Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle
Rita Hart
- Party
- Democratic
- Running for
- U.S. House · Iowa District 2
- Filing address
- Wheatland, IA (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- HART, RITA
- Next election
- General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Iowa, District 2
FEC candidate ID H0IA02156 · Principal campaign committee: RITA HART FOR IOWA
Total raised$4,262,215.20
Total spent$4,143,623.13
Cash on hand$118,592.07
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
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$2,987,908.4770%
- PACs and other committees$651,759.6915%
- Party committees$18,500.000%
- Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$471.890%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$439,092.1310%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$164,483.024%
Self-funding: $471.89 (0% of money raised): $471.89 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.
Raised and spent over time
Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.
PAC and committee contributors
176 committees reported giving $704,147.00 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.
- UAW - V - CAP (UAW VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM) Company pageConnected PAC$15,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E Company pageConnected PAC$15,000.00
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE ANESTHETISTS SEPARATE SEGREGATED FUND (CRNA-PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$15,000.00
- MIDWEST REGION LABORERS' POLITICAL LEAGUE Company pageConnected PAC$15,000.00
- ELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMENPAC$15,000.00
- LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$12,499.00
- CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ACTIVE BALLOT CLUB Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION Company pagePAC$10,000.00
- UNITED STEELWORKERS POLITICAL ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- UA UNION PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS VOTE! PAC (UNITED ASSOCIATION OF JOURNEYMEN AND APPRENTICES OF THE PLUMBING & PIPEFITTING INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA)Connected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATIONConnected PAC$10,000.00
- WOMEN'S POLITICAL COMMITTEE FEDERALConnected PAC$10,000.00
- AMERIPAC: THE FUND FOR A GREATER AMERICALeadership PAC$10,000.00
- PAC TO THE FUTURELeadership PAC$10,000.00
- SECOND DISTRICT OF IOWA DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEEParty committee$10,000.00
- POET PACConnected PAC$10,000.00
- HOUSE MAJORITY PACHybrid PAC$10,000.00
- CHERPACLeadership PAC$10,000.00
- EQUALITY PACPAC$10,000.00
- DCCCParty committee$9,998.00
- I-PACLeadership PAC$8,400.00
Show all 176 committees
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- MICHIGAN'S FUTURE PACLeadership PAC$7,500.00
- AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION PHYSICAL THERAPY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PT-PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$7,000.00
- THE US CAMPAIGN FUNDLeadership PAC$7,000.00
- GIFFORDS PACHybrid PAC$6,500.00
- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVT. EMPL. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$6,000.00
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND INC PAC, DBA PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERAL PAC Company pageConnected PAC$6,000.00
- FRONTLINE USALeadership PAC$6,000.00
- DEMOCRATS WIN SEATS (DWS PAC)Leadership PAC$6,000.00
- END CITIZENS UNITEDConnected PAC$6,000.00
- ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND COMPANY-ADM PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,500.00
- SMART TD PAC Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA-COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERS INTERESTED IN REGISTRATION AND EDUCATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- ENGINEERS POLITICAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE (EPEC)/INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION - COPE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- NARAL PRO-CHOICE AMERICA PACPAC$5,000.00
- NATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COM (NARFE-PAC)Connected PAC$5,000.00
- BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS & TRAINMEN PAC FUND Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- JOINT ACTION COMMITTEE FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRSConnected PAC$5,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS LOCAL 150 POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- COMMITTEE FOR A LIVABLE FUTURELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FUNDLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- COMMITTEE FOR A DEMOCRATIC FUTURELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS IN DIVERSE GEOGRAPHIC ENVIRONMENTS PAC (BRIDGE PAC)Leadership PAC$5,000.00
- STUDENTS FOR A NEW AMERICAN POLITICS PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- GROWTH ENERGY PACPAC$5,000.00
- TRI-STATE MAXED-OUT WOMENHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- PURPOSE PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- BACKPACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- FOSTERING PROGRESS PACPAC$5,000.00
- BEND THE ARC JEWISH ACTION INC. PAC Company pagePAC$5,000.00
- PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECTHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- JOBS, EDUCATION, & FAMILIES FIRST - JEFF PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- PROGRESSIVE MAJORITY PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- WHEN DEMOCRATS TURN OUT PACConnected PAC$5,000.00
- BRADY PACHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- VOTER PROTECTION PROJECTHybrid PAC$5,000.00
- TOGETHER FUND PACPAC$5,000.00
- HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN PACConnected PAC$4,512.00
- NATIONAL RURAL LETTER CARRIERS' ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pagePAC$4,500.00
- HOYER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- KIDSPACPAC$4,000.00
- LOEBSACK FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- BILL FOSTER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- PETE AGUILAR FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- FAIR SHOT PACLeadership PAC$4,000.00
- JSTREETPAC Company pageConnected PAC$3,884.00
- FOLLOW THE NORTH STAR FUNDLeadership PAC$3,500.00
- INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF BOILERMAKERS CAMPAIGN ASSISTANCE FUND Company pageConnected PAC$3,000.00
- KAPTUR FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$3,000.00
- SHERMAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$3,000.00
- PROGRESSIVE CHOICES PACLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- SHORE PACLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- EDPACLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- WORKING HARDER PACLeadership PAC$3,000.00
- BLUE MAJORITY PACLeadership PAC$2,800.00
- INLAND EMPIRE STRIKES PAC; THELeadership PAC$2,800.00
- ELECT EDUCATORS EVERYWHEREHybrid PAC$2,800.00
- INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED TRADES POLITICAL ACTION TOGETHER POLITICAL COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- INT'L UNION OF BRICKLAYERS AND ALLIED CRAFTWORKERS Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- SHEET METAL & AIR CONDITIONING CONTRACTORS' NATIONAL ASSOC., INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS OF U.S.A. POLITICAL FUND (LETTER CARRIER POLITICAL FUND)Connected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL COMMUNITY PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION - PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- D.R.I.V.E. - DEMOCRAT, REPUBLICAN, INDEPENDENT VOTER EDUCATION (THE PAC OF THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- NATIONAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NACPAC)Connected PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN PHARMACISTS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$2,500.00
- POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE OF THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- BRINGING EVERYONE TOGETHER THROUGH ADVOCACYLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- MADISON PAC; THELeadership PAC$2,500.00
- CA LUV PAC (CALIFORNIA LEADERSHIP UNITED FOR VICTORY PAC)Leadership PAC$2,500.00
- AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL ACTIONHybrid PAC$2,000.00
- JOHN LEWIS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- FRIENDS OF JIM CLYBURNCandidate committee$2,000.00
- SCHIFF FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- BADGERPACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- MCNERNEY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- GIVING WILLINGLY EMPOWERING NATIONALLY (GWEN) PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE ACTION FUND PAC (EDAF PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,000.00
- CICILLINE COMMITTEECandidate committee$2,000.00
- SCHNEIDER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- JULIA BROWNLEY FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- OFF THE SIDELINES PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- RENEWABLE ENERGY GROUP INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (REG PAC)PAC$2,000.00
- 4 MA PACLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- TED LIEU FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- RED TO BLUE CAHybrid PAC$2,000.00
- WEXTON FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- BAKERY, CONFECTIONERY, TOBACCO WORKERS AND GRAIN MILLERS INTERNATIONAL UNION PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,500.00
- FEMINIST MAJORITY PACConnected PAC$1,400.00
- DIGIDEMS PACHybrid PAC$1,279.00
- NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO PRESERVE SOCIAL SECURITY & MEDICARE PACConnected PAC$1,125.00
- NORTH AMERICA'S BUILDING TRADES UNIONS POLITICAL EDUCATIONAL FUND Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR AN EFFECTIVE CONGRESSPAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES (ACEC/PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEConnected PAC$1,000.00
- GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (GDC PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POSTAL SUPERVISORS PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICAN CHIROPRACTIC ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FOODS ASSOCIATION (IDFA) PAC Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- GREENBERG TRAURIG, P.A. PAC Company pagePAC$1,000.00
- LOFGREN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- ADAM SMITH FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEECandidate committee$1,000.00
- GUN SAFETY PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- JERRY'S POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (JERRY'S PAC)Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- COMMITTEE FOR LEADERSHIP AND PROGRESSLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- BUILD AMERICA PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- INDIVIDUALS DEDICATED TO ETHICS AND SCIENCE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- ONE VOICELeadership PAC$1,000.00
- DIRECT SUPPLY, INC. PARTNERS PAC (DSI PARTNERS PAC)Connected PAC$1,000.00
- NEW DEMOCRAT COALITION ACTION FUNDConnected PAC$1,000.00
- CASTOR FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- ALLIANCE FOR RETIRED AMERICANS POLITICAL ACTION FUND Company pageConnected PAC$1,000.00
- WOLVERINE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- ARTICLE 1 POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$1,000.00
- KUSTER FOR CONGRESS, INCCandidate committee$1,000.00
- TED DEUTCH FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEECandidate committee$1,000.00
- DENNY HECK FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- BLUE HEN FEDERAL PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- JOBS AND INNOVATION MATTER PAC (JIM PAC)Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- AMERICA NEEDS NEW INNOVATION AND ENERGY PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- LEADERSHIP, OPPORTUNITY, INNOVATION SERVICE PAC - LOIS PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- MAKING AMERICANS COUNT PAC (MAC PAC)Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- PUGET PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- AT THE TABLE!Leadership PAC$1,000.00
- DEBBIE DINGELL FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- CLEAN PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- VICTORY BY INVESTING BUILDING AND EMPOWERING (VIBE) PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- I GOT YOUR BACK PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- DEB HAALAND FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- KIRKPATRICK FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- DR KIM SCHRIER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- DEMOCRATIC CONSERVATION ALLIANCE PACPAC$1,000.00
- BLUE LINE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- GIDDY UP PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- HOPE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- MONDAIRE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- SUNFLOWER SEEDS PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- SERVICE FIRST PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- SECURING OUR FUTURE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- MAKING A DIFFERENCE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- NATIONAL GROCERS ASSOCIATION GROCERS PAC Company pagePAC$500.00
- MAKING A REAL CHANGE - MARC PACLeadership PAC$500.00
- INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HEAT & FROST INSULATORS AND ALLIED WORKERS Company pageConnected PAC$400.00
- PINGREE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$250.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Rita Hart$43,821.91
- Independent expenditures opposing Rita Hart$7,561,760.88
- Company and union communications to members about Rita Hart$12,272.54
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.
- NRCCOpposing$3,717,645.00
- CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP FUNDOpposing$939,738.00
- WFW ACTION FUND, INC.Opposing$152,500.00
- NEA ADVOCACY FUNDSupporting$42,518.00
- JDCA PACSupporting$750.00
- PRO PATRIASupporting$494.00
- NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA POLITICAL VICTORY FUNDOpposing$112.00
- PLANNED PARENTHOOD VOTESSupporting$59.00
The race
Iowa U.S. House, District 2, 2020 · 6 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rita Hart (D) | $4,262,215.20 | $118,592.07 | 2020-12-31 |
| Mariannette Jane Miller-Meeks (R) | $2,192,220.49 | $452,412.56 | 2020-12-31 |
| Robert Todd Schilling (R) | $157,617.97 | $35.98 | 2020-12-31 |
| David Wayne Loebsack (D) | $155,214.63 | $48,629.42 | 2020-12-31 |
| Steven R Everly (R) | $16,416.74 | $7,882.48 | 2020-07-14 |
| Ricky Lee Phillips (R) | $3,478.15 | $0.00 | 2020-06-30 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
Recent polls
| Pollster | Dates | Sample | Margin of error | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monmouth University | October 15–20, 2020 | 355 (RV) | ± 5.2% | Rita Hart 49% · Mariannette Miller-Meeks 43% |
| Monmouth University | July 25 – August 3, 2020 | 374 (RV) | ± 5.1% | Rita Hart 47% · Mariannette Miller-Meeks 44% |
| Harper Polling (R) | July 26–28, 2020 | 406 (LV) | ± 4.9% | Rita Hart 41% · Mariannette Miller-Meeks 41% |
| Selzer & Co./Des Moines Register | October 26–29, 2020 | – (LV) | ± 6.9% | Generic Democrat 40% · Generic Republican 41% |
| Selzer and Co./Des Moines Register | September 14–17, 2020 | – (LV) | ± 8.7% | Generic Democrat 50% · Generic Republican 46% |
| Selzer and Co./Des Moines Register | June 7–10, 2020 | – (LV) | <= ± 7.7% | Generic Democrat 53% · Generic Republican 35% |
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: RITA HART FOR IOWA.
- Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 23, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.
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