DAWSON, DAVE

DemocraticFEC reportedDemocratic candidate · U.S. House · Iowa · District 4 · Election 2026 · Open seatH6IA04217

Overview

Raised: $259.2K
Spent: $217.3K
Cash on hand: $42K
Debts owed: $0

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: 1%
Rating: Safe R
Predicted margin: R+24.3

VotePredictor gives Dave Dawson a 1% chance of winning as of October 31, 2026. No polls of the race: based on the district's lean, incumbency and the national environment, with published race ratings.

Dave Dawson’s chance of winning

Data

Date	Chance of winning
Sep 25, 2026	1%
Oct 31, 2026	1%

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: Democratic
Election year: 2026
Race status: Open seat
Candidate status: Current candidate
Principal campaign committee: DAVE DAWSON FOR IOWA (C00917369)

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

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Sources

Itemized individual contributions$145K
Unitemized individual contributions$80.1K
Other committees$24.1K
Party committees$10.1K
Other receipts$5

Top contributors

WHIPPLE, KEITHDemocraticDerived from contributions$7,0002 contributions
MCCORD, CARLTON DDemocraticDerived from contributions$5,5002 contributions
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E

Money out

Spending by kind

Operating expenditures$217.3K

Largest operating payments

MDW COMMUNICATIONS, LLC$6,593DIGITAL AD BUY - WEEK 2 · May 22, 2026
PRINTING, RECORD$5,778YARD SIGNS FOR CAMPAIGN ADVERTISING · Dec 31, 2025
DAWSON, DAVE$4,774CAMPAIGN MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT · Apr 14, 2026
MDW COMMUNICATIONS, LLC$3,500RETAINER · Jun 1, 2026
MDW COMMUNICATIONS, LLC$2,250THIS IS FOR MDW COMMUNICATIONS, LLC'S SERVICES TO DEVELOP THE CANDIDATE'S WEBSITE. · Sep 24, 2025
MDW COMMUNICATIONS, LLC$2,000THIS IS A RETAINER TO RETAIN THE SERVICES OF MDW COMMUNICATIONS, LLC FOR THEIR SERVICES · Sep 24, 2025
PEREZ, KATHY$2,000CAMPAIGN ORGANIZER STIPEND · Jun 2, 2026
PEREZ, KATHY$2,000CAMPAIGN ORGANIZER STIPEND · May 3, 2026
PEREZ, KATHY$2,000CAMPAIGN ORGANIZER STIPEND · Apr 2, 2026

Over time

Itemized receipts and reported spending by month

Data

Month	Raised	Spent
Aug 25	$10,800	$0
Sep 25	$14,504	$0
Oct 25	$1,855	$0
Nov 25	$4,218	$0
Dec 25	$3,637	$0
Jan 26	$6,211	$0
Feb 26	$9,664	$0
Mar 26	$5,393	$0
Apr 26	$1,861	$0
May 26	$4,150	$0
Jun 26	$19,618	$0

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2025–2026 election cycle · dated records

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Records

Registration

Office sought: U.S. House
State / district: Iowa · District 4
Party affiliation: Democratic
Race status: Open seat
Candidate status: Current candidate
Election year: 2026
Registration snapshot cycle: 2025–2026
Cycles loaded: 2026
Registered address: P.O. BOX 216 · LAWTON, Iowa, 51030
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.

DAVE DAWSON FOR IOWAC00917369 Authorized candidateDAWSON, DAVEH6IA04217
FEC reportedLoaded: Sep 7, 2026Official FEC source ↗
Cycle-specific FEC candidate–committee linkage. The date is local ingestion, not the original filing date.

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Filings

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Reconciliation

Coverage: Jul 1, 2025 to Oct 14, 2026
Contribution refunds: $0
Debts owed by committees: $0
Last report: PRE-GENERAL

Source and provenance

Source agencyFederal Election Commission

Local row ingestedSep 6, 2026

Source row hashcf137e447d70b2973c25a01e55d6a0ddf26c9e501aba626227d01b7579aeb6d1

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DAWSON, DAVE

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