2026 candidate · follow the money
Who funds Zach P Wahls?
The money.
No campaign summary is in the FEC bulk file for this filing yet.
Outside groups: $233K supporting · $0 opposing ($150K of it designated for the general election)
Biggest spenders supporting
- IOWA ACTION $233K
Who gave.
No individual contributions from this candidate's principal campaign committee are in the FEC files yet.
Outside money in the final weeks.
Outside spending including late reports: $233K for / $0 against · $0 in the final two weeks
Source: FEC regular reports. The final two weeks run Oct 21, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026, by the date each ad or mailing went out.
What it bought, per the late reports
- TV, radio & streaming TV 100% $150K
Largest late spenders for
- IOWA ACTION $150K
Latest dissemination on these reports: May 13, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (1 entries). These reports on FEC.gov ↗
Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate and is not the candidate's money. Purposes are grouped from each spender's own description, so the groups are approximate. A dollar figure is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing.
Where it went.
No itemized operating expenditures from this candidate's principal campaign committee are in the FEC bulk file yet.
Others who filed for this seat.
- Joshua TurekDemocrat · $23M raised · $10M outside
- Ashley Hinson ArenholzRepublican · $10M raised · $15M outside
- Joni K ErnstRepublican · $1.6M raised · $15K outside
- Nathan SageDemocrat · $1.4M raised
- James CarlinRepublican · $494K raised
- Jackie NorrisDemocrat · $364K raised
- James ScholtenDemocrat · $213K raised
- Thomas Raymond LaehnLibertarian · $61K 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.