Senate District 17

2026 general election · 2-way race · 2022: Izaah Knox +71.8%

Voter registration (Sep 2026): D+36.8 of 24,855 active voters · D +0.7 since Nov 2024

Democratic 54% · No party 28% · Republican 17% · Other 1%

Ronald Langston

Republican

Cash on hand (money in the bank) · as of 2026-07-16

$6,850.08

raised $7,940.52 in the latest report (2026) · $9,890.52 in cash this election (since 2025)

Biggest donors · cash, since 2023

Mark Feldmann $5,000.00

Ronald Langston $1,075.00

Robert Baudino $1,000.00

Full committee money →

Samy El-Baroudi

Democrat

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

$6,330.42

raised $9,503.00 in the latest report (2026) · $36,560.00 in cash this election (since 2025)

Biggest donors · cash, since 2023

Anne Finkelstein $2,750.00

Bill Oppenheim $2,600.00

Barbara El-Baroudi $2,000.00

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.

Ronald Langston · Republican

Who gives · this election (since 2025)

Individuals 100% ($9,890.00)

Shares are of the $9,890.00 that donors gave this election (since 2025).

Where they live · this election (since 2025)

ZIP crosses the district line 84% ($8,355.00)Elsewhere in Iowa 6% ($610.00)Outside Iowa 9% ($925.00)

Between 0% and 84% of the $9,890.00 whose donor listed an address came from inside the district (Senate District 17) this election (since 2025). It's a range because donor addresses are placed by ZIP code, and some ZIP codes cross the district line.

91% came from somewhere in Iowa and 9% from outside the state.

$9,890.52 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: $0.52 in interest earned on the campaign's own bank accounts (inside the cash total, but income, not a gift).

Samy El-Baroudi · Democrat

Who gives · this election (since 2025)

Individuals 100% ($27,057.00)

Shares are of the $27,057.00 that donors gave this election (since 2025).

Where they live · this election (since 2025)

ZIP crosses the district line 34% ($9,173.00)Elsewhere in Iowa 50% ($13,290.00)Outside Iowa 16% ($4,378.00)

Between 0% and 34% of the $26,841.00 whose donor listed an address came from inside the district (Senate District 17) this election (since 2025). It's a range because donor addresses are placed by ZIP code, and some ZIP codes cross the district line.

84% came from somewhere in Iowa and 16% from outside the state.

Its filings report $36,560.00 raised in cash this election (since 2025), and $27,057.00 of that is listed donor-by-donor. The bars use the donor-by-donor part. Its newest report (filed 2026-07-20, $9,503.00 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: $1,200.00 in loans the campaign received this election (since 2025), plus $5,500.00 in loans from before this election (2023 to 2024), money it owes back and often the candidate's own. The second bar also leaves out $216.00 from donors with no usable address on the filing.

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: Izaah Knox (Democrat) · full voting record →

Voted NO 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 NO 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.

Samy El-Baroudi $156/day

$9,503.00 over 61 days · latest report

Ronald Langston $130/day

$7,940.52 over 61 days · latest report

Behind in total cash, Samy El-Baroudi is raising faster by the day right now — $156/day versus $130/day for Ronald Langston, 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.