Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle
Ashley Hinson
- Office
- U.S. representative for Iowa’s 2nd district
- Party
- Republican
- Hometown
- Marion, IA
- Born
- 1983
- In Congress
- House since 2021 · 5 years in office
- Current term
- January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
- FEC filing name
- ARENHOLZ, ASHLEY HINSON
- Next election
- General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Iowa, District 2
Official websiteX (Twitter)FacebookFEC pageCongressional biography
Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.
FEC candidate ID H0IA01174 · Principal campaign committee: ASHLEY HINSON FOR CONGRESS
| Cycle | Office | Raised | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–2026 | U.S. House · Iowa District 2 | $14,147,972.57 | Withdrawn |
| 2023–2024 | U.S. House · Iowa District 2 | $5,600,532.30 | Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000) |
| 2021–2022 | U.S. House · Iowa District 2 | $7,191,931.25 | Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000) |
| 2019–2020 | U.S. House · Iowa District 1 | $5,178,803.11 | Registered candidate (raised or spent over $5,000) |
Total raised$5,178,803.11
Total spent$5,062,131.23
Cash on hand$116,671.88
Debts owed by the campaign$72,500.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00
2019–2020 cycle totals through December 31, 2020, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.
Where the money comes from
- Individual contributions$4,637,837.8490%
- PACs and other committees$393,315.608%
- Party committees$5,000.000%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$2,800.000%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$139,304.673%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$545.000%
Self-funding: $2,800.00 (0% of money raised): $2,800.00 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
Committees
- House Committee on Appropriations
- Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
- Financial Services and General Government
- Homeland Security
- House Committee on Ethics
- House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party
Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.
PAC and committee contributors
131 committees reported giving $407,448.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through December 29, 2024. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.
- WINREDHybrid PAC$25,931.00
- INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INSURPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- THE COUNCIL OF INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- KOCH INDUSTRIES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (KOCHPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- VALUE IN ELECTING WOMEN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- THE HAWKEYE PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- MAJORITY COMMITTEE PAC--MC PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- HUCK PACPAC$10,000.00
- THE EYE OF THE TIGER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$10,000.00
- INNOVATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$10,000.00
- E-PACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- SUSAN B ANTHONY LIST INC. CANDIDATE FUNDConnected PAC$7,800.00
- BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- WINNING FOR WOMEN, INC. PACPAC$5,017.00
- ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ABC PAC)PAC$5,000.00
- PACEG COMMITTEEConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NRCCParty committee$5,000.00
- ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS FEDERAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- MADISON PROJECT INC.Hybrid PAC$5,000.00
- FASPAC FAREWAY STORES INC PACPAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL PRO-LIFE ALLIANCE PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- CONSERVATIVE OPPURTUNITY LEADERSHIP AND ENTERPRISE PAC (COLE PAC)Leadership PAC$5,000.00
- REPUBLICAN GOVERNANCE GROUP/TUESDAY GROUP PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
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- BUILDING LEADERSHIP AND INSPIRING NEW ENTERPRISE PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- CONTINENTAL RESOURCES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- JOBS OPPORTUNITY AND NEW IDEAS PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- HAVING UNWAVERING RESOLVE AND DETERMINATION PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- ABRAHAM LINCOLN PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- COWBOY PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- CUT THE BULL PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUNDConnected PAC$4,950.00
- SCALISE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- MAGGIE'S LISTPAC$4,000.00
- CMR POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$4,000.00
- LIBERTY FUND; THELeadership PAC$3,800.00
- FRIENDS OF SUSAN BROOKSCandidate committee$3,000.00
- VICTORY AND FREEDOM PAC (VAF PAC)Leadership PAC$3,000.00
- ANN PACLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- CULAC THE PAC OF CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND COMPANY-ADM PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- ENTERPRISE HOLDINGS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- COMCAST CORPORATION & NBCUNIVERSAL POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE - FEDERAL Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- DALLAS ENTREPRENEUR POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,500.00
- CITIZENS UNITED POLITICAL VICTORY FUND Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- REPUBLICAN MAJORITY FUNDLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- SALEM MEDIA GROUP POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SALEM MEDIA GROUP, INC.) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- HOUSE CONSERVATIVES FUNDLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- ALLIANCE COAL, LLC PACPAC$2,500.00
- REPUBLICAN JEWISH COALITION-POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (RJC-PAC) Company pagePAC$2,500.00
- FUND FOR AMERICA'S FUTURELeadership PAC$2,500.00
- JUSTICE FREEDOM & LIBERTY PACPAC$2,500.00
- FRATERNITY & SORORITY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEHybrid PAC$2,500.00
- ENERGY TRANSFER EMPLOYEE MANAGEMENT COMPANY PAC (ENERGY TRANSFER PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- MAKING AMERICA PROSPEROUS PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- MR. SOUTHERN MISSOURIAN IN THE HOUSE PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- ELECTING MAJORITY MAKING EFFECTIVE REPUBLICANSLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- GREEN PLAINS INC. PACPAC$2,500.00
- WINE AND SPIRITS WHOLESALERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES PAC Company pagePAC$2,000.00
- KIRBY CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$2,000.00
- DEVIN NUNES CAMPAIGN COMMITTEECandidate committee$2,000.00
- ITC HOLDINGS CORP. PAC (ITC PAC)Connected PAC$2,000.00
- NEW PACPAC$2,000.00
- ADRIAN SMITH FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- KEVIN MCCARTHY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- FRIENDS OF GLENN THOMPSONCandidate committee$2,000.00
- BLAINE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- MARTHA ROBY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- CRAWFORD FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- GIBBS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- KELLY PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- HURD FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- GARY PALMER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- GREG STEUBE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- BE OF GOOD CHEER PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- AMODEI FOR NEVADACandidate committee$1,500.00
- GREAT AMERICA COMMITTEELeadership PAC$1,500.00
- TRUCKING POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS INC. Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NABPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAPS-PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- WALMART INC. PAC FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF WHOLESALER-DISTRIBUTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- U.S. ISRAEL PAC (USI PAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- HY-VEE INC EMPLOYEES' POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,000.00
- JACKSON HOLDINGS LLC AND JACKSON NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (JACKSON NATIONAL PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- TRINITY INDUSTRIES EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SF) INC. Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- FREEDOM PROJECT; THEPAC$1,000.00
- CAMPAIGN FOR WORKING FAMILIESConnected PAC$1,000.00
- JEWELERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (JAPAC)PAC$1,000.00
- MICHAEL BURGESS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- WESTFIELD FEDERAL EMPLOYEE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF OHIO FARMERS INSURANCE COMPANY Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- THE NATIONAL RIGHT TO WORK COMMITTEE PACConnected PAC$1,000.00
- CUNA MUTUAL HOLDING COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (CUNA MUTUAL PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- LONE STAR LEADERSHIP PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- NUSTAR ENERGY L.P. (NUSTAR PAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- ANDY HARRIS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- TEAPARTYEXPRESS.ORGPAC$1,000.00
- NEW PIONEERS PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BUCSHON FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- NATIONAL SHOOTING SPORTS FOUNDATION, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NSSF PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- LEADERSHIP FOR AMERICA TODAY TOMORROW AND ALWAYS PACPAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN PRINCIPLESConnected PAC$1,000.00
- VICKY PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- RECLAIM AMERICA PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- JET PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- SELECTIVE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$1,000.00
- SUPPORTING UNITED STATES OF AMERICA'S NEXT LEADERS PAC (SUSAN PAC)Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS EMPOWERING AMERICALeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BOOTS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$1,000.00
- JUMP INTO ACTION FOR CONSERVATIVES TO KEEP OUR IDEAS ELEVATED PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BUILDING RENEWAL IN AMERICA NOW PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- LAND OF OPPORTUNITY PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- DREW FERGUSON FOR CONGRESS INC.Candidate committee$1,000.00
- IN THE ARENA PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- RON ESTES FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- BOLD ACTIVE CONSERVATIVES OF NEBRASKA PAC-BACON PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- JAM PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BEN CLINE FOR CONGRESS, INC.Candidate committee$1,000.00
- ARMSTRONG FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- FEENSTRA FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- GEN-NEXT GOP LEADERS FUNDPAC$1,000.00
- CLYDE FOR CONGRESS, INC.Candidate committee$1,000.00
- RAPTOR PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- FRIENDS OF DUSTY JOHNSONCandidate committee$750.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PLUMBING-HEATING-COOLING CONTRACTORS PAC AKA PHCC-PACConnected PAC$500.00
- AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES GROUP, INC. PAC Company pageConnected PAC$500.00
- FRIENDS OF SNOWMOBILING PACConnected PAC$200.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Ashley Hinson Arenholz$519,467.91
- Independent expenditures opposing Ashley Hinson Arenholz$3,843,907.32
- Company and union communications to members about Ashley Hinson Arenholz$4,774.95
FEC totals for the 2020 cycle, including groups that are not political committees, retrieved October 24, 2026.
Independent expenditures by committees that are not part of the campaign, as reported by those committees. This money is spent separately, not given to the candidate.
- HOUSE MAJORITY PACOpposing$1,933,372.00
- DCCCOpposing$1,281,002.00
- UA UNION PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS VOTE! PAC (UNITED ASSOCIATION OF JOURNEYMEN AND APPRENTICES OF THE PLUMBING & PIPEFITTING INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA)Opposing$341,000.00
- AMERICANS FOR PROSPERITY ACTION, INC.(AFP ACTION)Supporting$329,970.00
- WOMEN VOTE!Opposing$170,746.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES AFL-CIOOpposing$117,713.00
- CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP FUNDSupporting$40,974.00
- FUTURE LEADERS FUNDSupporting$34,086.00
- NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUNDSupporting$15,679.00
- NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE VICTORY FUNDSupporting$7,103.00
- WINNING FOR WOMEN, INC. PACSupporting$168.00
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD VOTESOpposing$59.00
The race
Iowa U.S. House, District 1, 2020 · 3 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashley Hinson Arenholz (R) | $5,178,803.11 | $116,671.88 | 2020-12-31 |
| Abby Finkenauer (D) | $5,938,111.02 | $55,019.36 | 2020-12-31 |
| Thomas Hansen (R) | $5,646.54 | −$996.42 | 2020-10-23 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Margin of error | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monmouth University | October 15–20, 2020 | 352 (RV) | ± 5.2% | Abby Finkenauer 52% · Ashley Hinson 44% |
| Basswood Research (R) | September 26–28, 2020 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.9% | Abby Finkenauer 45% · Ashley Hinson 45% |
| Monmouth University | July 25 – August 3, 2020 | 391 (RV) | ± 5% | Abby Finkenauer 51% · Ashley Hinson 41% |
| Public Opinion Strategies (R) | March 3–5, 2020 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.0% | Abby Finkenauer 45% · Ashley Hinson 44% |
| Harper Polling (R) | January 11–12, 2020 | 400 (LV) | ± 4.0% | Abby Finkenauer 44% · Ashley Hinson 40% |
| Selzer & Co./Des Moines Register | October 26–29, 2020 | – (LV) | ± 7.1% | Generic Democrat 36% · Generic Republican 51% |
Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa (retrieved October 23, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.
Sources and updates
- Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: ASHLEY HINSON FOR CONGRESS.
- Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Status shown above comes from the FEC candidate file.
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