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Dave Bushaw

Holds no public office. A farmer and labor organizer from Hawkeye. Campaign affiliation: No Party.

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Background, stated goals, record, and money

Goals come from the campaign's own platform. Record lines are official actions.

How this guide is built

Background comes from official records, and from the campaign's own biography where the bullet says so; goals are summarized from the campaign's own platform and stay attributed; the record lines are official actions with the government source attached; money is shown as filed, with the filings it covers in the note under the table, and is not evidence of why any position was taken.

Dave Bushaw

Background

  • A farmer from northeast Iowa who, his campaign says, owned farmland at 19 and ran a squash farm, Solidarity Fields, from 2014 to 2019.
  • A folk and labor musician and organizer. His campaign says he built the Midwest operation of United Today, Stronger Tomorrow from 2020 to 2025.
  • Worked for Bernie Sanders' 2020 presidential campaign, which paid him salary from September 2019 to March 2020 and travel costs in April 2020.

What they say they want to do

  • Medicare for All, replacing premiums, copays and deductibles.
  • An end to right-to-work laws and federal labor protections for farm workers.
  • National citizen referendums and a ban on stock trading by members of Congress.
  • Federal limits on train length and on how long trains may block road crossings.
  • A legal path to citizenship for undocumented workers who are not criminals, alongside strong borders.

What the official record shows

He has never held public office, so there are no votes or official acts to list. His organizing work is described by his campaign and is not an official record; the one part a public filing shows, his Sanders campaign job, is on his card.

Campaign money from other committees, by type

Hybrid PAC (with Non-Contribution Account) - Qualified 1 committee$5,000

Source: Federal Election Commission

Lines 11B, 11C and 12 of his committee's 2025-2026 filings through June 30, 2026. The one row is $5,000 from the Forward Party's PAC on line 11C; he reported nothing on lines 11B or 12. Donations from individuals are not in the table, and neither is the $1,858.27 he lent his campaign. The rows sum to 5,000.00 dollars.

Words and record

What they say, and what the record shows

Each card gets one label from a fixed list and states its own limit.

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says he was a rural field organizer for Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign in 2019 and 2020, in Iowa, Nevada and South Carolina.

What the record shows ·

Bernie 2020's FEC reports list him as paid staff from September 2019 to March 2020, but they do not give his job title or the states he worked in.

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What they say

His campaign says he was a rural field organizer for Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign in 2019 and 2020, in Iowa, Nevada and South Carolina.

“Dave was also a Rural Field Organizer in 2019-2020 for Senator Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign in Iowa, Nevada, and South Carolina.”

What the record shows ·

Bernie 2020's FEC reports list salary to David Bushaw of Hawkeye, Iowa, from September 28, 2019 to March 6, 2020, and travel costs on April 4, 2020. The street address is the one on his 2026 candidate filing.

Limit: The filings show he was paid staff for those months. They do not give his job title or the states he worked in.

Issues in this record

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TaxesHousingHealth careImmigration and the borderMoney in politics and ethicsFarmingEnergy and utility costs

Evidence timeline

Dated records, with sources attached.

  1. race event

    Official candidate list updated

    The Iowa Secretary of State's accepted list for the November 3 general election shows four candidates for the 2nd District: Mitchell, James, Stewart and Bushaw. The Stated Record checked it on October 1, 2026.

  2. finance

    FEC filing snapshot

    July Quarterly 2026, principal campaign committee DAVE BUSHAW FOR CONGRESS.

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Sources10 source records

How we use sources

  1. Meet Dave Bushawhttps://www.davebushaw.com/meet-dave

    Dave Bushaw for Congress · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign biography: farm, music, organizing work and his job on the Sanders campaign. Attributed, not independently verified, except where a card checks it.

    candidate statement

    For: Current role; Background, goals, record and campaign money; His job on the Sanders campaign

  2. Dave Bushaw for Congress, home pagehttps://www.davebushaw.com/

    Dave Bushaw for Congress · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign site, confirmed by its paid-for line and by the website his committee filed with the FEC. Links X (@Dave_Bushaw), Instagram, Facebook, Threads and TikTok (BushawforCongress) and YouTube.

    candidate statement

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money

  3. Bernie 2020, disbursements to David Bushawhttps://www.fec.gov/data/disbursements/?committee_id=C00696948&recipient_name=bushaw&two_year_transaction_period=2020

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Read from OpenFEC on October 1, 2026: 17 entries to David Bushaw of Hawkeye, Iowa, salary from September 28, 2019 to March 6, 2020 and travel costs on April 4, 2020. The street address, 17783 Palace Rd, is the one on his 2026 candidate filing.

    fec filing

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; His job on the Sanders campaign

  4. Where Dave Bushaw Stands on the Issueshttps://www.davebushaw.com/platform

    Dave Bushaw for Congress · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign platform page. Positions are attributed, not independently verified facts.

    candidate statement

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money

  5. DAVE BUSHAW FOR CONGRESS, receipts from committeeshttps://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00926360&two_year_transaction_period=2026&is_individual=false

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Lines 11B, 11C and 12 for the 2025-2026 cycle through June 30, 2026, read with tools/fec-money/money.py on October 1, 2026. One row: $5,000 from the Forward Party's PAC on June 1, 2026.

    fec filing

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money

  6. Bernie 2020, October Quarterly 2019 (amended), salary entrieshttps://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00696948/1367132/sb/23/5

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026

    Amended report filed December 19, 2019, covering July 1 to September 30, 2019. Lists salary of $1,834.11 to David Bushaw, 17783 Palace Rd, Hawkeye, on September 28, 2019, the first salary entry to him from September 2019 on.

    fec filing

    For: His job on the Sanders campaign

  7. Bernie 2020, April Monthly 2020, salary entrieshttps://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00696948/1402435/sb/23/

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 2, 2026

    Report filed April 20, 2020, covering March 2020. Lists salary of $905.06 to David Bushaw, 17783 Palace Rd, Hawkeye, on March 6, 2020, the last salary entry to him through March 2020.

    fec filing

    For: His job on the Sanders campaign

  8. Bernie 2020, May Monthly report (April 2020) (document)

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The filed report, in the FEC's electronic format. Carries the April 4, 2020 travel reimbursement of $1,444.35 to David Bushaw, 17783 Palace Rd, Hawkeye.

    fec filing

    For: His job on the Sanders campaign

  9. 2026 General Election candidate list (document)

    Iowa Secretary of State · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The accepted candidate list for the November 3, 2026 general election, last updated August 19, 2026. Lists four candidates for the 2nd District, in this order: Joe Mitchell (Republican), Lindsay James (Democratic), Rick Stewart (Libertarian) and Dave Bushaw (No Party), with each one's filing date. Iowa keeps no separate list of write-in candidates for this office.

    official election record

    For: His job on the Sanders campaign; Official candidate list updated

  10. DAVE BUSHAW FOR CONGRESS, July Quarterly 2026 (document)

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Principal campaign committee, May 14 through June 30, 2026, received July 13. Table follows this named linked filing: detailed-summary pages 3/4, lines 16/22, Column B receipts $26,117.10 and disbursements $14,547.33; ending cash $11,569.77 and debt $4,858.27. October 7 latest-report OpenFEC readback identifies file 1990863 as the most recent Q2 report with no amendment flag. The separate official committee aggregate shows $14,483.30 spent, a $64.03 difference; the table preserves the named report's values without treating that difference as an amendment or changing its identity.

    fec filing

    For: FEC filing snapshot