Senate District 23

2026 general election · 2-way race · 2022: Jack Whitver +17.4%

Voter registration (Sep 2026): R+15.1 of 45,900 active voters · flat since Nov 2024

Democratic 25% · No party 34% · Republican 40% · Other 1%

Mike Bousselot holds 2.2× the campaign cash of Tony Thompson — $73,378.34 to $32,685.37.

Mike Bousselot

Republican

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

$73,378.34

raised $24,110.25 in the latest report (2026) · $214,971.36 in cash this election (since 2025)

Biggest donors · cash, since 2023

John M. Smith $25,000.00

Bankers Unite in Legislative Decisions AKA: BUILD $20,000.00

Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Political Action Committee $18,000.00

Full committee money →

Tony Thompson

Democrat

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

$32,685.37

raised $14,660.00 in the latest report (2026) · $47,144.08 in cash this election (since 2025)

plus $2,878.54 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

Robert Ward $2,000.00

Joe Doro $1,000.00

Harry Bookey $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.

Mike Bousselot · Republican

Who gives · this election (since 2025)

Individuals 13% ($25,261.11)PACs & committees 87% ($165,600.00)

Shares are of the $190,861.11 that donors gave this election (since 2025). Of the $165,600.00 from PACs and committees, $136,650.00 is from PACs and $28,950.00 from committees whose type isn't in the filings we hold (they file no Iowa disclosure report of their own, so the state's records we have don't say whether they are a PAC, a party or a candidate).

Where they live · this election (since 2025)

ZIP crosses the district line 11% ($21,905.30)Elsewhere in Iowa 67% ($126,955.81)Iowa, ZIP not mapped 5% ($9,500.00)Outside Iowa 17% ($32,500.00)

Between 0% and 11% of the $190,861.11 whose donor listed an address came from inside the district (Senate District 23) this election (since 2025). It's a range because donor addresses are placed by ZIP code, and some ZIP codes cross the district line.

83% came from somewhere in Iowa and 17% from outside the state. $9,500.00 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 $214,971.36 raised in cash this election (since 2025), and $190,861.11 of that is listed donor-by-donor. The bars use the donor-by-donor part. Its newest report (filed 2026-07-20, $24,110.25 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 →

Tony Thompson · Democrat

Who gives · this election (since 2025)

Individuals 96% ($31,334.08)PACs & committees 3% ($1,000.00)Other organizations <1% ($150.00)

Shares are of the $32,484.08 that donors gave this election (since 2025).

Where they live · this election (since 2025)

In the district 12% ($3,897.22)ZIP crosses the district line 39% ($12,653.38)Elsewhere in Iowa 40% ($13,002.48)Iowa, ZIP not mapped 1% ($220.00)Outside Iowa 8% ($2,579.00)

Between 12% and 51% of the $32,352.08 whose donor listed an address came from inside the district (Senate District 23) this election (since 2025). It's a range because donor addresses are placed by ZIP code, and some ZIP codes cross the district line.

92% came from somewhere in Iowa and 8% from outside the state. $220.00 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 $47,144.08 raised in cash this election (since 2025), and $32,484.08 of that is listed donor-by-donor. The bars use the donor-by-donor part. Its newest report (filed 2026-07-17, $14,660.00 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: $2,878.54 in donated goods and services this election (since 2025) and $2,000.00 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 $132.00 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: Jack Whitver (Republican) · full voting record →

Voted YES on SF 607 : Unemployment insurance employer tax cut

Voted NO 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.

Mike Bousselot $395/day

$24,110.25 over 61 days · latest report

Tony Thompson $240/day

$14,660.00 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.