Iowa U.S. House District 3

The count.

Checking the election sources…

Side by side.

Raised excludes transfers between a candidate's own committees. Shares are of that total. Filings appear in order of money raised; this includes primary candidates who are no longer running.

Who spent from outside.

The largest independent spenders in this race, summed from each candidate's five largest spenders on each side.

• CLFHybrid PAC (super PAC account)99% of its general-election spending helped Republicans or opposed Democrats$2.3M against Sarah Trone Garriott
• HMPHybrid PAC (super PAC account)All of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans$754K against Zach Nunn
• AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L EUnion PAC · American Federation Of State, County And Municipal Employees, Afl-CioAll of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans$605K against Zach Nunn
• DEFENDING MAIN STREET SUPERPAC INC.Super PACAll of its general-election spending helped Republicans or opposed Democrats$24K for Zach Nunn
• PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECTHybrid PAC (super PAC account)98% of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans$20K for Sarah Trone Garriott
• WELCOMEPACHybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries$13K for Sarah Trone Garriott
• THE CONSERVATIVE CAUCUS DBA AMERICANS FOR CONSTITUTIONAL LIBERTYFiler that is not a political committeeSpent mainly in primaries$6,547 for Zach Nunn · $6,459 against Sarah Trone Garriott
• ACTIVATE AMERICASuper PAC99% of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans$2,393 against Zach Nunn
• GIVEGREEN UNITED ACTIONSuper PAC$107 for Sarah Trone Garriott
• FIELD TEAM 6, INC.Super PAC99% of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans$35 for Sarah Trone Garriott

Each campaign.

• Sarah Trone GarriottFEC filing: Sarah Trone Garriott · H6IA03268 ↗

  Raised

  $7.9M

  Spent

  $6.9M

  Cash on hand

  $1.2M

  • Individuals 91% $7.2M
  • PACs & other committees 8% $638K
  • Party committees 0.2% $19K
  • Candidate's own money & loans <0.1% $120
  • Other receipts 0.6% $49K

  Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $133K moved between the candidate's own committees.

  Outside groups: $34K supporting · $2.3M opposing ($2.3M of it designated for the general election)

  Biggest spenders supporting

  1. PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECTHybrid PAC (super PAC account)98% of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $20K
  2. WELCOMEPACHybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries $13K
  3. GIVEGREEN UNITED ACTIONSuper PAC $107

  Biggest spenders opposing

  1. CLFHybrid PAC (super PAC account)99% of its general-election spending helped Republicans or opposed Democrats $2.3M
  2. THE CONSERVATIVE CAUCUS DBA AMERICANS FOR CONSTITUTIONAL LIBERTYFiler that is not a political committeeSpent mainly in primaries $6,459

  Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. FAIR SHOT PACLeadership PAC of Katherine Clark $13K
  2. ZINC COLLECTIVE PACHybrid PAC (super PAC account) $11K
  3. CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERSUnion PAC · United Brotherhood Of Carpenters And Joiners Of America $10K

  Where the money went $1.4M in itemized spending

  These itemized payments cover $1.4M of the $6.9M the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jun 30, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 23% $323K
  • Consultants & strategy 6% $79K
  • Staff & payroll 25% $354K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 16% $231K
  • Polling, research & data 18% $259K
  • Travel, meals & events 3% $39K
  • Office, technology & overhead 5% $72K
  • Legal & compliance 4% $54K
  • Other or unclassified 0.2% $3,447

  Largest payees

  1. ASCEND DIGITAL STRATEGIES $445K
  2. US TREASURY $88K
  3. GLOBAL STRATEGY GROUP $84K
  4. ACT BLUE $82K
  5. NGP $48K

  Paid to individuals: $361K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

  Payments dated May 7, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (690 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.

• Zach NunnFEC filing: Zach Nunn · H2IA03119 ↗

  Sitting member of Congress · Zachary Nunn

  In the U.S. House (IA-3) since 2023 · current term ends Jan 3, 2027

  • Recorded yea or nay on 24 of the 24 key House floor votes captured in Hugin's snapshot
  • 3 committees: Agriculture, Financial Services, Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party · 5 subcommittees
  • 457 committees reported contributions to them this cycle · 3 committees reported outside spending for or against them

  Linked to this filing by its exact FEC candidate ID (H2IA03119) in the congress-legislators roster of Oct 21, 2026. Votes are one key floor vote per bill on bills named in contractor lobbying reports (Oct 29, 2026); committee seats are the roster as of Oct 24, 2026; money counts are FEC reports for 2026 as of Oct 24, 2026. These are what Hugin's snapshots captured, not complete records, and none of them is a score or evidence of motive.

  Raised

  $3.7M

  Spent

  $5.6M

  Cash on hand

  $621K

  • Individuals 39% $1.4M
  • PACs & other committees 60% $2.2M
  • Party committees 0.3% $10K
  • Other receipts 2% $55K

  Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $2.5M moved between the candidate's own committees.

  Outside groups: $30K supporting · $1.4M opposing

  Biggest spenders supporting

  1. DEFENDING MAIN STREET SUPERPAC INC.Super PACAll of its general-election spending helped Republicans or opposed Democrats $24K
  2. THE CONSERVATIVE CAUCUS DBA AMERICANS FOR CONSTITUTIONAL LIBERTYFiler that is not a political committeeSpent mainly in primaries $6,547

  Biggest spenders opposing

  1. HMPHybrid PAC (super PAC account)All of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $754K
  2. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L EUnion PAC · American Federation Of State, County And Municipal Employees, Afl-CioAll of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $605K
  3. ACTIVATE AMERICASuper PAC99% of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $2,393

  Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. THE GUARDIAN FUNDJoint fundraising committee $15K
  2. PA-FIRST PACLeadership PAC of Daniel Meuser $13K
  3. BUILD POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS (BUILDPAC)Trade association PAC · National Association Of Home Builders $10K

  Where the money went $1.3M in itemized spending

  These itemized payments cover $1.3M of the $5.6M the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jun 30, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 14% $190K
  • Consultants & strategy 38% $507K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 21% $279K
  • Polling, research & data 7% $87K
  • Travel, meals & events 1% $15K
  • Office, technology & overhead 3% $34K
  • Legal & compliance 1% $17K
  • Contributions, transfers & refunds <0.1% $250
  • Other or unclassified 16% $215K

  Largest payees

  1. SAGE STRATEGIES LLC $241K
  2. AMERICAN EXPRESS $184K
  3. FP1 STRATEGIES, LLC $128K
  4. GEN2 SOLUTIONS, LLC $125K
  5. RED SEXTANT, LLC $109K

  Paid to individuals: $212K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

  Payments dated Jan 3, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (853 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.

• Jennifer KonfrstFEC filing: Jennifer Konfrst · H6IA03276 ↗

  Raised

  $608K

  Spent

  $608K

  Cash on hand

  $0

  • Individuals 98% $594K
  • PACs & other committees 2% $14K
  • Candidate's own money & loans <0.1% $58
  • Other receipts <0.1% $384

  Campaign totals through Sep 30, 2026.

  No independent expenditures for or against this filing are itemized in the bulk file.

  Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. PURPOSE PACLeadership PAC of Cory A. Booker $5,000
  2. THERESA GREENFIELD FOR IOWACandidate committee $2,000
  3. VARGAS FOR CONGRESSCandidate committee $2,000

  Where the money went $481K in itemized spending

  These itemized payments cover $481K of the $608K the campaign reported spending through Sep 30, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Sep 30, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 21% $100K
  • Consultants & strategy 10% $50K
  • Staff & payroll 34% $163K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 15% $74K
  • Polling, research & data 5% $25K
  • Travel, meals & events 2% $11K
  • Office, technology & overhead 0.7% $3,169
  • Legal & compliance 3% $15K
  • Other or unclassified 9% $41K

  Largest payees

  1. SB DIGITAL, INC. $103K
  2. FUTURE SYSTEMS $45K
  3. FDM CONNECTS $33K
  4. JENNIFER FIIHR CONSULTING LLC $23K
  5. ACTBLUE $19K

  Paid to individuals: $159K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

  Payments dated May 11, 2025 to Sep 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (336 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.

Also registered for this seat, with no campaign summary or outside spending in the bulk file: Tracy L Mft Limon, Michael Xavier Carrigan, Easton Wolfe.