Senate District 29

2026 general election · 2-way race · 2022: Sandy Salmon +30.9%

Voter registration (Sep 2026): R+19.9 of 38,192 active voters · R +0.6 since Nov 2024

Democratic 22% · No party 36% · Republican 42% · Other 0%

Sandy Salmon holds 1.2× the campaign cash of Jim Vowels — $16,706.85 to $13,966.61.

Sandy Salmon

Republican

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

$16,706.85

raised $11,864.00 in the latest report (2026) · $39,124.00 in cash this election (since 2025)

Biggest donors · cash, since 2023

Alice Child $4,150.00

Todd Peterson $2,000.00

Justice For All Political Action Committee $2,000.00

Full committee money →

Incumbent · voting record →

Jim Vowels

Democrat

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

$13,966.61

raised $10,549.40 in the latest report (2026) · $25,793.40 in cash this election (since 2025)

plus $3,544.59 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

Al Charlson $700.00

Bremer County Democratic Central Committee $615.00

Jerliyn Mueller $500.00

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.

Sandy Salmon · Republican

Who gives · this election (since 2025)

Individuals 91% ($35,724.00)PACs & committees 9% ($3,400.00)

Shares are of the $39,124.00 that donors gave this election (since 2025).

Where they live · this election (since 2025)

In the district 24% ($9,383.00)ZIP crosses the district line 16% ($6,225.00)Elsewhere in Iowa 57% ($22,331.00)Outside Iowa 3% ($1,185.00)

Between 24% and 40% of the $39,124.00 whose donor listed an address came from inside the district (Senate District 29) 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.

$39,124.00 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 →

Jim Vowels · Democrat

Who gives · this election (since 2025)

Individuals 91% ($13,829.00)PACs & committees 9% ($1,365.00)Other organizations <1% ($50.00)

Shares are of the $15,244.00 that donors gave this election (since 2025). Of the $1,365.00 from PACs and committees, $1,365.00 is from party committees.

Where they live · this election (since 2025)

In the district 79% ($11,472.00)ZIP crosses the district line 8% ($1,220.00)Elsewhere in Iowa 8% ($1,100.00)Iowa, ZIP not mapped <1% ($3.00)Outside Iowa 5% ($747.00)

Between 79% and 87% of the $14,542.00 whose donor listed an address came from inside the district (Senate District 29) this election (since 2025). It's a range because donor addresses are placed by ZIP code, and some ZIP codes cross the district line.

95% came from somewhere in Iowa and 5% from outside the state. $3.00 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 $25,793.40 raised in cash this election (since 2025), and $15,244.00 of that is listed donor-by-donor. The bars use the donor-by-donor part. Its newest report (filed 2026-07-20, $10,549.40 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: $3,544.59 in donated goods and services this election (since 2025). The second bar also leaves out $702.00 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: Sandy Salmon (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.

Sandy Salmon $194/day

$11,864.00 over 61 days · latest report

Jim Vowels $173/day

$10,549.40 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.