House District 96

2026 general election · 2-way race · 2024: Mark Cisneros +17.7%

Voter registration (Sep 2026): R+9.9 of 16,056 active voters · D +2.3 since Nov 2024

Democratic 27% · No party 34% · Republican 37% · Other 1%

Mark Cisneros holds 1.2× the campaign cash of Nick Salazar — $9,465.83 to $8,111.12.

Mark Cisneros

Republican

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

$9,465.83

raised $1,800.00 in the latest report (2026) · $13,125.00 in cash this election (since 2025)

Biggest donors · cash, since 2023

Justice For All Political Action Committee $5,750.00

Iowa Liberty Network $5,000.00

Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Political Action Committee $2,500.00

Full committee money →

Incumbent · voting record →

Nick Salazar

Democrat

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

$8,111.12

raised $10,496.45 in the latest report (2026) · $14,306.45 in cash this election (since 2025)

Biggest donors · cash, since 2023

Michael Dunlap $750.00

Ed Moreno $600.00

John Fox $300.00

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.

Mark Cisneros · Republican

Who gives · this election (since 2025)

Individuals 65% ($7,325.00)PACs & committees 26% ($3,000.00)Other organizations 9% ($1,000.00)

Shares are of the $11,325.00 that donors gave this election (since 2025).

Where they live · this election (since 2025)

ZIP crosses the district line 36% ($4,105.00)Elsewhere in Iowa 62% ($7,055.00)Iowa, ZIP not mapped 1% ($65.00)Outside Iowa 1% ($100.00)

Between 0% and 36% of the $11,325.00 whose donor listed an address came from inside the district (House District 96) this election (since 2025). It's a range because donor addresses are placed by ZIP code, and some ZIP codes cross the district line.

99% came from somewhere in Iowa and 1% from outside the state. $65.00 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 $13,125.00 raised in cash this election (since 2025), and $11,325.00 of that is listed donor-by-donor. The bars use the donor-by-donor part. Its newest report (filed 2026-07-20, $1,800.00 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 →

Nick Salazar · Democrat

Who gives · this election (since 2025)

Individuals 100% ($3,810.00)

Shares are of the $3,810.00 that donors gave this election (since 2025).

Where they live · this election (since 2025)

ZIP crosses the district line 39% ($1,500.00)Elsewhere in Iowa 30% ($1,135.00)Outside Iowa 31% ($1,175.00)

Between 0% and 39% of the $3,810.00 whose donor listed an address came from inside the district (House District 96) this election (since 2025). It's a range because donor addresses are placed by ZIP code, and some ZIP codes cross the district line.

69% came from somewhere in Iowa and 31% from outside the state.

Its filings report $14,306.45 raised in cash this election (since 2025), and $3,810.00 of that is listed donor-by-donor. The bars use the donor-by-donor part. Its newest report (filed 2026-07-17, $10,496.45 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 →

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: Mark Cisneros (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 167 : FY2026 school funding, 2% SSA

Voted YES on SF 472 : Public-sector union recertification petitions

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.

Nick Salazar $172/day

$10,496.45 over 61 days · latest report

Mark Cisneros $30/day

$1,800.00 over 61 days · latest report

Behind in total cash, Nick Salazar is raising faster by the day right now — $172/day versus $30/day for Mark Cisneros, 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.