Senate District 5

2026 general election · 2-way race · 2022: Dave Rowley unopposed

Voter registration (Sep 2026): R+31.8 of 40,014 active voters · R +0.9 since Nov 2024

Democratic 19% · No party 29% · Republican 51% · Other 1%

Dave Rowley holds 4.4× the campaign cash of Rachel Gravert — $2,064.13 to $468.66.

Dave Rowley

Republican

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

$2,064.13

raised $15,508.24 in the latest report (2026) · $90,940.96 in cash this election (since 2025)

Biggest donors · cash, since 2023

Cedar Rapids Development Group PAC $10,000.00

Bankers Unite in Legislative Decisions AKA: BUILD $7,500.00

ROCKET STATE PAC $5,000.00

Full committee money →

Incumbent · voting record →

Rachel Gravert

No Party

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

$468.66

raised $676.00 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.

Dave Rowley · Republican

Who gives · this election (since 2025)

Individuals 28% ($21,183.70)PACs & committees 71% ($54,400.00)Other organizations 1% ($800.00)

Shares are of the $76,383.70 that donors gave this election (since 2025). Of the $54,400.00 from PACs and committees, $44,400.00 is from PACs and $10,000.00 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)

In the district 19% ($14,676.15)ZIP crosses the district line 2% ($1,462.05)Elsewhere in Iowa 60% ($46,135.25)Iowa, ZIP not mapped 3% ($2,550.00)Outside Iowa 15% ($11,560.25)

Between 19% and 21% of the $76,383.70 whose donor listed an address came from inside the district (Senate District 5) this election (since 2025). It's a range because donor addresses are placed by ZIP code, and some ZIP codes cross the district line.

85% came from somewhere in Iowa and 15% from outside the state. $2,550.00 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 $90,940.96 raised in cash this election (since 2025), and $76,432.72 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: $49.02 in interest earned on the campaign's own bank accounts (inside the cash total, but income, not a gift).

Rachel Gravert · No Party

No donor-by-donor detail on file yet for this election. Its 2026-07-20 report lists $676.00 raised; none of it is in the donor-by-donor rows we hold yet.

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: David D. Rowley (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.

Dave Rowley $254/day

$15,508.24 over 61 days · latest report

Rachel Gravert $11/day

$676.00 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.