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Secretary of State
2026 general election · 2-way race · cash on hand (money in the bank) from state disclosure filings
Peterman holds 1.9× the campaign cash of Pate — $168,695.88 to $90,147.14.
Ryan Peterman
Democrat
Cash on hand
$168,695.88
state disclosure filing, as of 2026-07-20 · committee record →
Paul D. Pate
Republican
Cash on hand
$90,147.14
state disclosure filing, as of 2026-07-20 · 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.
Where the money comes from
Ryan Peterman
Who gives · this election (since 2023)
Individuals 66% ($202,189.28)PACs & committees 34% ($104,175.00)Other organizations <1% ($160.00)
Shares are of the $306,524.28 that donors gave this election (since 2023). Of the $104,175.00 from PACs and committees, $175.00 is from party committees and $104,000.00 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 2023)
In Iowa 74% ($227,445.66)Outside Iowa 26% ($78,373.62)
74% of the $305,819.28 whose donor listed an address came from Iowa and 26% from other states, led by California ($44,362.34) and Minnesota ($8,160.00).
Its filings report $358,408.79 raised in cash this election (since 2023), and $306,524.28 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: $19,458.55 in donated goods and services this election (since 2023). The second bar also leaves out $705.00 from donors with no usable address on the filing.
Biggest donors
The Majority Rules PAC $97,000.00
Rod and Barbara Womer and Karplus $20,000.00
Keith Whipple $17,500.00
Paul D. Pate
Who gives · this election (since 2023)
Individuals 81% ($72,948.81)PACs & committees 13% ($11,250.00)Other organizations 6% ($5,520.00)
Shares are of the $89,718.81 that donors gave this election (since 2023). Of the $11,250.00 from PACs and committees, $1,000.00 is from PACs, $250.00 from party committees 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 2023)
In Iowa 84% ($75,484.81)Outside Iowa 16% ($14,214.00)
84% of the $89,698.81 whose donor listed an address came from Iowa and 16% from other states, led by Washington, D.C. ($10,000.00) and Minnesota ($4,094.00).
Its filings report $91,828.81 raised in cash this election (since 2023), and $89,718.81 of that is listed donor-by-donor. The bars use the donor-by-donor part. Its newest report (filed 2026-07-20, $2,110.00 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 →
The second bar also leaves out $20.00 from donors with no usable address on the filing.
Biggest donors
Gage Kent $10,000.00
RSLC VICTORY FUND $10,000.00
Jeffery Lamberti $5,000.00
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.
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.
$51,908.07 over 61 days · latest report
$2,110.00 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. 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.
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.