Senate District 47

2026 general election · 2-way race · 2022: Scott Webster +12.3%

Voter registration (Sep 2026): R+10 of 42,094 active voters · D +0.7 since Nov 2024

Democratic 27% · No party 35% · Republican 37% · Other 1%

Nikhil Wagle holds 3.8× the campaign cash of Scott Webster — $219,310.30 to $58,001.41.

Nikhil Wagle

Democrat

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

$219,310.30

raised $30,040.45 in the latest report (2026) · $228,869.29 in cash this election (since 2025)

Biggest donors · cash, since 2023

Suresh Alla $10,000.00

Stephen English $10,000.00

Rajnish Arnand Gupta $7,500.00

Full committee money →

Scott Webster

Republican

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

$58,001.41

raised $15,027.13 in the latest report (2026) · $51,552.13 in cash this election (since 2025)

Biggest donors · cash, since 2023

RPAC Iowa - REALTORS Political Action Committee $15,000.00

Bankers Unite in Legislative Decisions AKA: BUILD $8,500.00

Manufactured Housing Political Action Committee #6096 $8,000.00

Full committee money →

Incumbent · voting record →

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.

Nikhil Wagle · Democrat

Who gives · this election (since 2025)

Individuals 95% ($189,093.79)PACs & committees 5% ($9,235.05)Other organizations <1% ($500.00)

Shares are of the $198,828.84 that donors gave this election (since 2025). Of the $9,235.05 from PACs and committees, $5,500.00 is from PACs, $985.05 from other candidates' campaigns and $2,750.00 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 <1% ($100.00)ZIP crosses the district line 52% ($102,605.05)Elsewhere in Iowa 11% ($21,537.00)Iowa, ZIP not mapped 2% ($3,100.00)Outside Iowa 36% ($71,486.79)

Between <1% and 52% of the $198,828.84 whose donor listed an address came from inside the district (Senate District 47) this election (since 2025). It's a range because donor addresses are placed by ZIP code, and some ZIP codes cross the district line.

64% came from somewhere in Iowa and 36% from outside the state. $3,100.00 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 $228,869.29 raised in cash this election (since 2025), and $198,828.84 of that is listed donor-by-donor. The bars use the donor-by-donor part. Its newest report (filed 2026-07-18, $30,040.45 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 →

Scott Webster · Republican

Who gives · this election (since 2025)

Individuals 14% ($5,375.00)PACs & committees 86% ($32,150.00)

Shares are of the $37,525.00 that donors gave this election (since 2025). Of the $32,150.00 from PACs and committees, $27,150.00 is from PACs and $5,000.00 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 3% ($1,000.00)Elsewhere in Iowa 72% ($27,025.00)Iowa, ZIP not mapped 1% ($500.00)Outside Iowa 24% ($9,000.00)

Between 0% and 3% of the $37,525.00 whose donor listed an address came from inside the district (Senate District 47) this election (since 2025). It's a range because donor addresses are placed by ZIP code, and some ZIP codes cross the district line.

76% came from somewhere in Iowa and 24% from outside the state. $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 $51,552.13 raised in cash this election (since 2025), and $37,525.00 of that is listed donor-by-donor. The bars use the donor-by-donor part. Its newest report (filed 2026-07-20, $15,027.13 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: $1,585.65 in loans from before this election (2023 to 2024), money it owes back and often the candidate's own.

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: Scott Webster (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.

Nikhil Wagle $492/day

$30,040.45 over 61 days · latest report

Scott Webster $246/day

$15,027.13 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.