Lindsay James
- Democratic · Iowa House District 71 · On the Nov 3 ballot for US House, Iowa District 2
- Raised
- $3.9M
- Cash on hand
- $266K
- First race on record
- 2018
- Races
- Won 4 of 4
Spectrum
Centrist is the middle of the scale, not of Congress. How this works
By donors (CFscore, 2022 cycle)
Research estimate from Stanford DIME 4.0. Source
Matched by name only, so it could be the wrong person.
Method and limits
Published score −0.817 on a scale from −2.0 to 2.0, where 0 is the center. 298 donors. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
Places a candidate by who gave them money; candidates who share donors sit close together.
Reflects the donor network, not votes or views, and comes from past cycles, not a 2026 reading.
Now
US House, Iowa District 2
- Newest poll
- Mitchell 47, James 50 · Emerson College, Oct 14, 2026 · Polls updated Oct 31, 3:15 p.m. ET, from VoteHub
Career
| Year | Race | Result | Share | Lost to, or other round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | State House, IA | Won | 56.1% | |
| 2022 | State House, IA | Won | 67.2% | |
| 2020 | State House, IA | Won | 56.5% | |
| 2018 | State House, IA | Won | 60.4% |
About this list
Races in our results files. Other offices, earlier years and most primaries can be missing. A general that went to a runoff counts as neither a win nor a loss. Some races are matched to this person by name and seat, not by an ID, so one could belong to someone with the same name.
Money
FEC, through Oct 14, 2026Spent $3.7M · Debts owed $0
Where the money came from
- Individuals$3.4M
- PACs and other committees$477K
- Party committees$18K
- Candidate’s own money$120
- Loans from the candidate$0
- Transfers from the candidate’s other committees$21K
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
78 committees reported giving $343K.
- Swing LeftPAC$11,667
- Zinc Collective PACPAC$10,500
- Emilys ListPAC$10,108
- Carpenters Legislative Improvement Committee United Brotherhood of Carpenters and JoinersPAC$10,000
- Machinists Non Partisan Political League of the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace WorkersPAC$10,000
Show 15 more
- Uaw - V - Cap (UAW Voluntary Community Action Program) 'Int'L Union United Automobile Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America UawPAC$10,000
- American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees P E O P L EPAC$10,000
- UA Union Plumbers & Pipefitters Vote! PAC (United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing & Pipefitting Industry of the United States and Canada)PAC$10,000
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers PACPAC$10,000
- Defend the VotePAC$10,000
- Iowa Second Congressional District DemocratsParty committee$10,000
- American Association for Justice PAC (AAJ PAC)PAC$7,500
- End Citizens UnitedPAC$7,000
- League of Conservation Voters Action FundPAC$6,500
- Elect Democratic WomenPAC$6,000
- Communications Workers of America - Cope Political Contributions CommitteePAC$5,000
- United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Active Ballot ClubPAC$5,000
- NEA Fund for Children and Public EducationPAC$5,000
- United Steelworkers Political Action FundPAC$5,000
- International Brotherhood of Boilermakers Campaign Assistance FundPAC$5,000
The largest 20 are listed. 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 $3,917,994. Cash on hand $265,953. Spent $3,652,041. Debts owed $0. Individuals $3,400,088. PACs and other committees $477,405. Party committees $17,557. Candidate’s own money $120. Loans from the candidate $0. Other loans $0. Transfers from the candidate’s other committees $21,290. Main committee: Lindsay for Iowa. No individual donor names are shown.
More about Lindsay James
Offices held (5 terms and offices)
- State House, Iowa
- State House, Iowa
- State House, Iowa
- State House, Iowa
- State House, Iowa
Official pages (2 links)
Their own pages
Government records
Sources (10 sources)
Name, party, office and status. Retrieved Aug 19, 2026.
Open States people (current) CSVs
Who holds the seat. Retrieved Oct 28, 2026. License: CC0-1.0 (Open States people data).
Compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns. Not an official source.
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.
Stanford DIME public v4.0, recipients file (CFscores)
CFscores for candidates and officials; web/data/ideology/dime.json and aggregate.json. A research estimate by Adam Bonica, not an official measure. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
Compiled by Adam Bonica, Stanford University Libraries (built from campaign finance filings) from official returns. Not an official source.
Bonica, Adam. 2024. Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections: Public version 4.0 [Computer file]. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Libraries. https://data.stanford.edu/dime .
Election Wrld 2026 candidate files (state election office lists)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: state public records; see each row's sourceUrl.
Election Wrld state legislative returns (web/data/results/sld); each row names its upstream source
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: see sources.json.
FEC candidate master file (cnYY.zip bulk download)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: US government work, public domain.
Stanford DIME v4.0 recipients file
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
Election Wrld officials files (web/data/officials)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: see sources.json.
- First win in our records: State House district 71, 2022-11-08. Basis: first win in our records (Election Wrld results files; earlier wins may exist outside them).
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 Lindsay James: a voting record, a background, an age.
DataSources: FEC, DIME (ODC-BY), Results filesData as of Oct 29, 2026