House District 59

2026 general election · 2-way race · 2024: Christian Hermanson +2.4%

Voter registration (Sep 2026): R+2.1 of 17,719 active voters · D +0.4 since Nov 2024

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

Christian Hermanson holds 1.3× the campaign cash of Jacob Welper — $15,547.09 to $11,940.88.

Christian Hermanson

Republican

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

$15,547.09

raised $4,860.21 in the latest report (2026) · $37,767.62 in cash this election (since 2025)

plus $7,807.17 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

Associated General Contractors of Iowa PAC $6,000.00

RPAC Iowa - REALTORS Political Action Committee $4,500.00

Cedar Rapids Development Group PAC $4,500.00

Full committee money →

Incumbent · voting record →

Jacob Welper

Democrat

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

$11,940.88

raised $11,262.13 in the latest report (2026) · $16,270.93 in cash this election (since 2025)

Biggest donors · cash, since 2023

Jason Glass $1,000.00

Nancy Sweetman $600.00

Jennifer Cooley $200.00

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.

Christian Hermanson · Republican

Who gives · this election (since 2025)

Individuals 14% ($5,421.32)PACs & committees 82% ($30,700.00)Other organizations 4% ($1,525.00)

Shares are of the $37,646.32 that donors gave this election (since 2025). Of the $30,700.00 from PACs and committees, $28,200.00 is from PACs and $2,500.00 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)

ZIP crosses the district line 13% ($5,023.47)Elsewhere in Iowa 77% ($29,000.15)Outside Iowa 10% ($3,622.70)

Between 0% and 13% of the $37,646.32 whose donor listed an address came from inside the district (House District 59) this election (since 2025). It's a range because donor addresses are placed by ZIP code, and some ZIP codes cross the district line.

90% came from somewhere in Iowa and 10% from outside the state.

$37,767.62 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: $121.30 in interest earned on the campaign's own bank accounts (inside the cash total, but income, not a gift) and $7,807.17 in donated goods and services this election (since 2025).

Jacob Welper · Democrat

Who gives · this election (since 2025)

Individuals 100% ($5,008.80)

Shares are of the $5,008.80 that donors gave this election (since 2025).

Where they live · this election (since 2025)

ZIP crosses the district line 47% ($2,335.00)Elsewhere in Iowa 43% ($2,130.00)Outside Iowa 11% ($543.80)

Between 0% and 47% of the $5,008.80 whose donor listed an address came from inside the district (House District 59) this election (since 2025). It's a range because donor addresses are placed by ZIP code, and some ZIP codes cross the district line.

89% came from somewhere in Iowa and 11% from outside the state.

Its filings report $16,270.93 raised in cash this election (since 2025), and $5,008.80 of that is listed donor-by-donor. The bars use the donor-by-donor part. Its newest report (filed 2026-07-20, $11,262.13 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: Christian A. Hermanson (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.

Jacob Welper $185/day

$11,262.13 over 61 days · latest report

Christian Hermanson $80/day

$4,860.21 over 61 days · latest report

Behind in total cash, Jacob Welper is raising faster by the day right now — $185/day versus $80/day for Christian Hermanson, 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.

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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.