Federal candidate · 2019–2020 cycle · past cycle

Cal George Woods

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. Senate · Iowa
Filing address
Des Moines, IA (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
WOODS, CAL GEORGE
Next election
Primary June 2, 2020 · General November 3, 2020 (Wikipedia, checked October 23, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Iowa with the whole state highlighted

Iowa

DemocraticU.S. Senate · IowaChallengerWithdrawn

FEC candidate ID S0IA00192 · Principal campaign committee: CAL WOODS FOR IOWA

Total raised$55,834.50
Total spent$58,081.57
Cash on hand−$2,310.07
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$50,000.00

2019–2020 cycle totals through May 27, 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: $5,834.50Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $50,000.00
  • Individual contributions$5,834.5010%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$50,000.0090%

Self-funding: $50,000.00 (90% of money raised): $0.00 given and $50,000.00 lent by the candidate. $50,000.00 of loans repaid so far.

Raised and spent over time

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

The race

Iowa U.S. Senate, 2020 · 8 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Cal George Woods (D)$55,834.50−$2,310.072020-05-27
Theresa Greenfield (D)$56,358,302.21$30,236.332020-12-31
Joni K Ernst (R)$27,693,029.26$528,414.932020-12-31
Eddie J Mauro (D)$5,067,232.85$3,295.152020-12-31
Michael Franken (D)$982,351.98$0.002020-09-08
Kimberly Graham (D)$294,725.45$0.002020-12-31
Suzanne Herzog (I)$18,299.88$0.002020-12-31
Rick Stewart (L)$8,820.00−$7,272.832020-12-31

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

Recent polls

PollsterDatesSampleMargin of errorResults
Public Policy Polling (D)November 1–2, 2020871 (V)–Joni Ernst 47% · Theresa Greenfield 48%
Change Research (D)October 29 – November 1, 20201,084 (LV)± 3.2%Joni Ernst 47% · Theresa Greenfield 48%
Civiqs/Daily KosOctober 29 – November 1, 2020853 (LV)± 3.7%Joni Ernst 47% · Theresa Greenfield 50%
Data for Progress (D)October 27 – November 1, 2020951 (LV)± 3.2%Joni Ernst 45% · Theresa Greenfield 49%
Emerson CollegeOctober 29–31, 2020604 (LV)± 3.9%Joni Ernst 48% · Theresa Greenfield 51%
InsiderAdvantage (R)October 30, 2020400 (LV)± 4.9%Joni Ernst 51% · Theresa Greenfield 45%

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2020 United States Senate election 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: CAL WOODS FOR IOWA.
  • 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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