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Joe Mitchell

Holds no elected office. A state representative from 2019 to 2023; his campaign says he has since been a HUD regional director and chief of staff at the Federal Housing Finance Agency. Campaign affiliation: Republican.

Voter guide

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.

Joe Mitchell

Background

  • A Republican state representative from Henry County for two terms, 2019 to 2023. His campaign says he ran at 20 and was the youngest legislator in Iowa history.
  • HUD named him regional administrator for Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska in July 2025. His financial disclosure lists 2025 pay as chief of staff at the Federal Housing Finance Agency.
  • His campaign calls him a workforce housing developer. Iowa's workforce housing tax credit award tables list projects in Grinnell, Clear Lake and Dyersville by two firms his disclosure names him a partner in.

What they say they want to do

  • Lower taxes for middle-class families and job creators, and a simpler tax code.
  • More homes built for less by deregulating home building.
  • Term limits and a full ban on stock and prediction-market trading by members of Congress.
  • A secure border, deportation of criminal illegal immigrants and a temporary ban on H-1B visas.
  • Fewer farm regulations, wider export markets and more fertilizer made at home.

What the official record shows

  • Voted for House File 700, an emergency prescription refill bill that began as an insulin bill. It passed the House 97-0. The House never took up the Senate's amendment, so it did not become law.
  • Cosponsored House File 2351 with members of both parties, a bill on mobile home park tenants. A subcommittee recommended it; it went no further.
  • Voted for Senate File 619, which became law. It ends Iowa's inheritance tax from 2025.
  • Voted for House File 2317 on its final House vote. It became law and phases Iowa's income tax down to a single 3.9 percent rate.
  • Voted for House File 2562, which became law. It gives mobile home park tenants 90 days' notice of a rent increase instead of 60.

Campaign money from other committees, by type

Leadership PACs 44 committees$200,100
House 30 committees$70,000
PAC - Qualified 13 committees$54,750
Trade Association PACs 10 committees$48,000
Hybrid PAC (with Non-Contribution Account) - Qualified 3 committees$22,500
Transfers and contributions from joint fundraising committees 1 committee$21,416
Party committees 1 committee$5,000
Membership Organization PACs 1 committee$5,000
Hybrid PAC (with Non-Contribution Account) - Nonqualified 1 committee$3,500
PAC - Nonqualified 2 committees$2,000
Cooperative PACs 1 committee$2,000

Source: Federal Election Commission

Lines 11B, 11C and 12 of his committee's 2025-2026 filings through June 30, 2026, grouped by the FEC's type for each giving committee. Each line matches the committee's own totals: party committees $5,000.00, other committees $407,850.00, joint fundraising transfers $21,415.62. Donations individuals made through WinRed are not in the table, and neither is the $100,000 he lent his campaign, half of it repaid by June 30. The rows sum to 434,265.62 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 that in the legislature he put Iowans first by lowering taxes and cutting red tape.

What the record shows ·

He voted for two tax cuts that became law: a 2021 bill ending the inheritance tax from 2025 and a 2022 bill phasing in a 3.9 percent flat income tax. The red-tape part was not tested.

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What they say

His campaign says that in the legislature he put Iowans first by lowering taxes and cutting red tape.

“During his time in the legislature, Joe put Iowans first by lowering taxes, cutting red tape, and fighting for families, farmers, and small businesses.”

What the record shows ·

He voted for two tax cuts that became law. On May 18, 2021 he voted for Senate File 619, which ends Iowa's inheritance tax for deaths from January 1, 2025. On February 24, 2022 he voted for House File 2317 on its final House vote; it phases the individual income tax down to a single rate of 3.9 percent and exempts retirement income. Both became law.

Limit: He voted for both cuts; other members sponsored and managed them. The red-tape half of the claim names no law and was not tested.

No assessment

What they say

His campaign pledges to refuse corporate PAC money, and he repeated that pledge in the October 1 debate.

What the record shows ·

Trinity's corporate PAC reports $1,000 in Dec. 2025. Recipient filings through June 30 do not establish receipt or refund; donor reporting proves neither acceptance nor a pledge violation.

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What they say

His campaign pledges to refuse corporate PAC money, and he repeated that pledge in the October 1 debate.

What the record shows ·

Recipient-side records used in the earlier check include $48,000 from ten trade-association PACs, $2,000 from CHS's cooperative PAC and $5,000 from a membership-organization PAC. The FEC separates those classes from Corporation PACs. A separate Trinity Industries Employee PAC filing reports a $1,000 contribution to Joe Mitchell for Congress, C00918979, on December 12, 2025; the FEC classes Trinity as a Corporation PAC. The retained recipient year-end, amended Q1 and Q2 report texts do not establish the corresponding Trinity receipt or refund.

Why there is no assessment here

The Trinity donor/recipient discrepancy remains unreconciled. A donor-side disbursement does not establish recipient acceptance or a pledge violation.

Limit: Donor-reported disbursement is not proof of recipient acceptance. The donor/recipient discrepancy is retained as unresolved, without a finding of a pledge violation. The reports end June 30, before the October debate.

Matches stated direction

What they say

His campaign says the country should use every energy source, from gas, oil, nuclear and coal to hydro, solar and wind, to lower costs.

What the record shows ·

He voted for a 2020 law on how utilities credit customers who make their own power, such as solar, and a 2022 law requiring most gas stations to sell E-15; both passed widely.

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What they say

His campaign says the country should use every energy source, from gas, oil, nuclear and coal to hydro, solar and wind, to lower costs.

“We should use every tool our nation has at its disposal including natural gas, oil, nuclear, clean coal, hydro, solar, and wind power to lower costs and strengthen American energy independence.”

What the record shows ·

He voted for two energy bills that became law. On March 3, 2020 he voted for Senate File 583, which passed the House 98-0. It sets how utilities bill customers who make their own power, such as with solar panels, and credits them for power they send to the grid. On April 26, 2022 he voted for House File 2128 on its final House vote, 81-13. It requires gas stations, with some exceptions, to sell E-15, a gasoline and ethanol blend.

Limit: Both passed by wide margins. Ethanol is not on his list, and neither bill tests the oil, gas, coal, nuclear, hydro or wind parts of it.

No assessment

What they say

In the October 1 debate, Mitchell described building affordable homes for seniors and working families in Grinnell, Clear Lake and Dyersville. He said he lives in a duplex he built in his Clear Lake workforce-housing community, called himself an employer and job creator, and put his Eastern Iowa portfolio at almost 100 homes. He said his business had worked in Northeast Iowa for three or four years, he had lived in Iowa all 29 years of his life..

What the record shows

Business positions and three awarded projects totaling 66 units are documented. They do not establish the finished portfolio, household affordability, personal residence or job totals.

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Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

In the October 1 debate, Mitchell described building affordable homes for seniors and working families in Grinnell, Clear Lake and Dyersville. He said he lives in a duplex he built in his Clear Lake workforce-housing community, called himself an employer and job creator, and put his Eastern Iowa portfolio at almost 100 homes. He said his business had worked in Northeast Iowa for three or four years, he had lived in Iowa all 29 years of his life..

What the record shows

His House disclosure identifies him as managing partner of J Mitchell Real Estate and partner of BAM Development and Bousselot & Mitchell Company. Iowa workforce-housing awards list BAM's 16-unit Sunset St project in Grinnell and 30-unit Emerald Place project in Clear Lake, and Bousselot & Mitchell's 20-unit Dyersville project. Together these are 66 units in awarded projects. Grinnell planning minutes separately document his application-related request. HUD's July 2025 appointment biography describes completed Eastern Iowa development projects without a unit count.

Why there is no assessment here

The complete almost-100 finished-home portfolio, affordability and occupancy by seniors/working families, employee/job totals, personal occupancy of the duplex, the three-or-four-year business timeline and all-29-years residence, his description of growing up 30 minutes south of the debate location remain unverified by these records.

Limit: The 66 awarded units are not a completed-unit or occupancy count and cannot be subtracted from almost 100 to invent an exact missing-project total. No private residence, household or employee records were inspected. These records concern development activity and broad city/project information.

No assessment

What they say

In the October 1 debate, Mitchell acknowledged taking corporate PAC money as a state legislator and contrasted that practice with his current federal pledge. He also said he would refuse PAC money from Pfizer, BlackRock and Amazon and work with Democrats on campaign-finance reform.

What the record shows

Anthem's 2019 report lists a $100 contribution for Rep. Joe Mitchell. It is one donor-side example, not a complete recipient ledger or proof of influence.

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Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

In the October 1 debate, Mitchell acknowledged taking corporate PAC money as a state legislator and contrasted that practice with his current federal pledge. He also said he would refuse PAC money from Pfizer, BlackRock and Amazon and work with Democrats on campaign-finance reform.

What the record shows

Anthem's 2019 political-contributions report lists Rep. Joe Mitchell (R) with $100 in its Iowa section. That corporate donor's primary disclosure corroborates a historical donor-side contribution, but is not a complete state-committee receipt/refund ledger.

Why there is no assessment here

The full state recipient ledger was not obtained. The amount and scope of all past state receipts, acceptance/refunds and future compliance remain unsettled by this donor-side example.

Limit: His prospective federal pledge and plans are not accomplished nationwide findings. The donor report does not establish influence over a vote, every previous receipt, or precise recipient acceptance/refund status.

No assessment

What they say

In the October 1 debate, Mitchell said he did no data-center work while contracted with his former firm, said its data-center work began after he left, and described not working there for several years.

What the record shows

The Lever carries his former firm's denial of data-center work during his contract. Disclosure income years do not establish service dates or when the firm's data-center work began.

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Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

In the October 1 debate, Mitchell said he did no data-center work while contracted with his former firm, said its data-center work began after he left, and described not working there for several years.

What the record shows

His candidate disclosure reports KAOH Media Enterprises consulting income of $55,000 in the preceding-year column and $37,500 in the current-year-to-filing column, for a report covering January 1, 2024 through November 30, 2025. A KAOH representative's response carried by The Lever says Mitchell performed no data-center work during his contract and the firm did no such work then. KAOH's current service descriptions do not date when that work began.

Why there is no assessment here

Contract start/end dates and the service-line start date remain undocumented. The several-years timing assertion cannot be settled from reported income years alone.

Limit: Income-reporting years are not service dates. The employer's response is attributed and retained with the disclosure; neither proves knowing deception by another candidate.

No assessment

What they say

In the October 1 debate, Mitchell said he had never been a lobbyist.

What the record shows

No Joe/Joseph Mitchell match appeared in eight Iowa registration snapshots for 2019-2026. This does not establish a lifetime, nationwide or activity-wide absence of lobbying.

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Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

In the October 1 debate, Mitchell said he had never been a lobbyist.

What the record shows

No Joe/Joseph Mitchell name match appeared in the eight captured Iowa Legislature session registration lists for 2019 through 2026. The legislature defines those lists as point-in-time references that update as names are added, removed or changed. His disclosure records consulting income and business positions; those facts alone do not determine whether an activity meets a legal lobbying definition.

Why there is no assessment here

The lifetime assertion remains unverified, including other jurisdictions or activities without registration. The federal search landing page was not treated as a completed nationwide name search.

Limit: This is a bounded state-registration name check, not a lifetime or nationwide activity census. No legal violation or false-registration finding is made.

Issues in this record

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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 JOE MITCHELL FOR CONGRESS.

  3. race event

    Mitchell named HUD regional administrator

    HUD named him to lead its Great Plains region, covering Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska.

  4. race event

    Mobile home bill passes the House

    House File 2562 passed 60-37 with both Mitchell and James voting for it. It became law on May 17, 2022.

  5. race event

    Flat income tax passes the House

    House File 2317 passed its final House vote 61-34. Mitchell voted for it and James against. It became law on March 1, 2022.

  6. race event

    Inheritance tax repeal passes the House

    Senate File 619 passed 64-28. Mitchell voted for it; James is listed as absent or not voting. It became law.

  7. race event

    Emergency refill bill passes the House

    House File 700, an emergency prescription refill bill that began as James's insulin bill, House File 447, passed 97-0. James and Mitchell both voted for it. It did not become law.

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Sources54 source records

How we use sources

  1. Meet Joehttps://joemitchell.com/about

    Joe Mitchell for Congress · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign biography. Used for his account of his legislative record, his housing work and his federal posts, and for his no-corporate-PAC pledge. Attributed, not independently verified, except where a card checks it.

    candidate statement

    For: Current role; Background, goals, record and campaign money; Taxes: what he voted for in the legislature; Corporate PAC money; His homebuilding and business record

  2. Representative Joe Mitchellhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=89&personID=27038

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The Legislature's record of his service: Republican, House, 88th (2019) and 89th (2021) General Assemblies, home county Henry. He was the only Mitchell in the House in both.

    official office record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money

  3. HUD Announces Joe Mitchell as Great Plains Regional Administratorhttps://www.hud.gov/news/hud-no-25-104

    U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development · Published Jul 23, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    HUD release of July 23, 2025 naming him Regional Administrator for Region VII (Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska). It says he served in the Iowa House from 2019 to 2023 and rose to Assistant Majority Leader. His campaign calls the post Regional Director.

    official office record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; His homebuilding and business record; Mitchell named HUD regional administrator

  4. Joe Mitchell, candidate financial disclosure report (document)

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Candidate report covering January 1, 2024 through November 30, 2025, with January 6 and January 13, 2026 stamps; amendment checkbox is empty. Schedule C lists a $47,974 salary from Federal Housing Finance Agency, Chief of Staff in the current-year column. Schedule E identifies managing partner of J Mitchell Real Estate and partner of BAM Development and Bousselot & Mitchell Company, among other firms. Income-reporting periods do not establish service dates. SHA256 edd81304c8e6e69e74685f766e2ff01175bc3482dab64b6f6da77be6841aa288.

    official office record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; His homebuilding and business record; His former consulting work; His statement about never being a lobbyist

  5. Workforce Housing Tax Incentive awards, fund year 2024 (document)

    Iowa Economic Development Authority · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Awarded projects for fund year 2024. Lists BAM Development, LLC's Sunset St Development in Grinnell (16 units, $610,080 total credit) and Emerald Place Development in Clear Lake (30 units, $1,000,000). These are awards, not proof the homes were built or the credits claimed.

    official office record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; His homebuilding and business record

  6. Workforce Housing Tax Credit awards, September 2024 (document)

    Iowa Economic Development Authority · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Awards of September 2024. Lists Bousselot & Mitchell Company's 2nd Ave SE Dyersville Development (20 units, $949,800 total credit). An award, not proof the homes were built or the credit claimed.

    official office record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; His homebuilding and business record

  7. The Issueshttps://joemitchell.com/issues

    Joe Mitchell for Congress · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign issues page, sixteen sections from corporate PAC money to elections. Positions are attributed, not independently verified facts.

    candidate statement

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Corporate PAC money; Energy: what he voted for in the legislature

  8. Iowa House Journal, March 19, 2019, page 578 (document)

    Iowa Legislature · Published Mar 19, 2019 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Roll call on House File 700: ayes 97, nays none. James and Mitchell among the ayes.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Emergency refill bill passes the House

  9. House File 700 (2019), bill historyhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF700&ga=88

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Committee bill, formerly H.F. 447. Passed the House 97-0 on March 19, 2019 and the Senate, amended, 49-0 on April 9, 2019. The House did not take up the Senate amendment; status Passed Senate.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Emergency refill bill passes the House

  10. House File 700 (2019), bill text (document)

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The bill as the House passed it: "An Act relating to the refilling of a prescription in emergency situations". It amends Code section 155A.29(3) to allow one emergency refill of any prescription in twelve months, up to a thirty-day supply. It does not mention insulin; H.F. 447's insulin wording and insurance-coverage section were dropped in committee.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Emergency refill bill passes the House

  11. House File 2351 (2020), bill historyhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF2351&ga=88

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Mobile home park and manufactured home community bill introduced February 12, 2020 by sixteen members of both parties, Lohse first, with Mitchell third and James eleventh. A subcommittee recommended passage; no further action.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money

  12. Iowa House members, 88th General Assembly (2019-2020)https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/house?ga=88

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The Legislature's roster with each member's district and party. Used for the parties of House File 2351's sponsors: Lohse, Kaufmann, Mitchell and five others Republican, Judge, Matson, James and five others Democrat.

    official office record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money

  13. Iowa House Journal, May 18, 2021, pages 1162-1163 (document)

    Iowa Legislature · Published May 18, 2021 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Roll call on Senate File 619: ayes 64, nays 28, absent or not voting 8. Mitchell among the ayes; James among those absent or not voting.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Taxes: what he voted for in the legislature; Inheritance tax repeal passes the House

  14. 2021 Iowa Acts, chapter 177 (Senate File 619) (document)

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The enacted text. Among other changes it ends Iowa's inheritance tax for deaths on or after January 1, 2025.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Taxes: what he voted for in the legislature

  15. Iowa House Journal, February 24, 2022, page 421 (document)

    Iowa Legislature · Published Feb 24, 2022 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Final House vote on House File 2317 after concurring in the Senate amendment: ayes 61, nays 34. Mitchell among the ayes, James among the nays. Both voted the same way on first passage, February 16, 2022 (page 277).

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Taxes: what he voted for in the legislature; Flat income tax passes the House

  16. 2022 Iowa Acts, chapter 1002 (House File 2317) (document)

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The enacted text. Phases Iowa's individual income tax down to a single rate of 3.9 percent, exempts retirement income and cuts corporate rates.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Taxes: what he voted for in the legislature

  17. Iowa House Journal, April 5, 2022, pages 781-783 (document)

    Iowa Legislature · Published Apr 5, 2022 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Roll calls on House File 2562. Amendment H-8309: ayes 60, nays 37, James among the nays and Mitchell among the ayes. Passage: ayes 60, nays 37, both among the ayes.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Mobile home bill passes the House

  18. 2022 Iowa Acts, chapter 1070 (House File 2562) (document)

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The enacted text. Among other changes it lengthens the notice of a rent increase, and of cancelling a rental agreement, in a mobile home park from sixty to ninety days; adds section 562B.23A, letting a tenant recover costs or rent when a landlord fails to supply running water or other essential services; extends the period in which a tenant's complaint raises a presumption of retaliation from six months to a year; requires utility charges to be explained; and binds a buyer of a park to the existing rental agreements.

    official legislative record

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money

  19. JOE MITCHELL FOR CONGRESS, receipts from committeeshttps://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00918979&two_year_transaction_period=2026&is_individual=false

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Recipient-side committee receipts through June 30, 2026. The F3-11C query was fully cursor-paginated, 100 plus 41 rows. Previously classified entries include ten trade-association PACs ($48,000), CHS cooperative PAC ($2,000) and a membership-organization PAC ($5,000). These FEC categories differ from Corporation PAC. These bounded classification facts do not establish an unqualified overall finding on complete pledge compliance through the October debate.

    fec filing

    For: Background, goals, record and campaign money; Corporate PAC money

  20. Senate File 619 (2021), bill historyhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF619&ga=89

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Ways and Means bill. Passed the House 64-28 on May 18, 2021; signed June 16, 2021 as 2021 Iowa Acts, chapter 177.

    official legislative record

    For: Taxes: what he voted for in the legislature; Inheritance tax repeal passes the House

  21. House File 2317 (2022), bill historyhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF2317&ga=89

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Ways and Means bill. Passed the House 61-37 and, after a Senate amendment, 61-34; signed March 1, 2022 as 2022 Iowa Acts, chapter 1002.

    official legislative record

    For: Taxes: what he voted for in the legislature; Flat income tax passes the House

  22. October 1 debate, Joe Mitchell on current corporate pachttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxmmjLQ5-9M&t=1595s

    Iowa's News Now (KGAN/KFXA) · Published Oct 1, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Retained native-caption window 26:35.840-26:52.559. Statement paraphrased; a second matching transcript and exact quotation certification were not obtained.

    candidate statement

    For: Corporate PAC money

  23. Joe Mitchell for Congress, 2025 year-end filing (document)

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Named recipient-side filing used for the bounded recipient-side record comparison. It is not a complete finding of pledge compliance through the October debate.

    fec filing

    For: Corporate PAC money

  24. Joe Mitchell for Congress, amended April Quarterly 2026 (document)

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Named recipient-side filing used for the bounded recipient-side record comparison. It is not a complete finding of pledge compliance through the October debate.

    fec filing

    For: Corporate PAC money

  25. JOE MITCHELL FOR CONGRESS, July Quarterly 2026 (document)

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Principal campaign committee, May 14 to June 30, 2026, received July 15, 2026. Read from OpenFEC on October 1, 2026 as the latest report, not amended. The October Quarterly, through September 30, is due October 15. Independently re-read linked PDF October 7: detailed-summary pages 3/4, lines 16/22, Column B supplies election-cycle receipts/disbursements. Column A is only May 14-June 30. Summary page 2 cash/debt amounts are unchanged. Correction replaces period totals previously labeled as cycle totals; October 7 OpenFEC latest-report readback confirms this report identity and no amendment flag.

    fec filing

    For: Corporate PAC money; FEC filing snapshot

  26. Trinity Industries Employee PAC, 2025 year-end filing (document)

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Schedule B, page 57, reports a $1,000 December 12, 2025 contribution to Joe Mitchell for Congress, C00918979. Donor-side disbursement, not proof of recipient acceptance or a pledge violation.

    fec filing

    For: Corporate PAC money

  27. Trinity Industries Employee PAC, FEC committee classificationhttps://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00268904/?cycle=2026

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    FEC records C00268904 as a Corporation PAC. This classification concerns the donor committee, not proof of recipient acceptance.

    fec filing

    For: Corporate PAC money

  28. Iowa House Journal, March 3, 2020, page 422 (document)

    Iowa Legislature · Published Mar 3, 2020 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Roll call on Senate File 583: ayes 98, nays none. James and Mitchell among the ayes.

    official legislative record

    For: Energy: what he voted for in the legislature

  29. Senate File 583 (2019-2020), bill historyhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=SF583&ga=88

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Commerce Committee bill on billing for distributed generation. Passed the House 98-0 on March 3, 2020; signed March 12, 2020 as 2020 Iowa Acts, chapter 1004.

    official legislative record

    For: Energy: what he voted for in the legislature

  30. 2020 Iowa Acts, chapter 1004 (Senate File 583) (document)

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The enacted text. Sets the billing methods utilities may use for customers who generate their own power, credits them for power sent to the grid, and provides for a later value-of-solar rate.

    official legislative record

    For: Energy: what he voted for in the legislature

  31. Iowa House Journal, April 26, 2022, page 863 (document)

    Iowa Legislature · Published Apr 26, 2022 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Final House vote on House File 2128 after concurring in the Senate amendment: ayes 81, nays 13. Mitchell among the ayes.

    official legislative record

    For: Energy: what he voted for in the legislature

  32. House File 2128 (2022), bill historyhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF2128&ga=89

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Ways and Means bill on renewable fuels. Passed the House 82-10 and, after a Senate amendment, 81-13 on April 26, 2022; signed May 17, 2022 as 2022 Iowa Acts, chapter 1067.

    official legislative record

    For: Energy: what he voted for in the legislature

  33. 2022 Iowa Acts, chapter 1067 (House File 2128) (document)

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The enacted text. Among other changes it sets an E-15 access standard that requires retail gas stations, with exceptions and waivers, to sell E-15 gasoline.

    official legislative record

    For: Energy: what he voted for in the legislature

  34. October 1 debate, Joe Mitchell on built homeshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxmmjLQ5-9M&t=272s

    Iowa's News Now (KGAN/KFXA) · Published Oct 1, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Retained native-caption window 04:32.240-04:54.160. Statement paraphrased; a second matching transcript and exact quotation certification were not obtained.

    candidate statement

    For: His homebuilding and business record

  35. October 1 debate, Joe Mitchell on housing community residencehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxmmjLQ5-9M&t=2702s

    Iowa's News Now (KGAN/KFXA) · Published Oct 1, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Retained native-caption window 45:02.480-45:32.560. Statement paraphrased; a second matching transcript and exact quotation certification were not obtained.

    candidate statement

    For: His homebuilding and business record

  36. October 1 debate, Joe Mitchell on almost 100 homes employerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxmmjLQ5-9M&t=3182s

    Iowa's News Now (KGAN/KFXA) · Published Oct 1, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Retained native-caption window 53:02.880-53:21.599. Statement paraphrased; a second matching transcript and exact quotation certification were not obtained.

    candidate statement

    For: His homebuilding and business record

  37. Grinnell planning minutes, April 3, 2023https://www.grinnelliowa.gov/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Item/4675?fileID=2782

    City of Grinnell · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Public planning minutes document Mitchell's application-related development request. They do not establish completed housing or personal residence.

    official office record

    For: His homebuilding and business record

  38. October 1 debate, Joe Mitchell on prior state pachttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxmmjLQ5-9M&t=2054s

    Iowa's News Now (KGAN/KFXA) · Published Oct 1, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Retained native-caption window 34:14.399-34:42.240. Statement paraphrased; a second matching transcript and exact quotation certification were not obtained.

    candidate statement

    For: Earlier state corporate PAC contributions

  39. Anthem 2019 political contributions report (document)

    Anthem, Inc. · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Corporate donor's primary disclosure lists Rep. Joe Mitchell (R), $100, in Iowa. Donor disclosure, not a complete recipient receipt/refund ledger or evidence of influence over votes.

    original reporting

    For: Earlier state corporate PAC contributions

  40. October 1 debate, Joe Mitchell on employment timelinehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxmmjLQ5-9M&t=1570s

    Iowa's News Now (KGAN/KFXA) · Published Oct 1, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Retained native-caption window 26:10.159-27:06.000. Statement paraphrased; a second matching transcript and exact quotation certification were not obtained.

    candidate statement

    For: His former consulting work

  41. KAOH response carried in The Lever, September 18 reporthttps://www.levernews.com/this-pr-populist-is-quiet-about-his-data-center-past/

    The Lever (carrying KAOH's response) · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Used only for the attributed KAOH representative response that Mitchell performed no data-center work during his contract and KAOH did no such work then. Reporting allegations are not adopted as established facts.

    original reporting

    For: His former consulting work

  42. KAOH current services websitehttps://kaohmedia.com/sustainable-infrastructure/

    KAOH Media · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Current first-party service description does not date the start of data-center work or Mitchell's contract.

    original reporting

    For: His former consulting work

  43. October 1 debate, Joe Mitchell on not lobbyisthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxmmjLQ5-9M&t=1587s

    Iowa's News Now (KGAN/KFXA) · Published Oct 1, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Retained native-caption window 26:27.279-26:44.159. Statement paraphrased; a second matching transcript and exact quotation certification were not obtained.

    candidate statement

    For: His statement about never being a lobbyist

  44. Iowa registered lobbyists, session 88-1https://www.legis.iowa.gov/lobbyist/reports/searchLobby?ga=88&session=1&type=lobbyist

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Captured session registered-lobbyist list. Name-cell comparison limited to Joe/Joseph Mitchell in these eight 2019-2026 Iowa session lists; point-in-time references, not a lifetime activity census.

    official legislative record

    For: His statement about never being a lobbyist

  45. Iowa registered lobbyists, session 88-2https://www.legis.iowa.gov/lobbyist/reports/searchLobby?ga=88&session=2&type=lobbyist

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Captured session registered-lobbyist list. Name-cell comparison limited to Joe/Joseph Mitchell in these eight 2019-2026 Iowa session lists; point-in-time references, not a lifetime activity census.

    official legislative record

    For: His statement about never being a lobbyist

  46. Iowa registered lobbyists, session 89-1https://www.legis.iowa.gov/lobbyist/reports/searchLobby?ga=89&session=1&type=lobbyist

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Captured session registered-lobbyist list. Name-cell comparison limited to Joe/Joseph Mitchell in these eight 2019-2026 Iowa session lists; point-in-time references, not a lifetime activity census.

    official legislative record

    For: His statement about never being a lobbyist

  47. Iowa registered lobbyists, session 89-2https://www.legis.iowa.gov/lobbyist/reports/searchLobby?ga=89&session=2&type=lobbyist

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Captured session registered-lobbyist list. Name-cell comparison limited to Joe/Joseph Mitchell in these eight 2019-2026 Iowa session lists; point-in-time references, not a lifetime activity census.

    official legislative record

    For: His statement about never being a lobbyist

  48. Iowa registered lobbyists, session 90-1https://www.legis.iowa.gov/lobbyist/reports/searchLobby?ga=90&session=1&type=lobbyist

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Captured session registered-lobbyist list. Name-cell comparison limited to Joe/Joseph Mitchell in these eight 2019-2026 Iowa session lists; point-in-time references, not a lifetime activity census.

    official legislative record

    For: His statement about never being a lobbyist

  49. Iowa registered lobbyists, session 90-2https://www.legis.iowa.gov/lobbyist/reports/searchLobby?ga=90&session=2&type=lobbyist

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Captured session registered-lobbyist list. Name-cell comparison limited to Joe/Joseph Mitchell in these eight 2019-2026 Iowa session lists; point-in-time references, not a lifetime activity census.

    official legislative record

    For: His statement about never being a lobbyist

  50. Iowa registered lobbyists, session 91-1https://www.legis.iowa.gov/lobbyist/reports/searchLobby?ga=91&session=1&type=lobbyist

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Captured session registered-lobbyist list. Name-cell comparison limited to Joe/Joseph Mitchell in these eight 2019-2026 Iowa session lists; point-in-time references, not a lifetime activity census.

    official legislative record

    For: His statement about never being a lobbyist

  51. Iowa registered lobbyists, session 91-2https://www.legis.iowa.gov/lobbyist/reports/searchLobby?ga=91&session=2&type=lobbyist

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Captured session registered-lobbyist list. Name-cell comparison limited to Joe/Joseph Mitchell in these eight 2019-2026 Iowa session lists; point-in-time references, not a lifetime activity census.

    official legislative record

    For: His statement about never being a lobbyist

  52. Iowa lobbyist registration FAQhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/FAQ?action=lobbyist

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Defines registered-lobbyist listings as point-in-time references that update as entries change. A registry absence does not settle a lifetime claim about all activities or jurisdictions.

    official legislative record

    For: His statement about never being a lobbyist

  53. 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: Official candidate list updated

  54. House File 2562 (2022), bill historyhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF2562&ga=89

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Mobile home and manufactured housing bill. Passed the House 60-37 on April 5, 2022 and the Senate 32-16; signed May 17, 2022 as 2022 Iowa Acts, chapter 1070.

    official legislative record

    For: Mobile home bill passes the House