Senate District 3

2026 general election · 2-way race · 2022: Lynn Evans (R) unopposed

Voter registration (Oct 2026): R+41.8 of 32,958 active voters · D +2.1 since Nov 2024

Democratic 17% · No party 24% · Republican 58% · Other 1%

Mike Frantz holds 3.5× the campaign cash of Lynn Evans: $9,063.34 to $2,590.07.

Mike Frantz

Democrat

Cash on hand (money in the bank) · October 14, 2026

$9,063.34

raised $8,000.59 in the latest report (2026) · $21,753.40 in cash this election (since 2025)

spent $8,871.69 in the same report

plus $6,435.30 in donated goods and services this election (since 2025): staff, mail, polling and the like, which is support rather than money in the bank

Full committee money →

Lynn Evans

Republican

Cash on hand (money in the bank) · October 14, 2026

$2,590.07

raised $27,300.00 in the latest report (2026) · $82,698.80 in cash this election (since 2025)

spent $25,418.24 in the same report

plus $893.37 in donated goods and services this election (since 2025): staff, mail, polling and the like, which is support rather than money in the bank

Full committee money →

Incumbent · voting record →

Follow the money

Where the money comes from and where it goes: who gives to each campaign, where those donors live, its biggest givers and who it paid, for this election (since 2025). Cash the state lists donor-by-donor and payee-by-payee.

Mike Frantz · Democrat

Who gives · this election (since 2025)

Individuals 91% ($19,753.40)PACs & committees 3% ($550.00)Other organizations 7% ($1,450.00)

Shares are of the $21,753.40 that donors gave this election (since 2025). Of the $550.00 from PACs and committees, $550.00 is from party committees.

$5,940.59 of the individuals' money is from recent rows read from the Ethics Board's public search, which does not say whether a giver is a person or an organization. We count a giver there as an individual unless the state's older records list the same name as an organization or the name is plainly one (a PAC, party, committee, business, trust or union).

Where they live · this election (since 2025)

In the district 52% ($11,060.20)ZIP crosses the district line 6% ($1,216.00)Elsewhere in Iowa 20% ($4,210.50)Iowa, ZIP not mapped 13% ($2,718.00)Outside Iowa 10% ($2,238.70)

Between 52% and 57% of the $21,443.40 whose donor listed an address came from inside the district (Senate District 3) 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. $2,718.00 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.

$21,753.40 in cash this election (since 2025), listed donor-by-donor in the state's itemized records (the rows we hold reach 2026-10-20: the publisher's extract, dated 2026-07-14, plus the Ethics Board's public search, read 2026-10-19). · full record →

Not in the bars: $6,435.30 in donated goods and services this election (since 2025). The second bar also leaves out $310.00 from donors with no usable address on the filing.

Biggest givers to Frantz · this election (since 2025) Itemized cash: 2025-01-01 to 2026-10-14, the end of its newest report in our copy (filed 2026-10-17); its next report is not in our filings list yet. Bars share one scale across this race's givers.
Giver	Cash given
Mary Gill Storm Lake, IA · 3 gifts	$1,300.00
Mike Frantz Storm Lake, IA · 10 gifts	$1,124.20
Harry Schaller Storm Lake, IA · 1 gift	$1,000.00
Senate Majority Fund Des Moines, IA · 1 gift	$1,000.00
Lisa Proehl Bellevue, IA · 2 gifts	$700.00

Of 166 named givers. 1 more giver also gave $700.00; equal amounts are listed by name. Every gift on file, all years →

Who Frantz paid · this election (since 2025) Itemized payments: 2025-01-01 to 2026-10-14, the end of its newest report in our copy (filed 2026-10-17); its next report is not in our filings list yet. Last payment 2026-10-09. Payees as typed; one vendor can appear twice. Bars share one scale across this race's payees.
Paid to	Paid
Kaleidoscope Marketing 7 payments	$5,343.12
Foundation Blue Media 1 payment	$3,720.50
Mike Frantz for Iowa State Senate (paid under its own committee code) 9 payments	$2,095.30
Ian Macdonald Studiios 1 payment	$500.00
Iowa Democratic Party 1 payment	$400.00

All 11 payees this election (since 2025)

Every payee of Frantz's committee, this election (since 2025)
Kaleidoscope Marketing 7 payments	$5,343.12
Foundation Blue Media 1 payment	$3,720.50
Mike Frantz for Iowa State Senate (paid under its own committee code) 9 payments	$2,095.30
Ian Macdonald Studiios 1 payment	$500.00
Iowa Democratic Party 1 payment	$400.00
ActBlue 2 payments	$213.75
Smokin Hereford 1 payment	$150.00
Campaign Verify 1 payment	$95.00
USPS 2 payments	$91.00
Sugar Bowl 4 payments	$73.77
Wal-Mart 1 payment	$7.62

$12,690.06 in 30 payments to 11 different recipients this election (since 2025), as this committee itemized them. Its filings report $12,690.06 spent since 2025 (newest report in our copy filed 2026-10-17). The two are the same to the cent.

Lynn Evans · Republican

Who gives · this election (since 2025)

Individuals 30% ($25,148.80)PACs & committees 69% ($57,300.00)Other organizations <1% ($250.00)

Shares are of the $82,698.80 that donors gave this election (since 2025). Of the $57,300.00 from PACs and committees, $52,800.00 is from PACs, $1,250.00 from party committees and $3,250.00 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).

$2,975.00 of the individuals' money is from recent rows read from the Ethics Board's public search, which does not say whether a giver is a person or an organization. We count a giver there as an individual unless the state's older records list the same name as an organization or the name is plainly one (a PAC, party, committee, business, trust or union).

Where they live · this election (since 2025)

In the district 20% ($16,133.80)ZIP crosses the district line 4% ($3,505.00)Elsewhere in Iowa 72% ($59,560.00)Outside Iowa 4% ($3,500.00)

Between 20% and 24% of the $82,698.80 whose donor listed an address came from inside the district (Senate District 3) this election (since 2025). It's a range because donor addresses are placed by ZIP code, and some ZIP codes cross the district line.

96% came from somewhere in Iowa and 4% from outside the state.

$82,698.80 in cash this election (since 2025), listed donor-by-donor in the state's itemized records (the rows we hold reach 2026-10-20: the publisher's extract, dated 2026-07-14, plus the Ethics Board's public search, read 2026-10-19). · full record →

Not in the bars: $893.37 in donated goods and services this election (since 2025).

Biggest givers to Evans · this election (since 2025) Itemized cash: 2025-01-01 to 2026-10-14, the end of its newest report in our copy (filed 2026-10-16); its next report is not in our filings list yet. Last gift 2026-10-13. Bars share one scale across this race's givers.
Giver	Cash given
Associated General Contractors of Iowa PAC (its page counts since 2023) Des Moines, IA · 2 gifts	$10,000.00
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Political Action Committee (its page counts since 2023) West Des Moines, IA · 2 gifts	$10,000.00
Cedar Rapids Development Group PAC (its page counts since 2023) Des Moines, IA · 2 gifts	$4,750.00
Kevin Evans Aurelia, IA · 3 gifts	$2,586.81
Dennis Werkmeister Paullina, IA · 5 gifts	$2,520.51

Of 156 named givers. Every gift on file, all years →

Who Evans paid · this election (since 2025) Itemized payments: 2025-01-01 to 2026-10-14, the end of its newest report in our copy (filed 2026-10-16); its next report is not in our filings list yet. Payees as typed; one vendor can appear twice. Bars share one scale across this race's payees.
Paid to	Paid
Grizzly Print and Marketing, Inc 3 payments	$16,983.13
Royal Palms Marketing, LLC 4 payments	$14,551.44
Republican Party of Iowa 2 payments	$10,500.00
CampaignHQ 8 payments	$8,670.52
KCAU 1 payment	$6,000.00

All 24 payees this election (since 2025)

Every payee of Evans's committee, this election (since 2025)
Grizzly Print and Marketing, Inc 3 payments	$16,983.13
Royal Palms Marketing, LLC 4 payments	$14,551.44
Republican Party of Iowa 2 payments	$10,500.00
CampaignHQ 8 payments	$8,670.52
KCAU 1 payment	$6,000.00
Victory Enterprises 5 payments	$4,312.25
DKOI, INC 2 payments	$4,257.79
Red Wave Field Strategies LLC 1 payment	$3,845.10
Meta Platforms 41 payments	$3,371.02
TAG Strategies LLC 1 payment	$2,801.48
KCHE 1 payment	$1,709.20
KCHE Radio 1 payment	$1,708.00
Storm Lake Radio 1 payment	$1,587.60
Spencer Radio Group 1 payment	$1,463.00
The Press Inc. 2 payments	$1,224.00
KIWA Radio 1 payment	$1,056.00
Cherokee Chronicle-Times 2 payments	$500.00
The Iowa Standard 2 payments	$500.00
Times Citizen Communications 1 payment	$464.00
Enterprise Media 2 payments	$306.00
Storm Lake Times Pilot 1 payment	$200.00
WinRed 29 payments	$151.80
Iowa Information 1 payment	$150.00
Hy-Noon Kiwanis 1 payment	$50.00

$86,362.33 in 114 payments to 24 different recipients this election (since 2025), as this committee itemized them. Its filings report $86,362.33 spent since 2025 (newest report in our copy filed 2026-10-16). The two are the same to the cent.

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.

Biggest givers: the same cash rows, added up by the giver's name as filed (one giver filed under two spellings appears twice), refunds netted, a committee's receipts under its own code and its account interest left out; in-kind support and loans are not in the list. A linked giver is a state-registered committee; its page counts what it reported paying, since 2023, so its figure can differ from the one here. Givers without a link have no page on this site: people, and organizations that are not among the state-registered committees it tracks. Who each campaign paid: itemized payments since 2025-01-01, refunds netted, loan repayments left out, payees as each treasurer typed them, joined only by case, punctuation and legal form (Inc., LLC), so one vendor typed two ways can appear twice. Basis: itemized records, which list each gift and payment, not the totals reported on filings. Source: Iowa Ethics & Campaign Disclosure Board contributions and expenditures (the rows we hold reach 2026-10-20: the publisher's extract, dated 2026-07-14, plus the Ethics Board's public search, read 2026-10-19; payments in our copy downloaded 2026-10-24).

The seat's record

Current officeholder: Lynn Evans (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.

Lynn Evans $297/day

$27,300.00 over 92 days · latest report

Mike Frantz $87/day

$8,000.59 over 92 days · latest report

Behind in total cash, Lynn Evans is raising faster by the day right now: $297/day versus $87/day for Mike Frantz, 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, and 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.