MCGOWAN, CHRIS

RepublicanFEC reportedRepublican candidate · U.S. House · Iowa · District 4 · Election 2026 · Open seatH6IA04167

Overview

Raised: $862.8K
Spent: $418.9K
Cash on hand: $443.9K
Debts owed: $140

OpenFEC processed candidate totals through Oct 14, 2026, across every authorized committee; figures change when amended reports are filed.

Raised is total receipts and Spent is total disbursements as reported for the candidate's authorized committees together; both can include transfers, loans and refunds. Cash on hand and debts are the balances at the end of the last report. The comparison is the same figure for 2023–2024.

Race forecast

Chance of winning: 99%
Rating: Safe R
Predicted margin: R+24.3

VotePredictor gives Chris McGowan a 99% chance of winning as of October 30, 2026. No polls of the race: based on the district's lean, incumbency and the national environment, with published race ratings.

Chris McGowan’s chance of winning

Data

Date	Chance of winning
Sep 25, 2026	99%
Oct 29, 2026	99%

As VotePredictor published it each day since September 25, 2026, including changes to its model.

Forecast by VotePredictor , updated daily. Its probabilities stay between 1% and 99%; no race is called before it is decided.

Compliance review · No open linked indicators

Automated review indicators, not findings of a violation. Exact reported records are linked; identity is not independently verified. Reported lobbyist-bundling disclosures are not counted as issues.

Latest cycle-wide scan: Oct 18, 2026 · Index refreshed: Oct 18, 2026. Coverage is limited to loaded records and implemented checks.

Scan coverage and freshness

Receipt eligibility: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Oct 18, 2026).
Integrity: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check succeeded (Oct 18, 2026).
Fundraising patterns: last successful scan Oct 18, 2026 · latest scheduled check skipped (Oct 18, 2026).

No open indicators are linked in the published index. This is not a compliance clearance.

Across the cycle, some findings could not be linked safely to entities; ambiguous identities are withheld.

Candidate & race

Office & constituency: U.S. House · Iowa · District 4
Reported party: Republican
Election year: 2026
Race status: Open seat
Candidate status: Current candidate
Principal campaign committee: MCGOWAN FOR IOWA (C00909788)

The principal campaign committee is the reported connection to this candidate. Transaction details below cover that committee; candidate-wide totals can also cover other authorized committees.

Money in

Who's funding Chris McGowan? Read the article →

Sources

Itemized individual contributions$624.5K
Unitemized individual contributions$5,917
Other committees$230.8K
Transfers from affiliates$823

Top contributors

HEISS, KEVINRepublicanDerived from contributions$14K1 contribution
ROACH, LOUISERepublicanDerived from contributions$14K1 contribution
SKINNER, DOUGLAS E.RepublicanDerived from contributions

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$383.4K
Contribution refunds$3,500
Other disbursements$32K

Largest operating payments

515 GROUP LLC$36KPOLITICAL STRATEGY CONSULTING · May 15, 2026
CROSBY OTTENHOFF GROUP$34.8KCOMPLIANCE CONSULTING · Dec 29, 2025
CROSBY OTTENHOFF GROUP$18.4KCOMPLIANCE CONSULTING · Mar 23, 2026
BEACON CONSULTING LLC$16.5KFUNDRAISING CONSULTING · Jun 2, 2026
515 GROUP LLC$12.5KTRAVEL · Feb 13, 2026
CROSBY OTTENHOFF GROUP$11.1KCOMPLIANCE CONSULTING · Feb 13, 2026
BEACON CONSULTING LLC$10.2KDEBT REPAYMENT: FUNDRAISING CONSULTING · Jun 2, 2026
CROSBY OTTENHOFF GROUP$8,745COMPLIANCE CONSULTING · Jun 2, 2026

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
Jul 25	$42,028	$0
Aug 25	$63,350	$0
Sep 25	$218,993	$0
Oct 25	$4,643	$0
Nov 25	$520	$0
Dec 25	$75,576	$0
Jan 26	$10,061	$0
Feb 26	$1,760	$0
Mar 26	$37,801	$20,000
Apr 26	$2,290	$0
May 26	$2,468	$0
Jun 26	$19,791	$0

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Financial timeline

2025–2026 election cycle · dated records

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Money network · top contributors and recipients as a graph

Records

Registration

Office sought: U.S. House
State / district: Iowa · District 4
Party affiliation: Republican
Race status: Open seat
Candidate status: Current candidate
Election year: 2026
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026
Registered address: PO BOX 207 · SIOUX CITY, Iowa, 51101
Compliance screening: View review flags

Relationships

FEC-reported relationships

Registration evidence · 2025–2026

Reported relationships are not contributions or transfers. They do not establish that any money changed hands. The reporting committee and related entity are shown separately. Only loaded relationship types are shown; this is not a complete organization chart.

MOTIVATEC00953570 Joint fundraising participantMCGOWAN FOR IOWAC00909788
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1983278Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
MCGOWAN-MITCHELL VICTORY COMMITTEEC00954529 Joint fundraising participantMCGOWAN FOR IOWAC00909788
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1986654Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.
THE 218 FUNDC00963363 Joint fundraising participantMCGOWAN FOR IOWAC00909788
FEC reportedObserved: Oct 11, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion. Observed in the FEC API; the public FEC registration page is linked for inspection.
MCGOWAN FOR IOWAC00909788 Authorized candidateMCGOWAN, CHRISH6IA04167
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 7, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate–committee linkage. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
MCGOWAN FOR IOWAC00909788 Connected organizationMOTIVATEReported name only · no identity match assumed
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 6, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC committee master: reported connected organization / affiliated committee name. This name-only field does not establish an entity identity match. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.
IOWA4AMERICAC00953562 Leadership PAC sponsorMCGOWAN, CHRISH6IA04167
FEC reportedObserved: Sep 12, 2026Registration filing: 1983284Official FEC source ↗
Current registration observation; not a historical filing-date assertion.

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Filings

All reports filed with the FEC ↗

Reconciliation

Coverage: Jul 1, 2025 to Oct 14, 2026
Contribution refunds: $3,500
Debts owed by committees: $140
Last report: PRE-GENERAL

Source and provenance

Source agencyFederal Election Commission

Local row ingestedSep 6, 2026

Source row hash5a2c916ac4972babebf1c2f678a16fcf4b0e408eda8ded8cf0ca0e7bd7bb512a

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MCGOWAN, CHRIS

Overview

Race forecast

Candidate & race

Money in

Sources

Top contributors

Money out

Spending by kind

Largest operating payments

Over time

Financial timeline

Records

FEC-reported relationships

FEC-reported relationships

FEC-reported relationships

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Money network

Race forecast