House District 82

2026 general election · 2-way race · 2024: Bobby Kaufmann +21.1%

Voter registration (Sep 2026): R+15.3 of 18,909 active voters · D +1.2 since Nov 2024

Democratic 25% · No party 35% · Republican 40% · Other 1%

Bobby Kaufmann holds 1100.5× the campaign cash of James Behrmann — $245,740.59 to $223.29.

Bobby Kaufmann

Republican

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

$245,740.59

raised $30,000.00 in the latest report (2026) · $287,090.00 in cash this election (since 2025)

plus $1,655.96 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

RPAC Iowa - REALTORS Political Action Committee $25,000.00

Credit Union PAC $21,000.00

Iowa Health PAC $20,500.00

Full committee money →

Incumbent · voting record →

James Behrmann

Democrat

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

$223.29

raised $440.00 in the latest report (2026) · $675.00 in cash this election (since 2025)

Biggest donors · cash, since 2023

Charles Gough $100.00

William Jensen $25.00

Matthew Wolfe $10.00

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.

Bobby Kaufmann · Republican

Who gives · this election (since 2025)

Individuals 25% ($65,215.00)PACs & committees 74% ($190,400.00)Other organizations 1% ($1,475.00)

Shares are of the $257,090.00 that donors gave this election (since 2025). Of the $190,400.00 from PACs and committees, $152,050.00 is from PACs and $38,350.00 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)

In the district 4% ($10,800.00)ZIP crosses the district line 3% ($8,640.00)Elsewhere in Iowa 71% ($183,050.00)Iowa, ZIP not mapped 4% ($9,575.00)Outside Iowa 18% ($45,025.00)

Between 4% and 8% of the $257,090.00 whose donor listed an address came from inside the district (House District 82) this election (since 2025). It's a range because donor addresses are placed by ZIP code, and some ZIP codes cross the district line.

82% came from somewhere in Iowa and 18% from outside the state. $9,575.00 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.

Its filings report $287,090.00 raised in cash this election (since 2025), and $257,090.00 of that is listed donor-by-donor. The bars use the donor-by-donor part. Its newest report (filed 2026-07-20, $30,000.00 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 →

Not in the bars: $1,655.96 in donated goods and services this election (since 2025).

James Behrmann · Democrat

Who gives · this election (since 2025)

Individuals 100% ($135.00)

Shares are of the $135.00 that donors gave this election (since 2025).

Where they live · this election (since 2025)

In the district 74% ($100.00)Outside Iowa 26% ($35.00)

74% of the $135.00 whose donor listed an address came from inside the district (House District 82) this election (since 2025).

74% came from somewhere in Iowa and 26% from outside the state.

Its filings report $675.00 raised in cash this election (since 2025), and $135.00 of that is listed donor-by-donor. The bars use the donor-by-donor part. Its newest report (filed 2026-07-19, $440.00 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 →

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: Bobby Kaufmann (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.

Bobby Kaufmann $492/day

$30,000.00 over 61 days · latest report

James Behrmann $7.2/day

$440.00 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.