House District 79

2026 general election · 2-way race · 2024: Tracy Ehlert +21.6%

Voter registration (Sep 2026): D+14.7 of 17,371 active voters · flat since Nov 2024

Democratic 40% · No party 33% · Republican 26% · Other 1%

Tracy Ehlert holds 3.7× the campaign cash of Barclay Woerner — $5,518.05 to $1,496.71.

Tracy Ehlert

Democrat

Cash on hand (money in the bank) · as of 2026-07-17

$5,518.05

raised $341.67 in the latest report (2026) · $6,311.67 in cash this election (since 2025)

Biggest donors · cash, since 2023

Associated General Contractors of Iowa PAC $2,000.00

Cedar Rapids Trades Council CR IC Building Trades PAC $1,500.00

Alliant Energy Employees' Iowa PAC $1,250.00

Full committee money →

Incumbent · voting record →

Barclay Woerner

Republican

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

$1,496.71

raised $1,500.00 in the latest report (2026) · $2,344.99 in cash this election (since 2025)

Biggest donors · cash, since 2023

Linn County Republican Central Committee $1,928.00

Richard Hoelz $700.00

Iowa PAC for Life $500.00

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.

Tracy Ehlert · Democrat

Who gives · this election (since 2025)

Individuals 33% ($1,970.00)PACs & committees 67% ($4,000.00)

Shares are of the $5,970.00 that donors gave this election (since 2025). Of the $4,000.00 from PACs and committees, $3,000.00 is from PACs and $1,000.00 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 12% ($727.00)Elsewhere in Iowa 67% ($3,978.00)Outside Iowa 21% ($1,265.00)

Between 0% and 12% of the $5,970.00 whose donor listed an address came from inside the district (House District 79) this election (since 2025). It's a range because donor addresses are placed by ZIP code, and some ZIP codes cross the district line.

79% came from somewhere in Iowa and 21% from outside the state.

Its filings report $6,311.67 raised in cash this election (since 2025), and $5,970.00 of that is listed donor-by-donor. The bars use the donor-by-donor part. Its newest report (filed 2026-07-17, $341.67 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 →

Barclay Woerner · Republican

Who gives · this election (since 2025)

Individuals 100% ($844.99)

Shares are of the $844.99 that donors gave this election (since 2025).

Where they live · this election (since 2025)

Elsewhere in Iowa 100% ($824.99)

0% of the $824.99 whose donor listed an address came from inside the district (House District 79) this election (since 2025).

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

Its filings report $2,344.99 raised in cash this election (since 2025), and $844.99 of that is listed donor-by-donor. The bars use the donor-by-donor part. Its newest report (filed 2026-07-19, $1,500.00 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 →

The second bar also leaves out $20.00 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: Tracy A. Ehlert (Democrat) · full voting record →

Voted YES on HF 639 : Hazardous liquid pipeline / eminent domain limits

Voted NO on SF 472 : Public-sector union recertification petitions

Voted NO 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.

Barclay Woerner $25/day

$1,500.00 over 61 days · latest report

Tracy Ehlert $5.6/day

$341.67 over 61 days · latest report

Behind in total cash, Barclay Woerner is raising faster by the day right now — $25/day versus $5.6/day for Tracy Ehlert, 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.