House District 72

2026 general election · 2-way race · 2024: Jennifer J. Smith +6.6%

Voter registration (Sep 2026): D+5.4 of 18,456 active voters · R +0.7 since Nov 2024

Democratic 39% · No party 28% · Republican 33% · Other 1%

Matt Robinson holds 1.4× the campaign cash of Jennifer Smith — $19,751.18 to $14,502.48.

Matt Robinson

Democrat

Cash on hand (money in the bank) · as of 2026-07-21

$19,751.18

raised $5,604.45 in the latest report (2026) · $42,514.90 in cash this election (since 2025)

plus $396.00 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

North Central States Carpenter PAC $15,000.00

Dirk Hammel $1,250.00

Shari Flatt $1,130.00

Full committee money →

Jennifer Smith

Republican

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

$14,502.48

raised $2,405.00 in the latest report (2026) · $16,884.01 in cash this election (since 2025)

plus $9,779.37 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

Michael McCoy $8,000.00

Dubuque County Republican Central Committee $4,500.00

Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Political Action Committee $2,000.00

Full committee money →

Incumbent · voting record →

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.

Matt Robinson · Democrat

Who gives · this election (since 2025)

Individuals 57% ($20,910.45)PACs & committees 43% ($16,000.00)

Shares are of the $36,910.45 that donors gave this election (since 2025). Of the $16,000.00 from PACs and committees, $1,000.00 is from PACs and $15,000.00 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 47% ($16,663.45)Elsewhere in Iowa 9% ($3,235.00)Outside Iowa 43% ($15,265.00)

Between 0% and 47% of the $35,163.45 whose donor listed an address came from inside the district (House District 72) this election (since 2025). It's a range because donor addresses are placed by ZIP code, and some ZIP codes cross the district line.

57% came from somewhere in Iowa and 43% from outside the state.

Its filings report $42,514.90 raised in cash this election (since 2025), and $36,910.45 of that is listed donor-by-donor. The bars use the donor-by-donor part. Its newest report (filed 2026-07-21, $5,604.45 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: $396.00 in donated goods and services this election (since 2025). The second bar also leaves out $1,747.00 from donors with no usable address on the filing.

Jennifer Smith · Republican

Who gives · this election (since 2025)

Individuals 53% ($8,884.01)PACs & committees 47% ($8,000.00)

Shares are of the $16,884.01 that donors gave this election (since 2025).

Where they live · this election (since 2025)

ZIP crosses the district line 41% ($6,964.01)Elsewhere in Iowa 51% ($8,575.00)Iowa, ZIP not mapped <1% ($20.00)Outside Iowa 8% ($1,300.00)

Between 0% and 41% of the $16,859.01 whose donor listed an address came from inside the district (House District 72) this election (since 2025). It's a range because donor addresses are placed by ZIP code, and some ZIP codes cross the district line.

92% came from somewhere in Iowa and 8% from outside the state. $20.00 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.

$16,884.01 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: $9,779.37 in donated goods and services this election (since 2025). The second bar also leaves out $25.00 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: Jennifer J. Smith (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 NO 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.

Matt Robinson $92/day

$5,604.45 over 61 days · latest report

Jennifer Smith $39/day

$2,405.00 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.

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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.