House District 7

2026 general election · 2-way race · 2024: Mike Sexton unopposed

Voter registration (Sep 2026): R+41.4 of 18,762 active voters · R +1.5 since Nov 2024

Democratic 15% · No party 28% · Republican 57% · Other 1%

Wendy Larson holds 2.9× the campaign cash of Rachel Burns — $10,276.72 to $3,578.42.

Wendy Larson

Republican

Cash on hand (money in the bank) · as of 2026-07-16

$10,276.72

raised $345.00 in the latest report (2026) · $11,784.41 in cash this election (since 2025)

plus $48,365.37 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

Iowa Liberty Network $3,000.00

Zane Johnson $2,250.00

Clayton Larson $2,000.00

Full committee money →

Incumbent · voting record →

Rachel Burns

Democrat

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

$3,578.42

raised $1,680.22 in the latest report (2026) · $29,388.70 in cash this election (since 2025)

plus $14,029.91 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

Lucinda Burns $1,795.00

Linda Hartig $1,000.00

David Linder $750.00

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.

Wendy Larson · Republican

Who gives · this election (since 2025)

Individuals 84% ($9,885.00)PACs & committees 14% ($1,599.00)Other organizations 3% ($300.41)

Shares are of the $11,784.41 that donors gave this election (since 2025). Of the $1,599.00 from PACs and committees, $100.00 is from PACs and $1,499.00 from party committees.

Where they live · this election (since 2025)

In the district 52% ($6,085.00)ZIP crosses the district line 6% ($700.00)Elsewhere in Iowa 37% ($4,399.00)Outside Iowa 5% ($600.41)

Between 52% and 58% of the $11,784.41 whose donor listed an address came from inside the district (House District 7) this election (since 2025). It's a range because donor addresses are placed by ZIP code, and some ZIP codes cross the district line.

95% came from somewhere in Iowa and 5% from outside the state.

$11,784.41 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: $48,365.37 in donated goods and services this election (since 2025).

Rachel Burns · Democrat

Who gives · this election (since 2025)

Individuals 95% ($26,395.28)PACs & committees 5% ($1,313.20)

Shares are of the $27,708.48 that donors gave this election (since 2025). Of the $1,313.20 from PACs and committees, $1,313.20 is from party committees.

Where they live · this election (since 2025)

In the district 10% ($2,796.00)ZIP crosses the district line 10% ($2,695.20)Elsewhere in Iowa 34% ($9,406.50)Iowa, ZIP not mapped <1% ($51.50)Outside Iowa 45% ($12,464.78)

Between 10% and 20% of the $27,413.98 whose donor listed an address came from inside the district (House District 7) this election (since 2025). It's a range because donor addresses are placed by ZIP code, and some ZIP codes cross the district line.

55% came from somewhere in Iowa and 45% from outside the state. $51.50 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 $29,388.70 raised in cash this election (since 2025), and $27,708.48 of that is listed donor-by-donor. The bars use the donor-by-donor part. Its newest report (filed 2026-07-20, $1,680.22 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: $14,029.91 in donated goods and services this election (since 2025) and $25.00 in loans the campaign received this election (since 2025), money it owes back and often the candidate's own. The second bar also leaves out $294.50 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: Wendy Larson (Republican) · full voting record →

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.

Rachel Burns $28/day

$1,680.22 over 61 days · latest report

Wendy Larson $5.7/day

$345.00 over 61 days · latest report

Behind in total cash, Rachel Burns is raising faster by the day right now — $28/day versus $5.7/day for Wendy Larson, 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.