Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle

Randy Feenstra

Official portrait of Randy Feenstra
Official portrait, U.S. Congress
Office
U.S. representative for Iowa’s 4th district
Party
Republican
Hometown
Hull, IA
Born
1969
In Congress
House since 2021 · 5 years in office
Current term
January 3, 2025 to January 3, 2027
FEC filing name
FEENSTRA, RANDALL
Next election
General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Iowa with the current district highlighted

Iowa, District 4

Biographical details from congress-legislators (CC0) and the House Clerk, retrieved October 23, 2026.

RepublicanU.S. House · Iowa District 4ChallengerWon the general election (62%)

FEC candidate ID H0IA04145 · Principal campaign committee: FEENSTRA FOR CONGRESS

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Iowa District 4$1,117,087.35Not running (declined to run)
2023–2024U.S. House · Iowa District 4$4,301,278.48Won the general election (0.3%)
2021–2022U.S. House · Iowa District 4$2,886,169.99General-election nominee
2019–2020U.S. House · Iowa District 4$1,907,336.43Won the general election (62%)
Total raised$1,907,336.43
Total spent$1,895,390.16
Cash on hand$11,946.27
Debts owed by the campaign$137,775.35
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: $1,307,009.20PACs and other committees: $535,834.88Party committees: $3,250.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $4,700.00Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $56,542.35
  • Individual contributions$1,307,009.2069%
  • PACs and other committees$535,834.8828%
  • Party committees$3,250.000%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$4,700.000%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$56,542.353%

Self-funding: $4,700.00 (0% of money raised): $4,700.00 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.

Raised and spent over time

Report-by-report history is shown for the current cycle.

Committees

Assignments from unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), retrieved October 23, 2026.

PAC and committee contributors

163 committees reported giving $505,157.00 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.

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Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Randall Feenstra$471,339.45
  • Independent expenditures opposing Randall Feenstra$59.76
  • Company and union communications to members about Randall Feenstra$18,767.97

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.

The race

Iowa U.S. House, District 4, 2020 · 6 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Randall Feenstra (R)$1,907,336.43$11,946.272020-12-31
James D. Scholten (D)$2,913,538.56$53,112.432020-12-31
Steve King (R)$391,616.03$8,079.262020-12-31
Bret A Richards (R)$285,390.17$89.722020-12-31
Jeremy Taylor (R)$170,532.92$0.002020-10-14
Steven Reeder (R)$102,008.56−$181.462020-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportSafe RNovember 2, 2020
  • Inside ElectionsSafe ROctober 16, 2020
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe ROctober 15, 2020
  • PoliticoLikely RNovember 2, 2020
  • Daily KosSafe ROctober 15, 2020
  • RCPLean ROctober 13, 2020
  • NiskanenLikely RJuly 26, 2020
  • The EconomistLikely ROctober 2, 2020

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Monmouth UniversityOctober 15–20, 2020414 (RV)± 4.8%Randy Feenstra 48% · J.D. Scholten 42%
Change Research (D)October 13–15, 2020603 (LV)± 4%Randy Feenstra 50% · J.D. Scholten 45%
American Viewpoint (R)October 6–8, 2020400 (LV)± 5.0%Randy Feenstra 54% · J.D. Scholten 31%
Monmouth UniversityJuly 25 – August 3, 2020374 (RV)± 5.1%Randy Feenstra 54% · J.D. Scholten 34%
20 Insight (D)January 16–17, 2019472 (LV)± 4.5%Steve King 39% · J.D. Scholten 44%
20/20 Insight (D)January 16–17, 2019472 (LV)± 4.5%Steve King 37% · Generic Democrat 45%

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: FEENSTRA FOR CONGRESS.
  • 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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