Senate District 13

2026 general election · 2-way race · 2022: Cherielynn Westrich +29.8%

Voter registration (Sep 2026): R+23 of 31,200 active voters · R +1.9 since Nov 2024

Democratic 24% · No party 28% · Republican 47% · Other 1%

Brenda Case holds 2.4× the campaign cash of Jeff Kulmatycki — $4,199.68 to $1,737.20.

Brenda Case

Democrat

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

$4,199.68

raised $3,017.00 in the latest report (2026) · $9,538.00 in cash this election (since 2025)

plus $548.20 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

Zoe-Ann Helgerson $1,000.00

LeAnn Lemberger $500.00

Arvene Bradley $500.00

Full committee money →

Jeff Kulmatycki

Republican

Cash on hand (money in the bank) · as of 2026-07-14

$1,737.20

raised $300.00 in the latest report (2026) · $10,710.00 in cash this election (since 2025)

plus $500.00 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

Austin Harris $1,000.00

Bill Buss $1,000.00

Joann Cormeny $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.

Brenda Case · Democrat

Who gives · this election (since 2025)

Individuals 94% ($6,121.00)PACs & committees 6% ($400.00)

Shares are of the $6,521.00 that donors gave this election (since 2025). Of the $400.00 from PACs and committees, $400.00 is from party committees.

Where they live · this election (since 2025)

In the district 92% ($5,847.00)ZIP crosses the district line 5% ($340.00)Elsewhere in Iowa 3% ($195.00)Iowa, ZIP not mapped <1% ($1.00)Outside Iowa <1% ($5.00)

Between 92% and 97% of the $6,388.00 whose donor listed an address came from inside the district (Senate District 13) 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. $1.00 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 $9,538.00 raised in cash this election (since 2025), and $6,521.00 of that is listed donor-by-donor. The bars use the donor-by-donor part. Its newest report (filed 2026-07-17, $3,017.00 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: $548.20 in donated goods and services this election (since 2025) and $500.00 in loans the campaign received this election (since 2025), money it owes back and often the candidate's own. The second bar also leaves out $133.00 from donors with no usable address on the filing.

Jeff Kulmatycki · Republican

Who gives · this election (since 2025)

Individuals 100% ($10,710.00)

Shares are of the $10,710.00 that donors gave this election (since 2025).

Where they live · this election (since 2025)

In the district 18% ($1,900.00)ZIP crosses the district line 76% ($8,160.00)Elsewhere in Iowa 3% ($300.00)Outside Iowa 3% ($350.00)

Between 18% and 94% of the $10,710.00 whose donor listed an address came from inside the district (Senate District 13) this election (since 2025). It's a range because donor addresses are placed by ZIP code, and some ZIP codes cross the district line.

97% came from somewhere in Iowa and 3% from outside the state.

$10,710.00 in cash this election (since 2025), listed donor-by-donor in the state's itemized feed (the publisher dates the feed 2026-07-14, posted 2026-09-05). · full record →

Not in the bars: $500.00 in donated goods and services this election (since 2025) and $8,000.00 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: Cherielynn Westrich (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.

Brenda Case $49/day

$3,017.00 over 61 days · latest report

Jeff Kulmatycki $4.9/day

$300.00 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.