Senate District 49

2026 general election · 2-way race · 2022: Cindy Winckler unopposed

Voter registration (Sep 2026): D+13.4 of 31,766 active voters · D +3.0 since Nov 2024

Democratic 39% · No party 35% · Republican 25% · Other 1%

Cindy Winckler holds 2160.0× the campaign cash of Cynthia Mensendick — $12,960.16 to $6.00.

Cindy Winckler

Democrat

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

$12,960.16

raised $2,444.62 in the latest report (2026) · $13,869.55 in cash this election (since 2025)

plus $69.55 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

MidAmerican Energy Company PAC $3,000.00

SAC & FOX Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa $2,000.00

Bankers Unite in Legislative Decisions AKA: BUILD $2,000.00

Full committee money →

Incumbent · voting record →

Cynthia Mensendick

Republican

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

$6.00

raised $0.00 in the latest report (2026)

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.

Cindy Winckler · Democrat

Who gives · this election (since 2025)

Individuals 43% ($5,927.50)PACs & committees 57% ($7,800.00)

Shares are of the $13,727.50 that donors gave this election (since 2025). Of the $7,800.00 from PACs and committees, $6,300.00 is from PACs and $1,500.00 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 8% ($1,035.00)ZIP crosses the district line 7% ($900.00)Elsewhere in Iowa 63% ($8,477.50)Iowa, ZIP not mapped 11% ($1,540.00)Outside Iowa 12% ($1,600.00)

Between 8% and 14% of the $13,552.50 whose donor listed an address came from inside the district (Senate District 49) this election (since 2025). It's a range because donor addresses are placed by ZIP code, and some ZIP codes cross the district line.

88% came from somewhere in Iowa and 12% from outside the state. $1,540.00 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 $13,869.55 raised in cash this election (since 2025), and $13,819.55 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: $92.05 in interest earned on the campaign's own bank accounts (inside the cash total, but income, not a gift) and $69.55 in donated goods and services this election (since 2025). The second bar also leaves out $175.00 from donors with no usable address on the filing.

Cynthia Mensendick · Republican

No donor-by-donor detail on file yet for this election in the state's itemized feed (the publisher dates the feed 2026-07-14, posted 2026-09-05).

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: Cindy Winckler (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.

Cindy Winckler $40/day

$2,444.62 over 61 days · latest report

Cynthia Mensendick $0.0/day

$0.00 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.