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

Peterman holds 5.1× the campaign cash of Pate: $185,109.97 to $36,522.42.

Ryan Peterman

Democrat

Cash on hand

$185,109.97

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

Paul D. Pate

Republican

Cash on hand

$36,522.42

state disclosure filing, as of 2026-10-17 · 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.

Ryan Peterman · Democrat

Who gives · this election (since 2023)

Individuals 71% ($384,188.92)PACs & committees 29% ($157,950.00)Other organizations <1% ($960.00)

Shares are of the $543,098.92 that donors gave this election (since 2023). Of the $157,950.00 from PACs and committees, $29,650.00 is from PACs, $9,200.00 from party committees and $119,100.00 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).

$182,127.64 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 69% ($373,147.68)Outside Iowa 31% ($168,499.24)

69% of the $541,646.92 whose donor listed an address came from Iowa and 31% from other states, led by California ($55,730.97) and Washington, D.C. ($27,052.57).

$543,098.92 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: $31,996.49 in donated goods and services this election (since 2023). The second bar also leaves out $1,452.00 from donors with no usable address on the filing.

Biggest givers to Peterman · 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
The Majority Rules PAC Des Moines, IA · 2 gifts	$97,000.00
Keith Whipple Cedar Rapids, IA · 4 gifts	$22,500.00
Rod and Barbara Womer and Karplus Newbury Park, CA · 1 gift	$20,000.00
Rod Womer Newbury Park, CA · 2 gifts	$14,000.00
DASS PAC Washington, DC · 1 gift	$10,000.00

Of 1,705 named givers. 3 more givers also gave $10,000.00; equal amounts are listed by name. Every gift on file, all years →

Who Peterman 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
Conexion Political LLC 3 payments	$108,000.00
JMB Media Group 17 payments	$54,724.11
Samuel MacFarland 27 payments	$54,324.37
Civic Growth Partners 11 payments	$40,000.00
Intuit Quickbooks 34 payments	$23,004.90

All 50 payees this election (since 2023)

Every payee of Peterman's committee, this election (since 2023)
Conexion Political LLC 3 payments	$108,000.00
JMB Media Group 17 payments	$54,724.11
Samuel MacFarland 27 payments	$54,324.37
Civic Growth Partners 11 payments	$40,000.00
Intuit Quickbooks 34 payments	$23,004.90
Change Research 1 payment	$13,500.00
Sam MacFarland 6 payments	$12,150.96
ActBlue Technical Services 159 payments	$10,027.34
Brand2306 2 payments	$7,900.00
Valkyrie Strategies LLC 3 payments	$6,284.00
Grassroots Analytics 1 payment	$5,200.00
CallTime AI 7 payments	$4,900.00
Iowa Democratic Party 3 payments	$4,325.00
Davenport Printing Company 7 payments	$3,744.45
Lucas Meneses 1 payment	$1,455.71
USPS 6 payments	$1,056.00
Allison McPherson 2 payments	$952.48
Iowa Federation of Labor AFL-CIO 2 payments	$650.00
Iowa Workforce Development 5 payments	$575.83
Democracy Engine 12 payments	$572.48
Christian Edwards Print & Graphics 1 payment	$451.64
Polk County Democratic Central Committee 3 payments	$450.00
Hy-Vee 8 payments	$438.42
Amalie Lucero 2 payments	$384.18
DataZapp 1 payment	$379.08
AF Group 1 payment	$370.00
Quad City Bank and Trust 33 payments	$256.15
Tracfone 12 payments	$193.86
Oath 15 payments	$170.11
Melissa Data 1 payment	$150.00
Raygun 1 payment	$150.00
South Central Iowa Federation of Labor AFL-CIO Citizenship 1 payment	$150.00
Deluxe 1 payment	$138.02
Linn County Democratic Central Committee 1 payment	$130.00
Action Squared Inc 7 payments	$105.00
Ankeny Area Democrats 1 payment	$100.00
Cerro Gordo County Democratic Central Committee 1 payment	$100.00
Dubuque County Democratic Central Committee 1 payment	$100.00
Sioux Center Public Library 1 payment	$85.00
City of Rockwell City 1 payment	$60.00
Staples 3 payments	$56.13
Best Buy 1 payment	$37.44
Clarion Public Library 1 payment	$30.00
Garner Public Library 1 payment	$30.00
Checkr 1 payment	$29.99
Dollar General 1 payment	$25.68
Bedford Public Library 1 payment	$25.00
City of Vinton 1 payment	$25.00
Target 1 payment	$14.64
Mobilesphere 2 payments	$5.98

$357,988.95 in 415 payments to 50 different recipients this election (since 2023), as this committee itemized them. Its filings report $357,988.95 spent since 2023 (newest report in our copy filed 2026-10-19). The two are the same to the cent.

Paul D. Pate · Republican

Who gives · this election (since 2023)

Individuals 62% ($84,023.81)PACs & committees 34% ($45,550.00)Other organizations 4% ($5,520.00)

Shares are of the $135,093.81 that donors gave this election (since 2023). Of the $45,550.00 from PACs and committees, $6,500.00 is from PACs, $3,050.00 from party committees and $36,000.00 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).

$11,075.00 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 69% ($93,709.81)Outside Iowa 31% ($41,364.00)

69% of the $135,073.81 whose donor listed an address came from Iowa and 31% from other states, led by Washington, D.C. ($36,000.00) and Minnesota ($4,094.00).

$135,093.81 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: $50,045.76 in donated goods and services this election (since 2023). The second bar also leaves out $20.00 from donors with no usable address on the filing.

Biggest givers to Pate · this election (since 2023) Itemized cash: 2023-01-01 to 2026-10-14, the end of its newest report in our copy (filed 2026-10-17); its next report is not in our filings list yet. Bars share one scale across this race's givers.
Giver	Cash given
RSLC VICTORY FUND WASHINGTON, DC · 3 gifts	$35,000.00
Gage Kent Muscatine, IA · 1 gift	$10,000.00
Daniel & Phyllis Rupprecht West Des Moines, IA · 1 gift	$5,000.00
DFL Revocable Trust/Donald Lamberti Ankeny, IA · 1 gift	$5,000.00
Jeffery Lamberti Ankney, IA · 1 gift	$5,000.00

Of 176 named givers. 1 more giver also gave $5,000.00; equal amounts are listed by name. Every gift on file, all years →

Who Pate paid · this election (since 2023) Itemized payments: 2023-01-01 to 2026-10-14, the end of its newest report in our copy (filed 2026-10-17); its next report is not in our filings list yet. Last payment 2026-10-13. Payees as typed; one vendor can appear twice. Bars share one scale across this race's payees.
Paid to	Paid
Group C 1 payment	$126,390.00
Alli B Strategies, LLC 10 payments	$24,487.00
Global Intermediate LLC 4 payments	$3,731.59
Victory Enterprises 14 payments	$2,570.00
WinRed 25 payments	$483.46

All 9 payees this election (since 2023)

Every payee of Pate's committee, this election (since 2023)
Group C 1 payment	$126,390.00
Alli B Strategies, LLC 10 payments	$24,487.00
Global Intermediate LLC 4 payments	$3,731.59
Victory Enterprises 14 payments	$2,570.00
WinRed 25 payments	$483.46
Farmers State Bank 5 payments	$197.44
Christy & Scott Johnson 1 payment	$60.38
Paul Pate 1 payment	$58.55
State of Iowa 1 payment	$50.00

$158,028.42 in 62 payments to 9 different recipients this election (since 2023), as this committee itemized them. Its filings report $158,028.42 spent since 2023 (newest report in our copy filed 2026-10-17). 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.

Ryan Peterman $2,008/day

$184,690.13 over 92 days · latest report

Paul D. Pate $470/day

$43,265.00 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.