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Democratic ยท IA-02

Lindsay James

Lindsay James is a Democratic candidate in Iowa's 2nd district. $1.6M raised, $872K spent, $756K cash through Jun 30, 2026. On the November ballot

$1.6Mraised
$872Kspent
$756Kcash on hand
Campaign finance$1.6M raised
Raised$1.6M
Spent$872K
Cash on hand$756K
Campaign finance
MeasureAmount
Raised (total receipts)$1,628,201
Spent (disbursements)$872,363
Cash on hand$755,838
Debts owed by campaign$0
Filing covers throughJun 30, 2026

Reported Self-reported to the FEC.

Financial disclosureassets $335K to $852K

Candidate report for 2026, filed 2026-08-29.

$335K to $852Kreported assets (ranges added up)
$10K to $15Kreported liabilities
$25Kearned income (exact amounts)

Assets minus liabilities: between $320K and $842K Estimate

Assets

Largest assets
AssetType codeOwnerValue range
Asset Owner Value of Asset Income Type(s) Income Current Year to Filing Income Preceding Year Calvert Global Water Fund Class A (CFWAX)MFself$100K to $250K
Parnassus Core Equity Fund-Investor Shares (PRBLX) SP $50,001 - None Asset Owner Value of Asset Income Type(s) Income Current Year to FilingMFself$100K
D : in CJ Roth IRA Vanguard Global ESG Select Stock Fund Admiral Shares (VESGX)MFSP$50K to $100K
Capitol One Checking SavingsBAJT$15K to $50K
D : Ginny Target Income, Ginny Savings IPERSDBself$15K to $50K
D : in CJ Vanguard Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF (VSGX)EFself$15K to $50K
D : in CJ Roth IRA Vanguard Federal Money Market FundBADC$15K to $50K
D : Luke UTMA Vanguard FTSE Social Index Fund Admiral Shares (VFTAX)MFSP$15K to $50K
D : ROTH IRA Capitol One Checking GivingBAJT$1,001 to $15K
Capitol One SavingsBAJT$1,001 to $15K
royalty $1 - $200 $201 - $1,000 DUPACO Accounts for VirginiaBAJT$1,001 to $15K
D : ROTH IRA Trillium ESG Global Equity Fund Investor (PORTX)MFself$1,001 to $15K
D : Lindsay Roth IRA UMB Bank CheckingBAJT$1,001 to $15K
Vanguard Cash Plus AccountBASP$1,001 to $15K
D : Lindsay Roth IRA Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF (VSGX)EFSP$1,001 to $15K
All 21 assets
All assets
AssetType codeOwnerValue range
Asset Owner Value of Asset Income Type(s) Income Current Year to Filing Income Preceding Year Calvert Global Water Fund Class A (CFWAX)MFself$100K to $250K
Parnassus Core Equity Fund-Investor Shares (PRBLX) SP $50,001 - None Asset Owner Value of Asset Income Type(s) Income Current Year to FilingMFself$100K
D : in CJ Roth IRA Vanguard Global ESG Select Stock Fund Admiral Shares (VESGX)MFSP$50K to $100K
Capitol One Checking SavingsBAJT$15K to $50K
D : Ginny Target Income, Ginny Savings IPERSDBself$15K to $50K
D : in CJ Vanguard Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF (VSGX)EFself$15K to $50K
D : in CJ Roth IRA Vanguard Federal Money Market FundBADC$15K to $50K
D : Luke UTMA Vanguard FTSE Social Index Fund Admiral Shares (VFTAX)MFSP$15K to $50K
D : ROTH IRA Capitol One Checking GivingBAJT$1,001 to $15K
Capitol One SavingsBAJT$1,001 to $15K
royalty $1 - $200 $201 - $1,000 DUPACO Accounts for VirginiaBAJT$1,001 to $15K
D : ROTH IRA Trillium ESG Global Equity Fund Investor (PORTX)MFself$1,001 to $15K
D : Lindsay Roth IRA UMB Bank CheckingBAJT$1,001 to $15K
Vanguard Cash Plus AccountBASP$1,001 to $15K
D : Lindsay Roth IRA Vanguard ESG International Stock ETF (VSGX)EFSP$1,001 to $15K
D : Virginia UTMA Vanguard FTSE Social Index Fund Admiral Shares (VFTAX)MFDC$1,001 to $15K
D : In CJ Roth IRA Vanguard Global ESG Select Stock Fund Investor Shares (VEIGX)MFself$1,001 to $15K
Asset Owner Value of Asset Income Type(s) Income Current Year to Filing Income Preceding Year D : Virginia Vanguard 529 Vanguard MorningstarEFDC$1,001 to $15K
D : Lindsay Roth IRA Vanguard Growth Index Fd Admiral Shs (VIGAX)MFDC$1 to $1,000
D : Virginia Vanguard 529 Vanguard International Core Stock Fund Investor Shares (VWICX)MFDC$1 to $1,000
Church Planting in Post-Christian SoilIPSPnone

Liabilities

Liabilities
Liability as filedAmount range
SP David James April 2024 Personal Auto Loan$10K to $15K

Earned income

Earned income
Earned income sourceAmount
$150.00$60
State of Iowa Salary $25,000.00$25K

Reported Parsed automatically from the official report; check the PDF for anything that matters. Values are bands, so totals are ranges. A personal residence and personal vehicles are normally not reported, and a spouse’s information is limited. Type codes: legend. Open the official report (PDF)

Donor portrait16% small gifts
16%of individual money came in gifts of $200 or less
44%of itemized money came from donors in IA
No Employertop named employer of donors

By gift size

Individual contributions by size
Gift sizeTotalShare
$200 and under$220,57316%
$200.01 to $499.99$110,8648%
$500 to $999.99$158,04611%
$1,000 to $1,999.99$244,57317%
$2,000 and up$682,95048%

By state

Where itemized donors live
StateItemized individual moneyShare
IA$547,72744%
CA$296,83924%
NY$85,9997%
MA$46,0994%
WA$37,4843%
DC$25,2892%

By employer

Top employers
Employer named by donorsTotal
No Employer$142,740
Advantage Administrators$14,000
Medical Associates$9,250
John Deere$9,000
University Of Dubuque$8,550
Google$7,625
Microsoft$7,000
Dalla Terra Ranch$7,000

By occupation

Top occupations
Occupation named by donorsTotal
No Employer$142,740
Attorney$57,550
Consultant$18,968
Professor$16,385
Ceo$14,244
Software Engineer$11,625
Teacher$10,050
President$9,350

Reported FEC itemized contributions this cycle, fetched 2026-10-15. Itemized means a donor gave over $200 in total. Employer and occupation are what donors report about themselves; “retired”, “homemaker”, “self-employed” and similar non-answers are left out of the employer and occupation lists. It describes who gave, not who votes for the candidate.

Public attention8,653 views in 30 days
8,653Wikipedia views, last 30 days
#110 of 461among candidates in the race with an article

Share of views in this race

Lindsay James57%
Joe Mitchell43%
Views in this race
CandidateViews, 30 daysShare of the candidates with an article
Lindsay James8,65357%
Joe Mitchell6,58143%

Reported Page views of Lindsay James (politician) on English Wikipedia, 2026-09-14 to 2026-10-13 (Wikimedia). Views show curiosity, not support: long-serving incumbents have older, better-known articles, and many challengers have none.

Where the money comes fromindividuals, PACs, party, self
Individual donors 87%PACs and other committees 12%Party committees 1%Other (refunds, transfers, loans) 0%
Funding mix
Source of moneyAmountShare of receipts
Individual donors$1,410,09986.6%
PACs and other committees$199,90512.3%
Party committees$10,6000.7%
Other (refunds, transfers, loans)$7,5970.5%
This raceIA-02, rank #2 of 3

Lindsay James ranks #2 of 3 in reported fundraising in this race.

IA-02 · Iowa · Democratic candidates · House forecasts

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Sources and methodFEC

All figures come from the Federal Election Commission and cover each filing period through Jun 30, 2026. FEC ID H6IA02211, committee C00916452. View the official record.

Ballot status: listed as a nominee in Wikipedia's article for this state (CC BY-SA), matched to this FEC record by name.