Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle

Abby Finkenauer

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · Iowa District 1
Filing address
Dubuque, IA (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
FINKENAUER, ABBY
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 1

DemocraticU.S. House · Iowa District 1IncumbentLost the general election (48.7%)

FEC candidate ID H8IA01094 · Principal campaign committee: FINKENAUER FOR CONGRESS

Total raised$5,938,111.02
Total spent$5,912,075.08
Cash on hand$55,019.36
Debts owed by the campaign$9,250.00
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: $3,881,981.90PACs and other committees: $1,325,777.91Party committees: $19,004.59Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees: $661,945.81Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest): $49,400.81
  • Individual contributions$3,881,981.9065%
  • PACs and other committees$1,325,777.9122%
  • Party committees$19,004.590%
  • Transfers from joint fundraising and the candidate’s other committees$661,945.8111%
  • Other receipts (loans from others, refunds, interest)$49,400.811%

Raised and spent over time

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

PAC and committee contributors

399 committees reported giving $1,316,981.00 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.

Show all 399 committees

Outside spending

  • Independent expenditures supporting Abby Finkenauer$372,196.20
  • Independent expenditures opposing Abby Finkenauer$5,441,459.29
  • Company and union communications to members about Abby Finkenauer$7,686.74

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 1, 2020 · 3 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Abby Finkenauer (D)$5,938,111.02$55,019.362020-12-31
Ashley Hinson Arenholz (R)$5,178,803.11$116,671.882020-12-31
Thomas Hansen (R)$5,646.54−$996.422020-10-23

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Monmouth UniversityOctober 15–20, 2020352 (RV)± 5.2%Abby Finkenauer 52% · Ashley Hinson 44%
Basswood Research (R)September 26–28, 2020400 (LV)± 4.9%Abby Finkenauer 45% · Ashley Hinson 45%
Monmouth UniversityJuly 25 – August 3, 2020391 (RV)± 5%Abby Finkenauer 51% · Ashley Hinson 41%
Public Opinion Strategies (R)March 3–5, 2020400 (LV)± 4.0%Abby Finkenauer 45% · Ashley Hinson 44%
Harper Polling (R)January 11–12, 2020400 (LV)± 4.0%Abby Finkenauer 44% · Ashley Hinson 40%
Selzer & Co./Des Moines RegisterOctober 26–29, 2020– (LV)± 7.1%Generic Democrat 36% · Generic Republican 51%

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: FINKENAUER 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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