House District 87

2026 general election · 2-way race · 2024: Jeff Shipley +18.5%

Voter registration (Sep 2026): R+16.7 of 16,515 active voters · flat since Nov 2024

Democratic 27% · No party 28% · Republican 44% · Other 1%

Thomas R. O'Donnell holds 5.4× the campaign cash of Jeff Shipley — $48,778.68 to $9,040.03.

Thomas R. O'Donnell

Democrat

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

$48,778.68

raised $12,078.00 in the latest report (2026) · $55,808.00 in cash this election (since 2025)

plus $3,983.00 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

Paula Mohr $2,825.00

Louise O'Donnell $2,300.00

Sally Haerr $1,600.00

Full committee money →

Jeff Shipley

Republican

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

$9,040.03

raised $5,520.00 in the latest report (2026) · $27,940.00 in cash this election (since 2025)

Biggest donors · cash, since 2023

John Bartel $7,100.00

Mark Hickenbottom $6,000.00

Roger Leahy $4,750.00

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.

Thomas R. O'Donnell · Democrat

Who gives · this election (since 2025)

Individuals 97% ($42,530.00)Other organizations 3% ($1,200.00)

Shares are of the $43,730.00 that donors gave this election (since 2025).

Where they live · this election (since 2025)

In the district 31% ($13,470.00)ZIP crosses the district line 24% ($10,710.00)Elsewhere in Iowa 30% ($13,195.00)Outside Iowa 15% ($6,355.00)

Between 31% and 55% of the $43,730.00 whose donor listed an address came from inside the district (House District 87) this election (since 2025). It's a range because donor addresses are placed by ZIP code, and some ZIP codes cross the district line.

85% came from somewhere in Iowa and 15% from outside the state.

Its filings report $55,808.00 raised in cash this election (since 2025), and $43,730.00 of that is listed donor-by-donor. The bars use the donor-by-donor part. Its newest report (filed 2026-07-20, $12,078.00 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: $3,983.00 in donated goods and services this election (since 2025).

Jeff Shipley · Republican

Who gives · this election (since 2025)

Individuals 75% ($16,870.00)PACs & committees 22% ($4,950.00)Other organizations 3% ($600.00)

Shares are of the $22,420.00 that donors gave this election (since 2025).

Where they live · this election (since 2025)

ZIP crosses the district line 53% ($11,970.00)Elsewhere in Iowa 31% ($7,050.00)Outside Iowa 15% ($3,400.00)

Between 0% and 53% of the $22,420.00 whose donor listed an address came from inside the district (House District 87) this election (since 2025). It's a range because donor addresses are placed by ZIP code, and some ZIP codes cross the district line.

85% came from somewhere in Iowa and 15% from outside the state.

Its filings report $27,940.00 raised in cash this election (since 2025), and $22,420.00 of that is listed donor-by-donor. The bars use the donor-by-donor part. Its newest report (filed 2026-07-20, $5,520.00 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: Jeff Shipley (Republican) · full voting record →

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.

Thomas R. O'Donnell $198/day

$12,078.00 over 61 days · latest report

Jeff Shipley $90/day

$5,520.00 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.