Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle

David Young

Party
Republican
Running for
U.S. House · Iowa District 3
Filing address
Van Meter, GA (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
YOUNG, DAVID
Next election
General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Iowa with the 2020 district highlighted

Iowa, District 3

RepublicanU.S. House · Iowa District 3ChallengerLost the general election (47.6%)

FEC candidate ID H4IA03115 · Principal campaign committee: YOUNG FOR IOWA, INC.

Total raised$3,215,369.80
Total spent$3,139,878.92
Cash on hand$88,290.58
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: $2,429,422.75PACs and other committees: $636,036.31Party committees: $9,000.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $1,979.25Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $132,364.09Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $6,567.40
  • Individual contributions$2,429,422.7576%
  • PACs and other committees$636,036.3120%
  • Party committees$9,000.000%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$1,979.250%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$132,364.094%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$6,567.400%

Self-funding: $1,979.25 (0% of money raised): $1,979.25 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

189 committees reported giving $559,218.00 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 David Young$31,513.39
  • Independent expenditures opposing David Young$2,656,491.02
  • Company and union communications to members about David Young$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.

The race

Iowa U.S. House, District 3, 2020 · 4 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
David Young (R)$3,215,369.80$88,290.582020-12-31
Cindy Axne (D)$6,294,903.05$19,520.592020-12-31
William Schafer (R)$21,836.49−$3,655.092020-06-16
Joshua Louis Schoenblatt (R)$5,686.00$322.002019-05-12

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • The Cook Political ReportLean DNovember 2, 2020
  • Inside ElectionsLean DOctober 28, 2020
  • Sabato's Crystal BallLean DNovember 2, 2020
  • PoliticoLean DNovember 2, 2020
  • Daily KosLean DOctober 15, 2020
  • NiskanenLean DJuly 26, 2020
  • The EconomistLean DOctober 2, 2020

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Monmouth UniversityOctober 15–20, 2020426 (RV)± 4.8%Cindy Axne 52% · David Young 43%
Monmouth UniversityJuly 25 – August 3, 2020507 (RV)± 4.4%Cindy Axne 48% · David Young 42% · Bryan Holder 2%
507 (LV)50%42%–Cindy Axne 8%
507 (LV)52%41%–Cindy Axne 7%
The Tarrance Group (R)July 7–9, 2020400 (LV)± 4.9%Cindy Axne 43% · David Young 44% · Bryan Holder 6%
The Tarrance Group (R)March 10–12, 2020400 (LV)± 4.9%Cindy Axne 48% · David Young 48%

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: YOUNG FOR IOWA, INC..
  • 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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