Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle
Chris McGowan
- Party
- Republican
- Running for
- U.S. House · Iowa District 4
- Filing address
- Sioux City, IA (city and state on the FEC filing)
- FEC filing name
- MCGOWAN, CHRIS
- Next election
- Primary June 2, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Iowa, District 4
FEC candidate ID H6IA04167 · Principal campaign committee: MCGOWAN FOR IOWA
2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 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$630,423.2473%
- PACs and other committees$230,750.0027%
- Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$822.770%
- Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$819.870%
Individual money
- Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$6,755.371%
- Contributions over $200$633,086.6199%
- Itemized from inside Iowa$289,024.9946%
- Itemized from other states$345,031.5954%
Top out-of-state sources of itemized individual money: South Dakota $231,062.94 · Minnesota $21,495.51 · California $15,708.20 · Colorado $15,561.53 · Nebraska $8,000.00. States with fewer than 10 contributions are not listed.
FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.
Raised and spent over time
Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand
PAC and committee contributors
40 committees reported giving $163,000.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.
- NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Company pageConnected PAC$10,000.00
- THE EYE OF THE TIGER POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN REVIVAL PACPAC$10,000.00
- SIOUXLAND ETHANOL LLC PACPAC$10,000.00
- AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION PAC (BANKPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$7,500.00
- RVFPACLeadership PAC$6,000.00
- BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PAC Company pageConnected PAC$5,000.00
- THE HAWKEYE PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- GROWTH ENERGY PACPAC$5,000.00
- FIRST IN FREEDOM PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- MR. SOUTHERN MISSOURIAN IN THE HOUSE PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- ELECTING MAJORITY MAKING EFFECTIVE REPUBLICANS PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- IN THE ARENA PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- BUCKEYE LIBERTY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEELeadership PAC$5,000.00
- RAPTOR PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- LASTING INVESTMENTS STRENGTHENING AMERICA PACLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- WORKING FOR OHIOLeadership PAC$5,000.00
- CROSSPARTISAN PAC IIPAC$5,000.00
- SCALISE FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- JIM JORDAN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$4,000.00
- GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING FOR BETTER ELECTION RESULTS PACLeadership PAC$3,500.00
- AMERICAN PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION PHYSICAL THERAPY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (PT-PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PAC (US CHAMBER PAC) Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- FASPAC FAREWAY STORES INC PACConnected PAC$2,500.00
Show all 40 committees
- AMERICA'S FIRST PACConnected PAC$2,500.00
- LAND OF OPPORTUNITY PACLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- TEXAS REDLeadership PAC$2,500.00
- BLUESTEM BIOSCIENCES INC PAC Company pageConnected PAC$2,500.00
- HOUSE CONSERVATIVES FUNDLeadership PAC$2,000.00
- EMMER FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- MIKE JOHNSON FOR LOUISIANACandidate committee$2,000.00
- SIX PACConnected PAC$2,000.00
- JOE MITCHELL FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$2,000.00
- AMERICAN HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEPAC$1,000.00
- DR. BRIAN BABIN FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee$1,000.00
- BIG IDEAS CREATE EXCELLENCE PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- REPUBLICANS UNITED TO DEFEND YOU PACLeadership PAC$1,000.00
- MOORE FOR WEST VIRGINIA, INC.Candidate committee$1,000.00
- BNSF RAILWAY COMPANY RAILPAC (BNSF RAILPAC) Company pageConnected PAC$500.00
Outside spending
- Independent expenditures supporting Chris McGowan$172,668.74
- Independent expenditures opposing Chris McGowan$0.00
FEC totals for the 2026 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.
- AMERICAN MISSIONSupporting$103,970.00
- CONSERVATIVES FOR AMERICAN EXCELLENCE INC.Supporting$59,980.00
- IOWA ALWAYS PACSupporting$8,718.00
The race
Iowa U.S. House, District 4, 2026 · 12 registered candidates
| Candidate | Raised | Cash on hand | Through |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chris McGowan (R) | $862,815.88 | $443,915.09 | 2026-10-14 |
| Randall Feenstra (R) | $1,117,087.35 | $0.00 | 2026-09-30 |
| Ryan Rhodes (R) | $443,674.13 | −$3,984.11 | 2026-09-30 |
| Dave Dawson (D) | $259,240.69 | $41,976.25 | 2026-10-14 |
| Matt Windschitl (R) | $65,881.13 | $0.00 | 2026-05-11 |
| Douglas Jensen (R) | $30,110.00 | $956.07 | 2026-09-30 |
| Ashley Wolftornabane (D) | $25,158.32 | $622.33 | 2026-09-30 |
| Ryan Michael Appleton Melton (D) | $13,890.00 | $0.00 | 2026-06-30 |
| Christian Schlaefer (R) | $7,709.53 | $2,012.50 | 2025-12-31 |
Polling and ratings
Race ratings
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: MCGOWAN 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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