Dave Dawson
- Background
- Prosecutor · State legislator
- Raised
- $259K
- Cash on hand
- $42K
Now
Career
On the 2026 ballot for US House IA-04, status qualified.
Money
FEC, through Oct 14, 2026Spent $217K · Debts owed $0
Where the money came from
- Individuals$225K
- PACs and other committees$24K
- Party committees$10K
- Candidate’s own money$0
- Loans from the candidate$0
As the campaign reported to the FEC through Oct 14, 2026. Bars compare these lines. Some money has no line here, so they may not add up to the total raised. Source: FEC candidate summary.
Committees giving to this campaign
8 committees reported giving $20K.
- Machinists Non Partisan Political League of the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace WorkersPAC$5,000
- Fourth District Democratic Central CommitteeParty committee$5,000
- American Postal Workers Union Committee on Political ActionPAC$2,500
- NEA Fund for Children and Public EducationPAC$2,000
- Melton for IowaCandidate committee$2,000
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- Iowans for Ashley WolftornabaneCandidate committee$2,000
- The Majority RulesPAC$1,000
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers PACPAC$300
Refunds the committees reported are taken out. Independent spending isn’t included. These figures come from the committees’ own reports, so they can differ from the campaign’s lines above, sometimes by a lot. Source: FEC committee-to-candidate file, dated Oct 25, 2026.
Reports through Oct 14, 2026. Matched to the FEC by name, party and seat, so it could be the wrong person.
How these are counted
Later filings are not in yet. Totals for the 2025 to 2026 cycle. Raised $259,241. Cash on hand $41,976. Spent $217,264. Debts owed $0. Individuals $225,062. PACs and other committees $24,100. Party committees $10,074. Candidate’s own money $0. Loans from the candidate $0. Other loans $0. Transfers from the candidate’s other committees $0. Main committee: Dave Dawson for Iowa. No individual donor names are shown.
More about Dave Dawson
Background
- Prosecutor
- State legislator
Source: Campaign site
Official pages (1 link)
Sources (5 sources)
Name, party, office and status. Retrieved Aug 19, 2026.
Federal 2026 candidates: money totals (web/data/people/money) and the MN federal filing list. Bulk files, no API and no key. Retrieved Oct 31, 2026. License: US government work, public domain. Totals and committee names only; no donor names or addresses are stored.
FEC bulk data 2025-2026: contributions from committees to candidates (pas226)
Federal 2026 candidates: committees giving to each candidate (web/data/people/money-types). Bulk file, no API and no key. Retrieved Oct 31, 2026. License: US government work, public domain. Committee totals only; the individual contributions file is not used.
Election Wrld 2026 candidate files (state election office lists)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: state public records; see each row's sourceUrl.
FEC candidate master file (cnYY.zip bulk download)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: US government work, public domain.
Officials files, 2026 candidate files, returns files, DIME, FEC candidate master and congress-legislators terms, as of 2026-10-29. Nothing about jobs, retirement, or reasons is recorded or inferred.
Not available for Dave Dawson: an ideology score, an age.
DataSources: FEC, Results filesData as of Oct 29, 2026