Senate District 11

2026 general election · 2-way race · 2022: Julian B. Garrett +23.3%

Voter registration (Sep 2026): R+16.5 of 42,420 active voters · R +0.5 since Nov 2024

Democratic 26% · No party 31% · Republican 42% · Other 1%

Sinikka Waugh holds 2.7× the campaign cash of Hollie Arlene Zajicek — $31,702.75 to $11,822.49.

Sinikka Waugh

Democrat

Cash on hand (money in the bank) · as of 2026-07-18

$31,702.75

raised $19,702.92 in the latest report (2026) · $41,354.46 in cash this election (since 2025)

plus $798.84 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

Kathy Thompson $2,500.00

Kathy Berge $700.00

Ronna Eley Kelso $511.00

Full committee money →

Hollie Arlene Zajicek

Republican

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

$11,822.49

raised $11,047.18 in the latest report (2026) · $21,547.65 in cash this election (since 2025)

plus $1,128.00 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

Ryan Wiederstein $1,041.02

Lee Adams $1,000.00

Master Builders of Iowa P.A.C. $1,000.00

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.

Sinikka Waugh · Democrat

Who gives · this election (since 2025)

Individuals 100% ($21,651.54)

Shares are of the $21,651.54 that donors gave this election (since 2025).

Where they live · this election (since 2025)

In the district 50% ($10,757.90)ZIP crosses the district line 12% ($2,649.60)Elsewhere in Iowa 29% ($6,175.00)Outside Iowa 10% ($2,069.04)

Between 50% and 62% of the $21,651.54 whose donor listed an address came from inside the district (Senate District 11) this election (since 2025). It's a range because donor addresses are placed by ZIP code, and some ZIP codes cross the district line.

90% came from somewhere in Iowa and 10% from outside the state.

Its filings report $41,354.46 raised in cash this election (since 2025), and $21,651.54 of that is listed donor-by-donor. The bars use the donor-by-donor part. Its newest report (filed 2026-07-18, $19,702.92 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: $798.84 in donated goods and services this election (since 2025).

Hollie Arlene Zajicek · Republican

Who gives · this election (since 2025)

Individuals 90% ($9,400.47)PACs & committees 10% ($1,000.00)Other organizations 1% ($100.00)

Shares are of the $10,500.47 that donors gave this election (since 2025).

Where they live · this election (since 2025)

In the district 11% ($1,204.10)ZIP crosses the district line 57% ($5,936.90)Elsewhere in Iowa 31% ($3,205.37)Outside Iowa 1% ($154.10)

Between 11% and 68% of the $10,500.47 whose donor listed an address came from inside the district (Senate District 11) 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.

Its filings report $21,547.65 raised in cash this election (since 2025), and $10,500.47 of that is listed donor-by-donor. The bars use the donor-by-donor part. Its newest report (filed 2026-07-19, $11,047.18 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: $1,128.00 in donated goods and services this election (since 2025) and $5,389.52 in loans the campaign received this election (since 2025), money it owes back and often the candidate's own.

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: Julian B. Garrett (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 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.

Sinikka Waugh $323/day

$19,702.92 over 61 days · latest report

Hollie Arlene Zajicek $181/day

$11,047.18 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.