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Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Ryan Michael Appleton Melton

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · Iowa District 4
Filing address
Webster City, IA (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
MELTON, RYAN MICHAEL APPLETON
Next election
Primary June 2, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Iowa with the 2026 district highlighted

Iowa, District 4

FEC page

DemocraticU.S. House · Iowa District 4Open seatWithdrawn

FEC candidate ID H2IA04141 · Principal campaign committee: MELTON FOR IOWA

CycleOfficeRaisedOutcome
2025–2026U.S. House · Iowa District 4$13,890.00Withdrawn
2023–2024U.S. House · Iowa District 4$153,144.37General-election nominee
2021–2022U.S. House · Iowa District 4$53,023.28General-election nominee
Total raised$13,890.00
Total spent$16,787.22
Cash on hand$0.00
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through June 30, 2026, 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: $13,525.00PACs and other committees: $365.00
  • Individual contributions$13,525.0097%
  • PACs and other committees$365.003%

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$5,275.0040%
  • Contributions over $200$8,000.0060%
  • Itemized from inside Iowa$7,950.0097%
  • Itemized from other states$250.003%

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$14K$0 APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $0.00APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $451.03JULY QUARTERLY: raised $13,525.00JULY QUARTERLY: spent $5,994.70OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $0.00OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $1,020.21YEAR-END: raised $365.00YEAR-END: spent $780.00APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $0.00APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $4,329.41TERMINATION REPORT: raised $0.00TERMINATION REPORT: spent $4,211.872025-032025-062025-092025-122026-032026-06

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

The race

Iowa U.S. House, District 4, 2026 · 12 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Ryan Michael Appleton Melton (D)$13,890.00$0.002026-06-30
Randall Feenstra (R)$1,117,087.35$0.002026-09-30
Chris McGowan (R)$862,815.88$443,915.092026-10-14
Ryan Rhodes (R)$443,674.13−$3,984.112026-09-30
Dave Dawson (D)$259,240.69$41,976.252026-10-14
Matt Windschitl (R)$65,881.13$0.002026-05-11
Douglas Jensen (R)$30,110.00$956.072026-09-30
Ashley Wolftornabane (D)$25,158.32$622.332026-09-30
Christian Schlaefer (R)$7,709.53$2,012.502025-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportSolid RFebruary 6, 2025
  • Decision Desk HQSafe RJuly 14, 2026
  • Inside ElectionsSolid RMarch 7, 2025
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RApril 10, 2025
  • Silver BulletinSolid RAugust 20, 2026

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Iowa (retrieved October 22, 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: MELTON FOR IOWA.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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