Senate District 35

2026 general election · 2-way race · 2022: Chris Cournoyer +22.1%

Voter registration (Sep 2026): R+11.2 of 37,185 active voters · R +0.5 since Nov 2024

Democratic 26% · No party 36% · Republican 37% · Other 1%

Mike Zimmer holds 3.8× the campaign cash of Joe Stutting — $60,124.33 to $16,003.89.

Mike Zimmer

Democrat

Cash on hand (money in the bank) · as of 2026-07-18

$60,124.33

raised $24,133.87 in the latest report (2026) · $107,736.25 in cash this election (since 2025)

plus $38,911.98 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

Plumbers & Pipefitters Local Union #25 PAC $5,000.00

Fred Hubbell $5,000.00

International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150 Local A $2,500.00

Full committee money →

Incumbent · voting record →

Joe Stutting

Republican

Cash on hand (money in the bank) · as of 2026-07-15

$16,003.89

raised $13,695.00 in the latest report (2026) · $44,245.00 in cash this election (since 2025)

plus $2,000.00 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

Lawerence Bay $11,000.00

Joe Stutting $4,000.00

Diane Stutting $2,250.00

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 Zimmer · Democrat

Who gives · this election (since 2025)

Individuals 72% ($60,328.86)PACs & committees 28% ($23,200.00)

Shares are of the $83,528.86 that donors gave this election (since 2025). Of the $23,200.00 from PACs and committees, $13,450.00 is from PACs, $4,250.00 from party committees and $5,500.00 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)

In the district 19% ($16,159.19)ZIP crosses the district line 27% ($22,442.02)Elsewhere in Iowa 33% ($27,379.00)Iowa, ZIP not mapped <1% ($20.25)Outside Iowa 20% ($16,912.40)

Between 19% and 47% of the $82,912.86 whose donor listed an address came from inside the district (Senate District 35) this election (since 2025). It's a range because donor addresses are placed by ZIP code, and some ZIP codes cross the district line.

80% came from somewhere in Iowa and 20% from outside the state. $20.25 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 $107,736.25 raised in cash this election (since 2025), and $83,552.38 of that is listed donor-by-donor in the state's itemized feed (the publisher dates the feed 2026-07-14, posted 2026-09-05). The bars use the donor-by-donor part. · full record →

Not in the bars: $23.52 in interest earned on the campaign's own bank accounts (inside the cash total, but income, not a gift) and $38,911.98 in donated goods and services this election (since 2025). The second bar also leaves out $616.00 from donors with no usable address on the filing.

Joe Stutting · Republican

Who gives · this election (since 2025)

Individuals 95% ($42,120.00)PACs & committees 3% ($1,500.00)Other organizations 1% ($625.00)

Shares are of the $44,245.00 that donors gave this election (since 2025). Of the $1,500.00 from PACs and committees, $1,500.00 is from party committees.

Where they live · this election (since 2025)

In the district 23% ($10,150.00)ZIP crosses the district line 28% ($12,455.00)Elsewhere in Iowa 22% ($9,635.00)Iowa, ZIP not mapped 1% ($300.00)Outside Iowa 26% ($11,705.00)

Between 23% and 51% of the $44,245.00 whose donor listed an address came from inside the district (Senate District 35) this election (since 2025). It's a range because donor addresses are placed by ZIP code, and some ZIP codes cross the district line.

74% came from somewhere in Iowa and 26% from outside the state. $300.00 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.

$44,245.00 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: $2,000.00 in donated goods and services this election (since 2025).

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: Mike Zimmer (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.

Mike Zimmer $396/day

$24,133.87 over 61 days · latest report

Joe Stutting $225/day

$13,695.00 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.