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Secretary of Agriculture

2026 general election · 2-way race · cash on hand (money in the bank) from state disclosure filings

Naig holds 2.2× the campaign cash of Jones: $146,079.80 to $65,364.33.

Mike Naig

Republican

Cash on hand

$146,079.80

state disclosure filing, as of 2026-10-19 · committee record →

Chris Jones

Democrat

Cash on hand

$65,364.33

state disclosure filing, as of 2026-10-16 · committee record →

The polling

No public head-to-head polling yet for this race; statewide-office and down-ballot congressional contests are rarely polled this far out. Where a poll appears, it will show here and on the polling average.

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 2023). Cash the state lists donor-by-donor and payee-by-payee.

Mike Naig · Republican

Who gives · this election (since 2023)

Individuals 45% ($584,480.93)PACs & committees 47% ($620,500.00)Other organizations 8% ($104,334.62)

Shares are of the $1,309,315.55 that donors gave this election (since 2023). Of the $620,500.00 from PACs and committees, $137,550.00 is from PACs, $4,450.00 from party committees and $478,500.00 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).

$298,462.81 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 2023)

In Iowa 60% ($785,993.57)Outside Iowa 40% ($523,321.98)

60% of the $1,309,315.55 whose donor listed an address came from Iowa and 40% from other states, led by Washington, D.C. ($368,801.27) and South Dakota ($37,500.00).

$1,313,800.49 in cash this election (since 2023), 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: $4,484.94 in interest earned on the campaign's own bank accounts (inside the cash total, but income, not a gift) and $62,033.62 in donated goods and services this election (since 2023).

Biggest givers to Naig · this election (since 2023) Itemized cash: 2023-01-01 to 2026-10-14, the end of its newest report in our copy (filed 2026-10-19); its next report is not in our filings list yet. Bars share one scale across this race's givers.
Giver	Cash given
Republican State Leadership Committee Washington, DC · 1 gift	$200,000.00
RSLC VICTORY FUND WASHINGTON, DC · 1 gift	$150,000.00
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Political Action Committee West Des Moines, IA · 6 gifts	$58,000.00
JT Broin Trust Sioux Falls, SD · 3 gifts	$37,500.00
Debra Hansen West Des Moines, IA · 3 gifts	$32,500.00

Of 809 named givers. Every gift on file, all years →

Who Naig paid · this election (since 2023) Itemized payments: 2023-01-01 to 2026-10-14, the end of its newest report in our copy (filed 2026-10-19); 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
Fidi Media LLC 6 payments	$883,000.00
Arena Mail & Digital 2 payments	$140,000.00
Colin Tadlock 28 payments	$46,402.87
Cardinal Strategies 9 payments	$27,774.81
CornerPost Marketing 2 payments	$21,162.00

All 36 payees this election (since 2023)

Every payee of Naig's committee, this election (since 2023)
Fidi Media LLC 6 payments	$883,000.00
Arena Mail & Digital 2 payments	$140,000.00
Colin Tadlock 28 payments	$46,402.87
Cardinal Strategies 9 payments	$27,774.81
CornerPost Marketing 2 payments	$21,162.00
Rising Tide Media Group 1 payment	$20,000.00
Victory Enterprises 4 payments	$19,945.55
Lashier Graphics & Signs 1 payment	$16,190.30
Doc's Hunt Club 4 payments	$11,788.23
Iowa State Fair 8 payments	$9,509.00
Republican Party of Iowa 8 payments	$8,025.00
WinRed 7 payments	$6,417.28
Markey's Rental & Staging 4 payments	$5,800.97
Global Direct Mail & Marketing 2 payments	$3,406.51
Global Direct 5 payments	$2,458.26
Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition 4 payments	$1,050.00
Haley Hook 3 payments	$884.98
Fairfield Inn & Suites 5 payments	$852.22
Kue'd Smokehouse 1 payment	$799.61
Campbell's Concessions, Inc. 1 payment	$642.00
Hampton Inn 3 payments	$604.16
SW2 Political 1 payment	$577.80
Picket Fence Creamery 2 payments	$400.00
USPS 3 payments	$316.00
Mailchimp 2 payments	$288.90
Des Moines Printing 1 payment	$222.60
Michael Naig 1 payment	$185.77
Costco 1 payment	$146.54
Hy-Vee 2 payments	$106.87
Carter Printing 1 payment	$95.23
Central Bank 5 payments	$73.29
U-Haul 1 payment	$63.84
Brenda Mosher 1 payment	$55.41
Zoom Communications, INC 3 payments	$54.54
Luke Nieuwendorp 1 payment	$27.96
Leah Mosher 1 payment	$14.54

$1,229,343.04 in 134 payments to 36 different recipients this election (since 2023), as this committee itemized them. Its filings report $1,229,343.04 spent since 2023 (newest report in our copy filed 2026-10-19). The two are the same to the cent.

Chris Jones · Democrat

Who gives · this election (since 2023)

Individuals 97% ($563,952.77)PACs & committees 3% ($16,583.00)Other organizations <1% ($100.00)

Shares are of the $580,635.77 that donors gave this election (since 2023). Of the $16,583.00 from PACs and committees, $2,350.00 is from PACs, $9,233.00 from party committees 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).

$436,168.76 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 2023)

In Iowa 83% ($478,096.31)Outside Iowa 17% ($100,557.46)

83% of the $578,653.77 whose donor listed an address came from Iowa and 17% from other states, led by California ($18,807.30) and Washington, D.C. ($12,570.00).

$580,654.06 in cash this election (since 2023), 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: $18.29 in interest earned on the campaign's own bank accounts (inside the cash total, but income, not a gift) and $32,480.98 in donated goods and services this election (since 2023). The second bar also leaves out $1,982.00 from donors with no usable address on the filing.

Biggest givers to Jones · this election (since 2023) Itemized cash: 2023-01-01 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. Bars share one scale across this race's givers.
Giver	Cash given
Tony Singh Le Claire, IA · 5 gifts	$24,070.00
Donna Buell Spirit Lake, IA · 2 gifts	$10,100.00
Neal Cardwell NEW YORK, NY · 2 gifts	$7,000.00
Kathleen Zimpleman Cumming, IA · 10 gifts	$6,500.00
Kristin Troxel Urbandale, IA · 2 gifts	$6,000.00

Of 3,920 named givers. Every gift on file, all years →

Who Jones paid · this election (since 2023) Itemized payments: 2023-01-01 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
Flywire Payments Corp 6 payments	$70,665.00
Adcraft Printing 28 payments	$63,132.31
Swift Murphy Strategies LLC (Gusto) 3 payments	$42,385.55
Cumulus Media 1 payment	$38,848.00
Matt Blizek 12 payments	$31,228.28

All 110 payees this election (since 2023)

Every payee of Jones's committee, this election (since 2023)
Flywire Payments Corp 6 payments	$70,665.00
Adcraft Printing 28 payments	$63,132.31
Swift Murphy Strategies LLC (Gusto) 3 payments	$42,385.55
Cumulus Media 1 payment	$38,848.00
Matt Blizek 12 payments	$31,228.28
Facebook Ads 35 payments	$30,087.65
Swift Murphy Strategies 6 payments	$28,616.13
Gusto 8 payments	$27,816.07
Google Ads 46 payments	$17,982.85
Change Research 1 payment	$16,100.00
Facebook 103 payments	$15,486.27
New Tribe Media (Gusto) 3 payments	$14,000.00
Lamar Billboard Advertising 1 payment	$11,200.00
New Tribe Media 2 payments	$9,850.00
Jill Norton 6 payments	$9,307.38
DVS Strategies (Gusto) 3 payments	$7,600.00
Blue Spring Strategies 1 payment	$7,386.92
RaiseMore 4 payments	$6,000.00
Customized Newspaper Advertising 1 payment	$5,903.54
Raygun 5 payments	$5,782.80
New Tribe Media March invoice 1 payment	$4,250.00
ActBlue 30 payments	$4,090.45
ActBlue Fees September 1 payment	$3,912.62
American Airlines 4 payments	$3,229.16
NewTribe Media (Gusto) 1 payment	$3,000.00
ActBlue Fees August 1 payment	$2,581.13
Iowa Democratic Party 2 payments	$2,250.00
ActBlue Fees July 1 payment	$2,154.30
Google 4 payments	$2,000.00
Dave Moore 2 payments	$1,626.11
THE MERIDIAN 1 payment	$1,500.00
ActBlue Fees 1 payment	$1,472.93
PIP Printing 6 payments	$1,398.35
DVS Strategies 1 payment	$1,350.00
Sleep Inn Fort Dodge 1 payment	$1,296.94
Booking.com 2 payments	$1,005.73
Google Workspace 9 payments	$923.84
Netroots Nation 1 payment	$875.70
Copyworks 3 payments	$869.20
Native, Inc 1 payment	$850.00
Brookstone Lodge Emmetsburg 5 payments	$834.40
HyVee Fort Dodge 1 payment	$822.50
NewTribe videos 1 payment	$750.00
Canva Printing 2 payments	$619.96
Kinstra 12 payments	$563.50
Mailboxes of Iowa City 5 payments	$558.00
Party Production 1 payment	$530.80
Bensen & Hepker 1 payment	$525.00
Next Insurance 3 payments	$458.56
Super 8 Humboldt 6 payments	$411.24
Benson & Hepker Design 1 payment	$400.00
ISU CPM 2 payments	$400.00
Staples 5 payments	$390.56
Chris Jones 1 payment	$343.46
Jim Larew 1 payment	$342.96
City of Waukee 1 payment	$325.00
Holiday Inn Express & Suites 2 payments	$324.80
Luther College 1 payment	$303.00
Canva 1 payment	$296.80
Express Printing and Design 1 payment	$277.13
Canva US Inc 2 payments	$271.36
Choice Printing, Fort Dodge 1 payment	$267.55
Markel Personal Lines 1 payment	$263.00
Practical Farmers of Iowa 1 payment	$250.00
Pocahontas Inn & Suites 2 payments	$238.56
Action Network 2 payments	$228.75
Fred Love 1 payment	$200.00
Reston Inn & Suites 2 payments	$199.36
City of Boone 1 payment	$190.00
Kate Robinson supplies 1 payment	$184.76
Gusto Admin Fees 2 payments	$184.04
Groundswell Event Space 2 payments	$170.00
Super 8 Motel 1 payment	$157.84
7 Hills South Brewery 1 payment	$150.00
American Legion 160 1 payment	$150.00
Polk County Democratic Central Committee 1 payment	$150.00
Wally Neal 1 payment	$150.00
GAIN POWER 1 payment	$149.00
Holiday Inn Express Des Moines 1 payment	$144.48
Action Squared Inc 4 payments	$143.75
Kinsta 3 payments	$140.70
Nicolet Bank 4 payments	$125.50
Adam Griffin 1 payment	$125.00
Portable Pro 1 payment	$125.00
Ankeny Area Democrats 1 payment	$100.00
Johnson County Democratic Central Committee 1 payment	$100.00
Brookstone Lodge 1 payment	$99.68
GUESTRS QUALITY 1 payment	$90.38
Zoom.com 5 payments	$90.05
SQ GROUNDSWELL 1 payment	$90.00
Gusto Monthly Fee 1 payment	$86.67
Gusto Service Fee 1 payment	$77.38
Zoom 4 payments	$72.55
Sandee's LTD 1 payment	$72.45
Casey's Netwon 1 payment	$68.03
DSM Airport Parking 1 payment	$63.00
Cafe Riggs DC 1 payment	$61.70
MidwestOne 2 payments	$58.00
Quad City Press 1 payment	$53.50
Copyland 2 payments	$51.56
Chris Jones for Secretary of Agriculture Committee (paid under its own committee code) 1 payment	$34.98
Metro DC 1 payment	$34.00
Iowa State Fair 1 payment	$32.00
MidwestOne Bank 1 payment	$30.00
Casey's 1 payment	$20.78
Gusto fee 1 payment	$19.08
Squarespace 1 payment	$14.00
MidWest One 7 payments	$12.48
MidWest One Bank 2 payments	$5.30
Mastercard fee 1 payment	$0.63

$515,289.73 in 481 payments to 110 different recipients this election (since 2023), as this committee itemized them. Its filings report $515,289.73 spent since 2023 (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 2023, refunds netted, the committee's own account interest excluded. Each donor is placed by the state on the filing. 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 2023, 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).

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 Naig $6,127/day

$563,708.58 over 92 days · latest report

Chris Jones $3,745/day

$344,494.24 over 92 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. 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.

Candidates: Iowa Secretary of State 2026 general-election list. State cash on hand is each committee's latest state disclosure filing; federal cash is the FEC-reported figure for the candidate's registration for this office. A candidate who holds a registration only for a different office shows no figure rather than that other committee's balance. State and federal money are never combined in a single figure. Funding mix is current-cycle itemized contributions.