copy (filed 2026-10-14); its next report is not in our filings list yet. Last gift 2026-10-09. Bars share one scale across this race's givers.
Giver
Cash given
Margaret O'Neill Clarion`, IA · 1 gift
$1,500.00
Wright County Republican Central Committee Clarion, IA · 1 gift
Who Thompson paid · this election (since 2025) Itemized payments: 2025-01-01 to 2026-10-14, the end of its newest report in our copy (filed 2026-10-14); its next report is not in our filings list yet. Last payment 2026-10-13. Payees as typed; one vendor can appear twice. Bars share one scale across this race's payees.
Paid to
Paid
Fuel, LLC 1 payment
$1,600.00
Constant Contact 21 payments
$1,140.56
Right Side Communications LLC 1 payment
$1,000.00
Wix.com 2 payments
$483.86
Coins for anything src 1 payment
$441.25
All 13 payees this election (since 2025)
Every payee of Thompson's committee, this election (since 2025)
Fuel, LLC 1 payment
$1,600.00
Constant Contact 21 payments
$1,140.56
Right Side Communications LLC 1 payment
$1,000.00
Wix.com 2 payments
$483.86
Coins for anything src 1 payment
$441.25
Mark Thompson for Iowa House (paid under its own committee code) 1 payment
$430.16
Amazon.com Services LLC 2 payments
$228.85
The Tile Pros Inc 1 payment
$175.50
Fareway 2 payments
$75.09
Dollar General 1 payment
$52.77
First Citizens Bank 8 payments
$42.80
Bomgaars 2 payments
$41.08
Brothers 1 payment
$18.50
$5,730.42 in 44 payments to 13 different recipients this election (since 2025), as this committee itemized them.
Its filings report $5,730.42 spent since 2025 (newest report in our copy filed 2026-10-14). The two are the same to the cent.
Shares are of the $5,983.00 that donors gave this election (since 2025). Of the $1,400.00 from PACs and committees, $1,400.00 is from party committees.
$1,985.00 of the individuals' money is from recent rows read
from the Ethics Board's public search, which does not say whether a giver
is a person or an organization. We count a giver there as an individual
unless the state's older records list the same name as an organization
or the name is plainly one (a PAC, party, committee, business, trust or
union).
Where they live · this election (since 2025)
In the district 61% ($3,405.00)ZIP crosses the district line 32% ($1,800.00)Elsewhere in Iowa 7% ($405.00)
Between 61% and 93% of the $5,610.00 whose donor listed an address came from inside the district (House District 56) this election (since 2025).
It's a range because donor addresses are placed by ZIP code, and some ZIP codes cross the district line.
100% came from somewhere in Iowa and 0% from outside the state.
$5,983.00 in cash this election (since 2025), listed donor-by-donor in the state's itemized records (the rows we hold reach 2026-10-20: the publisher's extract, dated 2026-07-14, plus the Ethics Board's public search, read 2026-10-19). · full record →
The second bar also leaves out $373.00 from donors with no usable address on the filing.
Biggest givers to Kruse · this election (since 2025) Itemized cash: 2025-01-01 to 2026-10-14, the end of its newest report in our copy (filed 2026-10-15); its next report is not in our filings list yet. Bars share one scale across this race's givers.
Giver
Cash given
kyle kruse hardy, IA · 1 gift
$2,000.00
Humboldt County Democratic Central Committee Humboldt, IA · 3 gifts
$800.00
Hancock County Democratic Central Committee Garner, IA · 1 gift
$500.00
Humboldt County Lady Democrats Humboldt, IA · 1 gift
Who Kruse paid · this election (since 2025) Itemized payments: 2025-01-01 to 2026-10-14, the end of its newest report in our copy (filed 2026-10-15); its next report is not in our filings list yet. Payees as typed; one vendor can appear twice. Bars share one scale across this race's payees.
Paid to
Paid
Choice Printing 4 payments
$2,633.49
Reagan Outdoor Advertising of Rochester 1 payment
$2,400.00
The Humboldt Independent 1 payment
$453.78
United States Postal Service 1 payment
$410.00
Mid-America Publishing 1 payment
$90.30
All 7 payees this election (since 2025)
Every payee of Kruse's committee, this election (since 2025)
Choice Printing 4 payments
$2,633.49
Reagan Outdoor Advertising of Rochester 1 payment
$2,400.00
The Humboldt Independent 1 payment
$453.78
United States Postal Service 1 payment
$410.00
Mid-America Publishing 1 payment
$90.30
Wright County District Fair 1 payment
$45.00
ActBlue 4 payments
$13.04
$6,045.61 in 13 payments to 7 different recipients this election (since 2025), as this committee itemized them.
Its filings report $6,045.61 spent since 2025 (newest report in our copy filed 2026-10-15). The two are the same to the cent.
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.
Biggest givers: the same cash rows, added up by the giver's name as
filed (one giver filed under two spellings appears twice), refunds
netted, a committee's receipts under its own code and its account
interest left out; in-kind support and loans are not in the list. A
linked giver is a state-registered committee; its page counts what it
reported paying, since 2023, so its figure can differ from the one here.
Givers without a link have no page on this site: people, and
organizations that are not among the state-registered committees it
tracks. Who each campaign paid: itemized payments since 2025-01-01,
refunds netted, loan repayments left out, payees as each treasurer typed
them, joined only by case, punctuation and legal form (Inc., LLC), so one
vendor typed two ways can appear twice. Basis: itemized records, which
list each gift and payment, not the totals reported on filings. Source:
Iowa Ethics & Campaign Disclosure Board contributions and
expenditures (the rows we hold reach 2026-10-20: the publisher's extract, dated 2026-07-14, plus the Ethics Board's public search, read 2026-10-19; payments in our copy
downloaded 2026-10-24).
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.
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.
Kyle Kruse $32/day
$2,953.00 over 92 days · latest report
Mark I. Thompson $9.2/day
$850.00 over 92 days · latest report
Behind in total cash, Kyle Kruse is raising faster by the
day right now: $32/day versus $9.2/day for Mark I. Thompson,
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, and the rate can't tell them apart; a committee's
donation page breaks its money down by gift size.
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.