2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Christian Schlaefer?
The money.
- Raised
- $7,710
- Spent
- $5,697
- Cash on hand
- $2,013
- Debts
- $5,697
- Individuals 25% $1,908
- Candidate's own money & loans 75% $5,802
Campaign totals through Dec 31, 2025.
No independent expenditures for or against this filing are itemized in the bulk file.
Who gave.
Who gives $1,908 from individuals
34% in small-dollar gifts
$650 of $1,908 came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.
0% from Iowa · 100% from elsewhere
Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.
Top states
- Texas $1,000
- Virginia $257
Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $1,257, not listed so no one donor is singled out.
Summary through Dec 31, 2025. Itemized gifts dated Sep 21, 2025 to Nov 20, 2025, net of refunds (2 entries). Every itemized contribution on FEC.gov ↗
From the principal campaign committee's FEC reports; joint-fundraising transfers and later reports are not included, and no donor is named here. A contribution is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing.
Outside money in the final weeks.
No 24- or 48-hour report in the FEC file read November 4, 2026 names Christian Schlaefer.
Where it went.
Where the money went $5,362 in itemized spending
- Advertising & outreach 92% $4,942
- Office, technology & overhead 8% $421
Largest payees
- VISTAPRINT $1,315
- GOOGLE $1,085
- RUSH ORDER TEES $948
- SIGNS ON THE CHEAP $575
- FIVERR $557
Payments dated Aug 29, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (8 entries). Every payment on FEC.gov ↗
Grouped by each campaign's own description of the payment, so the groups are approximate. Payments of $200 or less to one payee need not be itemized, detail filed only as memo entries counts under other or unclassified, and spending by the candidate's other committees or by outside groups is not included. A payment is not evidence of a favor or wrongdoing.
Others who filed for this seat.
- Randall FeenstraRepublican · $1.0M raised
- Chris McGowanRepublican · $862K raised · $173K outside
- Ryan RhodesRepublican · $444K raised
- Dave DawsonDemocrat · $259K raised
- Matt WindschitlRepublican · $66K raised
- Douglas JensenRepublican · $30K raised
- Ashley WolftornabaneDemocrat · $25K raised
- Ryan Michael Appleton MeltonDemocrat · $14K raised
Questions worth asking.
Money shows who backed a campaign, not how a person will act. Compare it with what they did and said: their votes or official actions if they have held office, their own statements, and their answers to a finding. Use the same questions for every candidate.
FEC bulk data read November 4, 2026. Campaign totals come from each filing's own FEC summary through its latest processed report. Outside spending is independent expenditures itemized in committee reports in the FEC bulk files, primaries included; late 24- and 48-hour reports, party coordinated spending, communication costs and groups that do not report to the FEC are not included. Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate, and it is not the candidate's money. A contribution or expenditure is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing. This page identifies the filing by its FEC candidate ID; a person can hold more than one filing.