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U.S. House

Iowa
District 2

Election day: November 3, 2026

Four candidates are on the U.S. House ballot in Iowa's District 2.

Sabato's Crystal Ball: Toss-up

Ratings checked October 1, 2026

Updated October 10, 2026

At a glance

A quick look at the candidates

One stated goal, one checked action and the top committee funding for each candidate. Read the detailed guide for the rest.

What the funding line covers

Funding shows up to the two largest listed committee categories, without individual-donor conduit entries.

Record checked Oct 10, 2026. Money dates are shown separately.

Joe Mitchell

Republican

One stated goal Lower taxes for middle-class families and job creators, and a simpler tax code.

One checked action 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.

Campaign cash $895,564 on , principal committee only.

Listed committee funding Leadership PACs: $200,100; House: $70,000.

Through June 30, 2026. Cash above has its own date.

Funding scope

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.

Lindsay James

Democratic

One stated goal More homes built, with red tape cut, tariffs on building materials rolled back and down payment help for first-time buyers.

One checked action Introduced House File 447 with Rep. Andy McKean on emergency insulin. The committee widened it to emergency refills of any prescription as House File 700, which passed the House 97-0, with her vote, and the Senate 49-0, but did not become law.

Campaign cash $755,838 on , principal committee only.

Listed committee funding Labor Organization PACs: $95,000; PAC - Qualified: $33,000.

Through June 30, 2026. Cash above has its own date.

Funding scope

Lines 11B, 11C and 12 of her 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 $10,600.00, other committees $199,905.24, joint fundraising transfers $7,400.00. Donations individuals made through ActBlue are not in the table. The $250 from Iowa People's PAC was refunded in May 2026. The rows sum to 217,905.24 dollars.

Rick Stewart

Libertarian

One stated goal An end to the income tax, replaced by a tax on land value.

One checked action No official action is listed in this desk. The detailed guide explains the gap.

Campaign cash No campaign cash figure is included in this desk.

Listed committee funding No committee funding breakdown is included here.

Funding scope

There is no money table because the FEC lists no 2026 House campaign for him. A House candidate must register once he raises or spends more than $5,000; whether he has is not something the record shows.

Dave Bushaw

No Party

One stated goal Medicare for All, replacing premiums, copays and deductibles.

One checked action No official action is listed in this desk. The detailed guide explains the gap.

Campaign cash $11,570 on , principal committee only.

Listed committee funding Hybrid PAC (with Non-Contribution Account) - Qualified: $5,000.

Through June 30, 2026. Cash above has its own date.

Funding scope

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.

Who is running?

Printed ballot candidates

  • Joe MitchellRepublican
  • Lindsay JamesDemocratic
  • Rick StewartLibertarian
  • Dave BushawNo Party

Source: Iowa Secretary of State accepted candidate list

Checked October 1, 2026

Read the detailed guide, goals, actions and campaign funding

Voter guide

The candidates, side by side

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

How this guide is built

Background comes from government or official office records, and from the campaign's own biography where the bullet says so. Goals are summarized from each campaign's own platform page and stay attributed to the campaign. The record lines are official votes, sponsorships, and filings with the government source attached. Money is shown as filed, by the type the FEC records for the contributing committee, and is not evidence of why any position was taken. Money rows are itemized receipts from political committees; transfers from joint fundraising committees and the conduit entries for earmarked individual contributions sit on their own rows; other memo entries, reimbursements, and receipts from organizations that are not political committees are excluded; each candidate's note gives the filings it covers, and some notes also compare the rows with the campaign's own FEC summary.

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.

Lindsay James

Background

  • A Democratic state representative from Dubuque since 2019, now for House District 71.
  • An ordained Presbyterian minister who worked as a chaplain on college campuses before she ran for office, her campaign says.
  • Her campaign says she was PTA president at Irving Elementary in Dubuque and served on the city's Community Development Advisory Commission.

What they say they want to do

  • More homes built, with red tape cut, tariffs on building materials rolled back and down payment help for first-time buyers.
  • Child care costs capped as a share of family income, and national paid family and medical leave.
  • A Medicare buy-in at 55, Medicare negotiation of all drug prices, and the Medicaid cuts reversed.
  • No corporate PAC money, a ban on stock trading by members of Congress, and an amendment to overturn Citizens United.
  • A new farm bill and a national right-to-repair law for farm machinery.

What the official record shows

  • Introduced House File 447 with Rep. Andy McKean on emergency insulin. The committee widened it to emergency refills of any prescription as House File 700, which passed the House 97-0, with her vote, and the Senate 49-0, but did not become law.
  • Voted for House File 262, the emergency refill bill again, which passed the House 91-0, and House File 263, an insulin coverage bill, which passed 89-2. A Senate subcommittee recommended each; neither went further.
  • Voted against House File 2317, which became law and phases Iowa's income tax down to a single 3.9 percent rate.
  • Voted against the amendment that rewrote House File 2562, then for the bill, which became law and gives mobile home park tenants 90 days' notice of a rent increase.
  • Introduced House File 658 on insurance coverage for insulin, the fifth insulin bill she has sponsored since 2019. It was referred to committee and went no further.

Campaign money from other committees, by type

Labor Organization PACs 13 committees$95,000
PAC - Qualified 7 committees$33,000
Leadership PACs 7 committees$27,500
Hybrid PAC (with Non-Contribution Account) - Qualified 4 committees$20,255
Membership Organization PACs 3 committees$11,500
Party committees 3 committees$10,600
House 5 committees$10,400
Transfers and contributions from joint fundraising committees 1 committee$7,400
Senate 1 committee$2,000
Committees the FEC records no type for 1 committee$250

Source: Federal Election Commission

Lines 11B, 11C and 12 of her 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 $10,600.00, other committees $199,905.24, joint fundraising transfers $7,400.00. Donations individuals made through ActBlue are not in the table. The $250 from Iowa People's PAC was refunded in May 2026. The rows sum to 217,905.24 dollars.

Rick Stewart

Background

  • Lives in Cedar Rapids and has run as a Libertarian for governor in 2022, the U.S. Senate in 2020 and secretary of agriculture in 2018.
  • He stayed on the ballot after a challenge to his nomination papers, which used Richard where his affidavit used Rick; a district judge ruled for him on August 1.
  • No 2026 campaign site was found. The site at his filed email domain is from his 2022 race for governor.

What they say they want to do

  • An end to the income tax, replaced by a tax on land value.
  • A monthly basic income for every citizen 18 and older in place of every assistance program, funded by redirecting payroll taxes.
  • Lifetime green cards sold at auction to vetted immigrants.
  • A universal carbon tax, paid back to people per head.
  • The elimination of all nuclear weapons.

What the official record shows

He has never held public office, so there are no votes or official acts to list. His past races are results, not a record of conduct, and his 2026 statements make no claim about a record of his own.

Campaign money from other committees, by type

There is no money table because the FEC lists no 2026 House campaign for him. A House candidate must register once he raises or spends more than $5,000; whether he has is not something the record shows.

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.

Race outlook

How an approved rating source sees this race

Categories are ordered judgments, not win probabilities. A rating appears only when that publisher allows the use.

  • Sabato's Crystal BallToss-up

    Sabato's Crystal Ball assessed this Sep 29, 2026; checked Oct 1, 2026.

Sabato's Crystal Ball allows this rating to be used with credit, so their name and date stay on the row. A Stated Record comparison is added only when two or more approved ratings are current. The rule is in Methodology.

What to know

The race in context

  • Lindsay James's Democratic primary win set up a November race against Republican Joe Mitchell, KCRG reported.

    As of Oct 1, 2026.

Latest record

Updates to this race desk.

Public statement

James's steel plant tax credit vote checked

In the October 8 Iowa PBS debate, Lindsay James confirmed she voted for the steel plant incentive bill. The House Journal lists her among the 75 ayes on House File 2801, passed October 2 in a one-day special session and signed that day.

Named in this record: Lindsay James

Public statement

Iowa debate checks cover cross-party work, consulting and PAC records

Named cross-party examples back James’s policy work from 2019 through 2025; her every-year claim through 2026 is still open. Her housing, worker and health-care checks separate proposals and advocacy from results. Mitchell’s consulting timeline and never-lobbyist statement carry source limits. A donor reports a contribution not found in the recipient filings we reviewed; the report does not show acceptance or a pledge violation.

Named in this record: Lindsay James, Joe Mitchell

Public statement

James's housing proposals checked, annual claim remains open

Official records name James on workforce-housing, renovation-grant and housing-tax-credit proposals in 2020 and 2023. The bills' histories show none passed. Yearly and bipartisan work, and adoption through other bills, are still open.

Named in this record: Lindsay James

Public statement

James's support for Whirlpool workers checked

A February legislators' letter and a union's March report naming her at a rally document James's support for Whirlpool workers. The check makes no finding on picket-line attendance, tariff effects or jobs saved.

Named in this record: Lindsay James

Public statement

James's bipartisan examples checked, annual claim still open

Official Iowa records show selected cross-party policy examples from 2021, 2023 and 2024. Two stayed proposals; one terminology resolution was adopted. They do not verify James's claim of bipartisan policy work every year.

Named in this record: Lindsay James

Public statement

James's tips and overtime committee votes checked

The Iowa House Journal names Lindsay James among the April 2025 committee Yeas on tips and overtime income-tax proposals. The bills stayed in committee. The Social Security part of her debate claim is still open.

Named in this record: Lindsay James

Candidate records

The field, without the campaign gloss

Current public roles come from government sources. Campaign-finance IDs come from the FEC.

Republican

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.

FEC candidate
H6IA02237
Principal committee
C00918979

Public profiles

  • X @joemitchelliowaPublic profile linked by the campaign site. A profile link is not a complete historical archive.
  • Facebook Profile linked by the campaign site by number, with no named handle.
  • Instagram: not foundThe campaign site links only X and Facebook.

Democratic

Lindsay James

State representative for Iowa House District 71, in Dubuque, serving since 2019.

FEC candidate
H6IA02211
Principal committee
C00916452

Public profiles

  • X @lindsay4iowaPublic profile linked by the campaign site. A profile link is not a complete historical archive.
  • Instagram @lindsay4iowaPublic profile linked by the campaign site. A profile link is not a complete historical archive.
  • Facebook lindsayjamesIAPublic profile linked by the campaign site. A profile link is not a complete historical archive.

Libertarian

Rick Stewart

Holds no public office. Lives in Cedar Rapids and has run as a Libertarian for governor, U.S. Senate and secretary of agriculture.

Public profiles

  • X @rickstewartLinked from his 2022 site for governor; no 2026 campaign site was found.
  • Facebook IowaRickLinked from his 2022 site for governor; no 2026 campaign site was found.
  • Instagram: not foundHis 2022 site links no Instagram account, and no 2026 campaign site was found.

No Party

Dave Bushaw

Holds no public office. A farmer and labor organizer from Hawkeye.

FEC candidate
H6IA02260
Principal committee
C00926360

Public profiles

  • X @Dave_BushawPublic profile linked by the campaign site. A profile link is not a complete historical archive.
  • Instagram @BushawforCongressPublic profile linked by the campaign site. A profile link is not a complete historical archive.
  • Facebook BushawforCongressPublic profile linked by the campaign site. A profile link is not a complete historical archive.

Profile links show what is public now, not a complete archive. Each was confirmed through the campaign site unless a note says otherwise.

How social posts are used

Individual social posts enter the evidence record only with a post URL, date, context, and review note.

Issue comparison

What each campaign says

Each campaign's own positions, not promises The Stated Record has verified or endorsed.

Taxes

Mitchell's campaign backs middle-class tax cuts and simpler taxes; James's backs a bigger child tax credit and no tax on tips, overtime or Social Security. Stewart's would swap the income tax for a land tax; Bushaw's backs a payroll tax for universal health care. Mitchell voted for two tax-cut laws. James voted for a steel plant tax credit law, and in committee for tips and overtime bills that never reached a floor vote and do not cover Social Security.

What each campaign says

Joe Mitchell

He says he will cut taxes for middle-class families and job creators and simplify the tax code.

Lindsay James

Wants a larger, fully refundable child tax credit funded by higher contributions from wealthy people and large corporations. In the debate, supported no tax on tips, overtime or Social Security. Her tips and overtime committee votes are documented; the Social Security vote portion of the claim is not settled.

Rick Stewart

He wants to end the income tax and replace it with a tax on the value of land, which he called the fairest tax of all.

Dave Bushaw

His platform proposes a payroll tax to fund universal health care in place of premiums and deductibles. It states no other tax position.

Housing

Mitchell's campaign backs fewer home-building rules; James's backs less red tape, lower tariffs on building materials and down payment help. Stewart's campaign lists no housing position on the pages checked; Bushaw's backs an FTC probe of private equity buying homes. On the record, Mitchell's firms have state awards for 66 units, not a count of finished homes. James voted for a 2022 mobile-home tenant law, and her own housing bills did not pass.

What each campaign says

Joe Mitchell

He says over-regulation and a shortage of homes for sale have priced out buyers, and that deregulating home building would let builders build more for less.

Lindsay James

She wants to cut red tape and roll back tariffs on building materials to build millions of homes, and to give first-time buyers down payment help.

Rick Stewart

No housing position was found. His 2026 Soapbox speech, as reported, did not address it, and his only site is from his 2022 race for governor.

Dave Bushaw

He wants the FTC to investigate private equity buying up homes, rentals, trailer parks and nursing homes, and a new law separating commercial and investment banking.

Health care

Mitchell's campaign backs lower costs, more choice and key Affordable Care Act protections; James's backs a Medicare buy-in at 55 and reversing Medicaid cuts. Stewart's campaign would turn payroll taxes into a basic income; Bushaw's backs Medicare for All. On the record, James voted for a 2024 pharmacy law allowing the emergency refills she sought; her insulin coverage bills never became law. The record does not settle her account of naming Amerigroup over denied care.

What each campaign says

Joe Mitchell

He wants lower costs and more choice while keeping key protections from the Affordable Care Act, and drug and insulin prices in line with other developed countries.

Lindsay James

She wants to lower the Medicare buy-in age to 55, let Medicare negotiate all drug prices, reverse Medicaid cuts and restore Roe v. Wade.

Rick Stewart

He wants to redirect the payroll taxes that fund Social Security and Medicare, with other assistance programs, into a monthly basic income for every citizen 18 and older.

Dave Bushaw

He backs Medicare for All as written in the Sanders, Jayapal and Dingell bills, replacing premiums, copays and deductibles with a payroll tax.

Immigration and the border

Mitchell's campaign backs border security, deporting criminal illegal immigrants and a temporary H-1B ban; James's backs more border spending and a path to citizenship for working, taxpaying immigrants. Stewart's campaign backs green-card auctions for vetted immigrants; Bushaw's backs strong borders and a path to citizenship for workers who are not criminals. On the record, James cosponsored a 2025 Iowa House resolution urging Congress to pass a citizenship bill for some adoptees; it changes no law.

What each campaign says

Joe Mitchell

He wants to secure the border, deport criminal illegal immigrants and reform immigration law, and supports a temporary ban on H-1B visas.

Lindsay James

She wants more spending on border security, more immigration judges, a path to citizenship for working, taxpaying immigrants, and new leadership and training at ICE.

Rick Stewart

He wants vetted immigrants to bid for lifetime green cards at auction, and citizens rather than the government to decide refugee and humanitarian cases.

Dave Bushaw

He says strong borders are necessary, and wants a legal path to citizenship for undocumented workers who are not criminals, with English classes.

Money in politics and ethics

Mitchell's and James's campaigns pledge no corporate PAC money and back term limits; James's backs overturning Citizens United. Stewart's campaign lists no 2026 position on this topic on the pages checked; Bushaw's backs limiting election spending to individuals. On the record, a corporate PAC reports giving Mitchell's campaign $1,000, which his filings do not show. James's campaign took $500 from a corporate PAC before her first dated pledge and kept it through June 2026.

What each campaign says

Joe Mitchell

He says he takes no corporate PAC money, and supports term limits of twelve years in each chamber and a full ban on stock and prediction-market trading by members of Congress.

Lindsay James

She says she will never take corporate PAC money, and wants a congressional stock-trading ban, a ban on members becoming lobbyists, term limits and an amendment to overturn Citizens United.

Rick Stewart

No 2026 position was found. As reported, he told voters not to vote for a Republican or a Democrat. His 2022 site for governor backed ranked-choice voting.

Dave Bushaw

He wants a ban on stock trading by members of Congress, a constitutional amendment limiting election spending to individuals, national citizen referendums and a larger House.

Farming

Mitchell's campaign backs fewer farm rules, wider global market access and more U.S.-made fertilizer; James's backs a new farm bill, conservation and ending tariffs she says cost farmers their markets. Stewart's campaign would replace farm subsidies with a basic income; Bushaw's backs labor rights for farm workers. On the record, James cosponsored a 2020 bill to raise a state resource protection fund that sends about a fifth to soil and water; it did not pass.

What each campaign says

Joe Mitchell

He wants fewer regulations on farms, wider access to global markets and more fertilizer made at home.

Lindsay James

She wants a new farm bill, a national right-to-repair law, support for conservation practices and an end to the tariffs she says have cost farmers their markets.

Rick Stewart

He said farm subsidies would end along with every other assistance program, replaced by a basic income.

Dave Bushaw

He wants federal labor protections for farm workers, including the right to unionize, and says private equity is buying up farmland. His platform has no farm-program proposals.

Energy and utility costs

Mitchell's campaign backs every energy source to lower costs; James's backs fast-tracking new energy and holding utilities responsible for price gouging. Stewart's campaign backs a carbon tax refunded to everyone; Bushaw's backs letting states and towns regulate data centers. On the record, Mitchell voted for laws crediting self-made power like solar and requiring E-15 sales; neither tests other sources he names. James voted for a 2026 nuclear tax cut law that sets no utility rates.

What each campaign says

Joe Mitchell

He wants every source used, from oil, gas, coal and nuclear to hydro, solar and wind, to lower costs and reach energy independence.

Lindsay James

She wants new energy sources fast-tracked to bring utility costs down, and big utilities held responsible for price gouging.

Rick Stewart

He wants a universal carbon tax, with the money paid back to every person in participating countries.

Dave Bushaw

He wants states and towns to keep the power to regulate data centers, which he links to rising utility bills.

Words and record

Where statements meet official action

Each card sets one thing a candidate says beside their own official record, with one label from a fixed list and its limit. No card says why someone did something.

How the cards work

The number of cards varies with what each candidate's official record supports, and every card carries the same required parts: what they say, what the official record shows, one label from the fixed list, and its limit. Each card is labeled narrowly, by rule. A single vote, sponsorship, or filing can match one claim without proving a candidate's whole record.

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.

Read the full check

Quotes, full record and limits

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.

Read the full check

Quotes, full record and limits

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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Quotes, full record and limits

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.

Not comparable yet

What they say

Her campaign describes work across party lines on affordable insulin. In the October 1 debate, James described a reputation for challenging insurers and drug companies that denied care to constituents.

What the record shows ·

Emergency refills became law in a wider 2024 bill, but her insulin-coverage bills did not. Cheaper insulin from her work is unshown; these sources do not audit every insurer confrontation.

Read the full check

Quotes, full record and limits

What they say

Her campaign describes work across party lines on affordable insulin. In the October 1 debate, James described a reputation for challenging insurers and drug companies that denied care to constituents.

What the record shows ·

In 2019 she and Rep. Andy McKean introduced House File 447 on emergency insulin. The committee widened it to emergency refills of any prescription as House File 700. It passed the House 97-0 with her vote and the Senate, amended, 49-0, but the House never took up the amendment. In 2021 the same refill bill passed the House 91-0 as House File 262, with her vote. She also voted for House File 263, an insulin coverage bill that passed 89-2. Neither got past a Senate subcommittee. In 2023 and 2024 she voted for House File 555, now law, which lets pharmacists refill a prescription without the prescriber's approval under Board of Pharmacy rules. Four more insulin bills she sponsored, from 2020 to 2025, got no further than referral. She also introduced HF 2508 in February 2022 on emergency prescription refills and associated insurance coverage; its history records referral to Commerce.

Limit: The refill access she first sought became law in 2024, in a wider pharmacy bill that does not name insulin. The cost half has no law behind it: none of her insulin coverage bills passed, so the record does not show Iowans getting cheaper insulin from her work. These legislative records document health-access work; they do not independently establish her reputation, every confrontation with an insurer or drug company, or privately reported constituent outcomes.

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What they say

Her campaign describes work across party lines to protect mobile-home residents. In the October 1 debate, James said she fought for residents against private-equity owners and described purchases across mobile-home communities, nursing homes, storage units and assisted-living facilities.

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She backed 90-day rent-increase notice in 2022. Her later rent and lease protections remain proposals; legislative sources do not verify the private-equity purchases she described.

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Her campaign describes work across party lines to protect mobile-home residents. In the October 1 debate, James said she fought for residents against private-equity owners and described purchases across mobile-home communities, nursing homes, storage units and assisted-living facilities.

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In 2020 she was one of sixteen sponsors, from both parties, of House File 2351 on mobile home park tenants; a subcommittee recommended it and it went no further. In 2022 she voted against the amendment that rewrote House File 2562, then for the bill, which became law. It gives tenants 90 days' notice of a rent increase or a cancelled lease, up from 60, remedies when a landlord fails to supply water or other essential services, and longer protection against retaliation. Her own bills went no further: House File 2337 (2024), 180 days' notice and a public justification for a rent increase; House File 2432 (2024), attorney general enforcement; House File 481 (2025), one rent increase per calendar year with insurance/infrastructure exceptions, which a subcommittee recommended; and House File 482 (2025), ending a lease only for a serious breach. She was first sponsor of the 2024 bills and one of two on the 2025 ones.

Why there is no assessment here

Her legislative activity is documented. The cited bills and votes do not independently establish the described private-equity purchases across the named sectors; that purchase assertion remains source-limited.

Limit: The law she voted for does not limit how often rent can rise or make a landlord justify an increase, which her own bills sought and did not get. HF 481 is a proposed frequency restriction with exceptions, not an enacted rent-price ceiling; HF 482 concerns termination for material lease violations. Those landlord-conduct proposals apply regardless of private-equity ownership.

No assessment

What they say

Her campaign says she will never take corporate PAC money.

What the record shows ·

Her committee took $500 from a corporation's PAC in December 2025, before the earliest dated pledge found, and had not returned it as of June 30, 2026.

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What they say

Her campaign says she will never take corporate PAC money.

“will never take corporate PAC money”

What the record shows ·

Her committee took $500 from O'Neill and Associates PAC on December 14, 2025. That PAC's latest statement of organization, filed in 2009, says it is the separate fund of a corporation, O'Neill and Associates of Boston. The gift came before the earliest dated pledge found, on April 2, 2026; a pledge before the gift is not established. Her reports through June 30, 2026 show it was not returned. No other committee that gave to her is recorded by the FEC as a corporation's PAC; the largest share of her committee money is from labor unions.

Why there is no assessment here

The gift was taken before the earliest dated pledge found and was not returned through June 30, 2026. Her report due October 15, the first that could show a refund, has not been read.

Limit: One $500 gift out of $217,905 from committees, taken before her earliest dated pledge found and kept after it. The FEC's searchable record lists no type for this PAC; its paper filing does.

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What they say

Her campaign says Congress should create a path to citizenship for working, taxpaying people in the country.

What the record shows ·

In 2025 she cosponsored an Iowa House resolution asking Congress to pass the Adoptee Citizenship Act. A resolution does not change the law, and the act covers only certain adoptees.

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Her campaign says Congress should create a path to citizenship for working, taxpaying people in the country.

“create a path to citizenship for hard working, taxpaying people in this country”

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In 2025 she was one of 24 sponsors, from both parties, of House Resolution 14. It asks the President and Congress to pass the Adoptee Citizenship Act, for people born abroad and adopted by U.S. citizens who were already 18 or older themselves when the Child Citizenship Act of 2000 took effect. The Iowa House adopted it on March 27, 2025.

Limit: A resolution is a request to Congress and does not change the law. It covers only these adoptees, not the wider path to citizenship she calls for.

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What they say

Her campaign says the country should invest in farm practices such as cover crops, wetlands and prairies to improve soil and protect water.

What the record shows ·

In 2020 she cosponsored a bill to raise the state's REAP fund from $20 million to $25 million a year; about a fifth goes to soil and water, and the bill did not pass.

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Her campaign says the country should invest in farm practices such as cover crops, wetlands and prairies to improve soil and protect water.

“Invest in sustainable agriculture practices like cover crops, wetlands, and prairies to increase soil health and protect water quality.”

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In 2020 she was one of 36 sponsors of House File 2342, which would have raised the yearly amount state law sets for the state's Resource Enhancement and Protection fund from $20 million to $25 million. State law sends about a fifth of that fund to soil and water programs. The bill went to the Appropriations Committee and no further.

Limit: The bill did not pass. Most of the fund goes to parks, open space and other uses, not farm practices.

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What they say

Her campaign says new energy sources should be fast-tracked to bring down utility costs, and big utilities held responsible for price gouging.

What the record shows ·

In April 2026 she voted for a bill, now law, ending Iowa sales tax on building, repairing or restarting nuclear plants. It sets no utility rates, and her price-gouging call was not tested.

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Her campaign says new energy sources should be fast-tracked to bring down utility costs, and big utilities held responsible for price gouging.

“fast track innovative new sources of energy to bring down utilities costs”

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On April 15, 2026 she voted for House File 2757, which passed the House 94-1. It exempts from Iowa sales tax the goods and services used to build, repair or restart a nuclear power plant. She was absent for the final House vote on April 30, after the Senate changed the bill; the governor signed it on June 1, 2026.

Limit: The law cuts taxes on nuclear plant projects; it does not set utility rates. Her call to hold utilities responsible for price gouging was not tested.

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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.

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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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.

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What they say

In the October 1 Iowa's News Now debate, James said she supports no tax on Social Security benefits, tips or overtime and had voted for a piece of Iowa legislation supporting those positions.

What the record shows ·

In 2025 she voted in committee for bills to cut state tax on tips and overtime; neither passed the House or covers Social Security, and no single bill on all three was found.

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In the October 1 Iowa's News Now debate, James said she supports no tax on Social Security benefits, tips or overtime and had voted for a piece of Iowa legislation supporting those positions.

What the record shows ·

The April 17, 2025 House Journal records James among 24 Yeas, no Nays and one excused on two April 16 Ways and Means committee recommendations: an overtime exclusion, formerly HF 110, and an amended tip exclusion, formerly HF 268. The proposals became HF 1024 and HF 1030. The latter would deduct up to $25,000 of qualified tips for net income below $155,000, only in years without a corresponding federal deduction. Both official histories checked October 4 end with rereferral to Ways and Means on May 15, 2025, without floor passage or enactment. Iowa Code 422.7(8) already subtracts federally taxable Social Security benefits; that provision is institutional tax law, not a record of a particular vote by James.

Limit: These are two committee votes, not one three-topic full-House vote or enacted relief. HF 1024 concerns specified overtime beginning in 2026; HF 1030 also has occupation conditions. Existing Social Security tax treatment does not establish her individual legislative-vote claim. The identified votes corroborate committee support on tips and overtime. A particular James vote on Social Security, or one bill covering all three named subjects, is not settled here because it was not identified. That gap does not establish that she never voted on Social Security.

No assessment

What they say

In the October 1 debate, James described putting forward policies with colleagues across party lines every year in the Iowa legislature.

What the record shows ·

Named cross-party examples cover 2019-2025. A substantive 2026 example was not identified, so the literal every-year assertion remains unverified.

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What they say

In the October 1 debate, James described putting forward policies with colleagues across party lines every year in the Iowa legislature.

What the record shows ·

Named cross-party examples span 2019 through 2025: emergency-insulin HF 447 (2019, with Andy McKean before his April 23 party switch), mobile-home HF 2351 (2020), nonprofit-food-bank tax HF 579 (2021), Ukraine-support HR 108 (2022), magistrate-retirement-age HF 528 (2023), brain-health terminology HR 102 (2024) and adoptee-citizenship HR 14 (2025). Official sponsor lists and contemporaneous party records support these examples. HR 108 was adopted March 8, 2022; HR 102 on January 17, 2024; HR 14 on March 27, 2025. HF 579 and HF 528 remained proposals in the captured histories.

Why there is no assessment here

The literal every-year assertion through the October 2026 debate is not established: no additional substantive cross-party policy example for 2026 was identified in the captured sponsor/amendment records. That gap does not prove she did no bipartisan work in 2026.

Limit: Bills and nonbinding policy resolutions are distinct records. Sponsorship establishes participation, not that every proposal passed, every negotiation she joined, a federal farm-bill result or a future vote in Congress. The brain-health resolution did not itself change treatment or fund services.

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What they say

In the October 1 debate, James said she had fought every year on affordable housing policies, including bipartisan work, and pointed to protections for mobile-home residents.

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Proposals and a mobile-home-law vote document housing work in 2020-2025, including cross-party activity. Specific 2019 and 2026 actions remain unestablished.

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In the October 1 debate, James said she had fought every year on affordable housing policies, including bipartisan work, and pointed to protections for mobile-home residents.

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Separate from her mobile-home bills, James was a named sponsor of HF 2610 on March 5, 2020, proposing a rise in the annual workforce-housing tax-credit allocation ceiling from $25 million to $30 million. On April 10, 2023 she was among the sponsors of HF 693, proposing $50 million for qualifying homeowners' exterior repairs, and HF 697, proposing a low-income housing tax credit and larger first-time homebuyer savings deductions. The three bills' histories record introduction and committee referral, without passage or enactment. Other housing records include the cross-party 2020 mobile-home HF 2351, her 2021 eviction/foreclosure-prevention HF 657 proposal, her final vote for the 2022 mobile-home law HF 2562, and mobile-home proposals in 2024 and 2025. The April 5, 2022 journal records her among the 60 final-passage ayes on HF 2562, separate from her vote against its preceding amendment; the history records signature on May 17, 2022.

Why there is no assessment here

Specific affordable-housing actions for 2019 and 2026 were not established from the captured sponsor indexes. The exact every-year assertion remains unverified without inferring that other advocacy was absent.

Limit: These records establish repeated work in 2020-2025 and specific cross-party participation, not homes built, delivered repair grants, lower rents or cross-party work in each year. Introduced bills and the enacted 2022 mobile-home law remain separate.

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What they say

In the October 1 debate, James described time on worker picket lines, standing with Whirlpool workers facing job losses, and linked corporate relocation decisions to tariff policy.

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A signed February 2026 letter and IAM's rally attendance account document support. They do not establish strike-picket attendance, jobs saved or tariff causation.

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In the October 1 debate, James described time on worker picket lines, standing with Whirlpool workers facing job losses, and linked corporate relocation decisions to tariff policy.

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A February 26, 2026 letter lists James among Iowa legislators asking Whirlpool to reconsider planned layoffs at its Amana plant. In a March 10 report, IAM Union names her among elected officials and candidates who joined workers at a solidarity rally co-hosted by IAM District 6 and the Hawkeye Area Labor Council. The letter and the organizer's account document these two acts of support.

Limit: The letter and organizer account document these acts of support. March 10 is the report publication date; the report does not establish the rally's exact date. The organizer's solidarity rally is not proof of strike-picket attendance or her wider picket-line history. These records do not establish jobs saved, the company's response or tariff causation for each relocation decision.

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What they say

In the October 1 debate, James described serving in the Iowa legislature and working as a chaplain; she also described herself as an ordained pastor in her closing.

What the record shows

The legislature lists service since 2019 and an official biography identifies an ordained pastor and inter-religious chaplain; current full-time employment is outside this check.

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In the October 1 debate, James described serving in the Iowa legislature and working as a chaplain; she also described herself as an ordained pastor in her closing.

What the record shows

The legislature lists James as a Democratic representative for District 71 in the 2025-2026 assembly, with House service beginning in 2019. Its earlier official biography identifies her as an ordained Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) pastor and inter-religious chaplain.

Limit: This checks the public roles stated in the official biography. It does not establish current full-time chaplain employment, every pastoral anecdote or service already completed through the end of the 2025-2027 term.

No assessment

What they say

In the October 1 debate, James said she had held 54 public town halls across the district.

What the record shows

Her campaign said more than 50 immediately before the debate, but no complete held-event list establishes exactly 54.

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What they say

In the October 1 debate, James said she had held 54 public town halls across the district.

What the record shows

Her September 30 campaign anti-corruption plan says she had held more than 50 town halls. The campaign news archive lists district appearances, including a Tama County town-hall tour and a Mason City appearance, but does not provide a complete, deduplicated record of 54 held town halls.

Why there is no assessment here

The exact count of 54 is not independently established. A complete dated event list, held/canceled status and counting cutoff are needed.

Limit: Announcements, meet-and-greets and held town halls are different records. A campaign-published aggregate is not an independently enumerated event list.

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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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, James described working hard in the Iowa legislature to balance a budget and supporting fiscal responsibility.

What the record shows

Iowa requires a balanced governor’s budget; James named no bill, fiscal year or personal action, leaving her particular participation unidentified.

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What they say

In the October 1 debate, James described working hard in the Iowa legislature to balance a budget and supporting fiscal responsibility.

What the record shows

Iowa Code 8.3(3) assigns the governor preparation of a balanced budget of revenues and expenditures for each regular legislative session. James's official member page and sponsor indexes document legislative service and proposals, but the answer does not identify a particular budget bill, amendment, negotiation or fiscal year.

Why there is no assessment here

The answer does not identify a budget bill, fiscal year or personal action; a particular record of her participation remains unidentified.

Limit: The balanced-budget requirement is institutional context, not evidence of her personal budget achievement. The existence of a balanced budget neither establishes nor disproves her participation, and no sole responsibility or complete voting-history finding is made.

No assessment

What they say

In the October 1 debate, James said she named Amerigroup in the legislature over a constituent's denied care.

What the record shows

Her public interview repeats the account, but an official floor-speech capture and independent restoration record were not obtained.

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In the October 1 debate, James said she named Amerigroup in the legislature over a constituent's denied care.

What the record shows

A July 29 Iowa Podcast interview carries James's account of naming Amerigroup in a House-floor speech, then speaking with its lobbyist. She recounts a next-day statement that decisions would be reversed and the constituent's healthcare restored. The host labels the transcript AI-assisted and directs readers to the video.

Why there is no assessment here

The original floor-speech date and official capture, denial record and completed service-restoration record are not established by the captured public sources. No private medical records were sought.

Limit: The transcript is a public first-person account, not an independent patient, insurer or official speech record. Exact spoken wording was not audio-certified, and a promised reversal does not prove completed restoration.

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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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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.

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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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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.

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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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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.

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What they say

In the October 8 Iowa PBS debate, James confirmed she voted for the state's steel plant incentive package and called it an economic opportunity for good-paying jobs.

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The House Journal lists her among the 75 ayes on the October 2, 2026 bill that lets one rural-county business get tax credits worth up to 10 percent of its qualifying investment; it is law.

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In the October 8 Iowa PBS debate, James confirmed she voted for the state's steel plant incentive package and called it an economic opportunity for good-paying jobs.

“This is one of those economic opportunities for good paying jobs.”

What the record shows ·

On October 2, 2026, in a one-day special session, the Iowa House passed House File 2801 75-17, with James among the ayes. The bill lets the state give one business in a rural county a tax credit of up to 10 percent of its qualifying investment, paid over ten years. Legislative staff's fiscal note, citing the governor's office, says the change is for a Mesabi Metallics steel plant. The Senate passed it 28-19 and the governor signed it the same day.

Limit: This checks her vote, not the plant. The credit is paid only once the project, or a set part of it, is in service and at least half the jobs tied to that part are on the payroll at the required wage.

Campaign finance

FEC snapshot through Jun 30, 2026

Principal campaign committees only. Receipts and disbursements are the election-cycle-to-date figures, Column B on each filing's summary page; cash on hand and debt are period-end figures. All are carried by reports covering the same period. Money is not a score of candidate quality or voter support.

CandidateCycle receiptsCycle disbursementsCash on handDebt owed
Joe MitchellC00918979$1,938,593$1,043,029$895,564$50,000
Lindsay JamesC00916452$1,628,201$872,363$755,838$0
Dave BushawC00926360$26,117$14,547$11,570$4,858
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Joe Mitchell: July Quarterly 2026, coverage May 14, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026, received Jul 15, 2026, file 1993877, image 202607159875139995.

Lindsay James: July Quarterly 2026, coverage May 14, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026, received Jul 15, 2026, file 1996080, image 202607159875780886.

Dave Bushaw: July Quarterly 2026, coverage May 14, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026, received Jul 13, 2026, file 1990863, image 202607139874899034.

Retrieved from OpenFEC on Oct 1, 2026, and confirmed unchanged on Oct 7, 2026. FEC amendments can revise these committee-reported figures.

Chronology

How the field took shape

  1. 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.

  2. James joins workforce-housing tax-credit proposal

    HF 2610 names James among its sponsors and proposes raising the annual program allocation ceiling from $25 million to $30 million. It was introduced and referred to Ways and Means.

  3. James joins bipartisan food-bank tax proposal

    Named among the sponsors of HF 579 with Sandy Salmon. The bill would exempt qualifying nonprofit food-bank purchases used for a charitable purpose from sales and use tax. Its recorded action is introduction and referral, not enactment.

  4. 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.

  5. 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. 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.

  7. James joins bipartisan magistrate retirement proposal

    Named among HF 528 sponsors with Jon Dunwell. It proposes a retirement age of 78 for judicial magistrates. The captured history records introduction and referral, not passage or law.

  8. James joins housing renovation and tax-credit proposals

    HF 693 names her among sponsors of a proposed $50 million renovation-grant program; HF 697 names her among sponsors of a proposed low-income housing credit and larger first-time homebuyer savings deductions. Both were introduced and referred to committee.

  9. Pharmacy bill passes the House

    House File 555 passed its final House vote 87-9, with James voting for it. It became law and lets pharmacists refill a prescription without the prescriber's approval under Board of Pharmacy rules.

  10. James supports tips and overtime exclusions in committee

    James voted Yea on Ways and Means recommendations for bills that became HF 1024 and HF 1030. Each committee vote was 24-0, with one excused. The bills remained in committee; these were not House floor votes.

  11. Mitchell named HUD regional administrator

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

  12. James's committee receives $500 from O'Neill and Associates PAC

    Her year-end report lists $500 from O'Neill and Associates PAC, a corporation's separate fund.

  13. James listed on letter asking Whirlpool to reconsider layoffs

    The joint Iowa legislators' letter names her among signatories asking the company to reconsider planned layoffs at the Amana plant. The letter records a request, not a company response or jobs retained.

  14. James pledges to reject corporate PAC money

    Her campaign's release on an End Citizens United endorsement quotes her: "I'm rejecting corporate PAC money." It is the earliest dated pledge found.

  15. Stewart files for the ballot

    The Secretary of State's candidate list gives June 2, 2026 as Rick Stewart's filing date as the Libertarian candidate for the 2nd District.

  16. 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.

  17. Steel plant tax credit bill passes the House

    House File 2801 passed 75-17 in a one-day special session, with James voting for it. The governor signed it the same day.

The details

Election facts. Original sources.

Election date
November 3, 2026
Ballot source updated
Official list updated August 19, 2026; reviewed October 1, 2026.
Candidate field
Printed candidates checked against official election records.

Coverage

What this page includes, and what is not yet included.

As of Oct 17, 2026. Only what passed a source check is listed. How coverage works.

  • BallotIncluded

    4 printed candidates, checked October 1, 2026 against the official election record.

  • Race outlookIncluded

    1 of 1 specialist rating is current as of Oct 17, 2026.

  • Reported contextIncluded

    1 dated development with original reporting attached.

  • Words and recordIncluded

    23 statement-to-action comparisons across 4 candidate records, each with a stated limitation.

  • Campaign financeIncluded

    FEC filing snapshots for 3 principal campaign committees, with a common coverage cutoff.

  • PollingNot yet

    No published poll has been reviewed for this race yet.

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Sources173 source records

Snapshot as of Oct 17, 2026. The live page may have changed: https://statedrecord.com/races/iowa-us-house-02-2026

How we use sources

  1. Iowa Secretary of State accepted candidate list (document)
    2026 General Election candidate list

    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: Election facts, ratings and race context; Rick Stewart: background, goals, record and money; Dave Bushaw: His job on the Sanders campaign; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  2. How these races were chosenhttps://statedrecord.com/methodology#race-selection

    For: Election facts, ratings and race context

  3. Sabato's Crystal Ball ratingshttps://centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/2026-house/

    For: Election facts, ratings and race context

  4. KCRGhttps://www.kcrg.com/2026/06/03/lindsay-james-wins-democratic-nomination-iowas-2nd-congressional-district/

    For: Election facts, ratings and race context

  5. 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: Candidate roles and profiles; Joe Mitchell: background, goals, record and money; Joe Mitchell: Taxes: what he voted for in the legislature; Joe Mitchell: Corporate PAC money; Joe Mitchell: His homebuilding and business record

  6. Joe Mitchell for Congress, home pagehttps://joemitchell.com/

    Joe Mitchell for Congress · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign site, confirmed by its "Paid for by Joe Mitchell for Congress" line and by the website his committee filed with the FEC. Links X (@joemitchelliowa) and a Facebook profile. The page also carries hidden template text from another campaign ("Justin Olson for US Senate") and placeholder Latin; neither is treated as his statement.

    candidate statement

    For: Candidate roles and profiles

  7. Representative Lindsay Jameshttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=91&personID=27039

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The Legislature's record of her service: Democrat, House District 71, serving since the 88th General Assembly (2019). She is the only James in the House in every session cited here.

    official office record

    For: Candidate roles and profiles; Lindsay James: background, goals, record and money; Lindsay James: Citizenship for adoptees born abroad; Lindsay James: Legislative service and ministry; Lindsay James: Her role in balancing a budget; Lindsay James: Her vote on the steel plant tax credits

  8. Lindsay James for Iowa, home pagehttps://www.lindsayforiowa.com/

    Lindsay for Iowa · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign site, confirmed by its "Paid for by Lindsay for Iowa" line and by the website her committee filed with the FEC. Links X (@lindsay4iowa), Instagram (@lindsay4iowa), Facebook (lindsayjamesIA), Bluesky and Threads.

    candidate statement

    For: Candidate roles and profiles

  9. Libertarian wants to repeal income tax, welfare programs, immigration policyhttps://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/libertarian-wants-repeal-income-tax-004220831.html

    Iowa Capital Dispatch (republished by Yahoo News) · Published Aug 15, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Report by Cami Koons on his August 15, 2026 speech at the Des Moines Register Political Soapbox, with direct quotes. The original Capital Dispatch page (iowacapitaldispatch.com/2026/08/15/libertarian-wants-to-repeal-income-tax-welfare-programs-immigration-policy/) blocks the desk's script, so this Yahoo copy is cited; a browser read of the original on October 1, 2026 found the same article text, both quoted lines included. His only 2026 platform statement found.

    original reporting

    For: Candidate roles and profiles; Rick Stewart: background, goals, record and money; Taxes; Housing; Health care; Immigration and the border; Money in politics and ethics; Farming; Energy and utility costs

  10. Rick Stewart, The First Choice for Iowa Governorhttps://www.rickstewart.com/

    Rick Stewart · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The site at the domain of the email address on his 2026 filing. It is his 2022 campaign for governor: its pages were last changed in June 2022 and its newest post is from March 2022. Links X (@rickstewart) and Facebook (IowaRick). No 2026 campaign site was found.

    candidate statement

    For: Candidate roles and profiles; Rick Stewart: background, goals, record and money; Housing; Money in politics and ethics

  11. 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: Candidate roles and profiles; Dave Bushaw: background, goals, record and money; Dave Bushaw: His job on the Sanders campaign

  12. 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: Candidate roles and profiles; Dave Bushaw: background, goals, record and money

  13. 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: Joe Mitchell: background, goals, record and money

  14. 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: Joe Mitchell: background, goals, record and money; Joe Mitchell: His homebuilding and business record; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  15. 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

    Joe Mitchell, candidate financial disclosure report

    For: Joe Mitchell: background, goals, record and money; Joe Mitchell: His homebuilding and business record; Joe Mitchell: His former consulting work; Joe Mitchell: His statement about never being a lobbyist; Iowa debate checks cover cross-party work, consulting and PAC records

  16. 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: Joe Mitchell: background, goals, record and money; Joe Mitchell: His homebuilding and business record

  17. 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: Joe Mitchell: background, goals, record and money; Joe Mitchell: His homebuilding and business record

  18. 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: Joe Mitchell: background, goals, record and money; Taxes; Housing; Health care; Immigration and the border; Money in politics and ethics; Farming; Energy and utility costs; Joe Mitchell: Corporate PAC money; Joe Mitchell: Energy: what he voted for in the legislature

  19. 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: Joe Mitchell: background, goals, record and money; Lindsay James: background, goals, record and money; Lindsay James: Insulin: what her bills did; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  20. 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: Joe Mitchell: background, goals, record and money; Lindsay James: background, goals, record and money; Lindsay James: Insulin: what her bills did; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  21. 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: Joe Mitchell: background, goals, record and money; Lindsay James: background, goals, record and money; Lindsay James: Insulin: what her bills did; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  22. 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: Joe Mitchell: background, goals, record and money; Lindsay James: Mobile home park tenants

  23. 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: Joe Mitchell: background, goals, record and money; Lindsay James: Mobile home park tenants

  24. 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: Joe Mitchell: background, goals, record and money; Joe Mitchell: Taxes: what he voted for in the legislature; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  25. 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: Joe Mitchell: background, goals, record and money; Joe Mitchell: Taxes: what he voted for in the legislature

  26. 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: Joe Mitchell: background, goals, record and money; Lindsay James: background, goals, record and money; Joe Mitchell: Taxes: what he voted for in the legislature; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  27. 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: Joe Mitchell: background, goals, record and money; Lindsay James: background, goals, record and money; Joe Mitchell: Taxes: what he voted for in the legislature

  28. 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: Joe Mitchell: background, goals, record and money; Lindsay James: background, goals, record and money; Lindsay James: Mobile home park tenants; Lindsay James: Housing policy work; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  29. 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: Joe Mitchell: background, goals, record and money; Lindsay James: background, goals, record and money; Lindsay James: Mobile home park tenants

  30. 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: Joe Mitchell: background, goals, record and money; Joe Mitchell: Corporate PAC money

  31. About Lindsayhttps://www.lindsayforiowa.com/about

    Lindsay for Iowa · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign biography, including a list of what she says she did in the legislature. Attributed, not independently verified, except where a card checks it.

    candidate statement

    For: Lindsay James: background, goals, record and money; Lindsay James: Insulin: what her bills did; Lindsay James: Mobile home park tenants

  32. Iowa State Council of Machinists Endorses Rep. Lindsay James in IA-02https://www.lindsayforiowa.com/news/news-1

    Lindsay for Iowa · Published Apr 23, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign release of April 23, 2026. Used only for the biography paragraph at its foot.

    candidate statement

    For: Lindsay James: background, goals, record and money

  33. Bring Down the Cost of Living for Working Iowanshttps://www.lindsayforiowa.com/issues/issue-1

    Lindsay for Iowa · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign issue page on housing, child care, utilities, groceries, long-term care, paid leave and taxes.

    candidate statement

    For: Lindsay James: background, goals, record and money; Taxes; Housing; Energy and utility costs; Lindsay James: Energy: new nuclear plants

  34. A Healthcare System that Works for Allhttps://www.lindsayforiowa.com/issues/issue-2

    Lindsay for Iowa · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign issue page on Medicare, Medicaid, price transparency, the medical workforce and abortion rights.

    candidate statement

    For: Lindsay James: background, goals, record and money; Health care

  35. End DC Corruptionhttps://www.lindsayforiowa.com/issues/ending-dc-corruption

    Lindsay for Iowa · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Campaign issue page. Its first promise is that she will never take corporate PAC money; it also backs a stock-trading ban, a lobbying ban for former members and term limits. Its lines about her opponent are out of scope here.

    candidate statement

    For: Lindsay James: background, goals, record and money; Money in politics and ethics; Lindsay James: Corporate PAC money

  36. Support Iowa Farmershttps://www.lindsayforiowa.com/issues/agriculture

    Lindsay for Iowa · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign issue page on the farm bill, right to repair, conservation and tariffs.

    candidate statement

    For: Lindsay James: background, goals, record and money; Farming; Lindsay James: Farm conservation funding

  37. House File 447 (2019), bill historyhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF447&ga=88

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Introduced February 20, 2019 by McKean and James; on emergency dispensing of insulin. Withdrawn March 19, 2019 when the committee version, H.F. 700, reached the floor.

    official legislative record

    For: Lindsay James: background, goals, record and money; Lindsay James: Insulin: what her bills did

  38. Iowa House Journal, February 8, 2021, page 315 (document)

    Iowa Legislature · Published Feb 8, 2021 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Roll calls on House File 262 (page 314): ayes 91, nays none; and House File 263 (page 315): ayes 89, nays 2. James and Mitchell among the ayes on both.

    official legislative record

    For: Lindsay James: background, goals, record and money; Lindsay James: Insulin: what her bills did

  39. House File 262 (2021), bill historyhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF262&ga=89

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Committee bill on emergency prescription refills, with the same operative text as H.F. 700 (2019). Passed the House 91-0 on February 8, 2021; a Senate subcommittee recommended passage March 30, 2021 and it went no further. Status Passed House.

    official legislative record

    For: Lindsay James: background, goals, record and money; Lindsay James: Insulin: what her bills did

  40. House File 263 (2021), bill historyhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF263&ga=89

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Committee bill on insurance coverage for prescription insulin. Passed the House 89-2 on February 8, 2021; a Senate subcommittee recommended passage at its March 17, 2021 meeting and it went no further. Status Passed House.

    official legislative record

    For: Lindsay James: background, goals, record and money; Lindsay James: Insulin: what her bills did

  41. House File 658 (2025), bill historyhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF658&ga=91

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsored by James first among sixteen; insurance coverage for prescription insulin. Introduced February 28, 2025 and referred to Commerce; no further action.

    official legislative record

    For: Lindsay James: background, goals, record and money; Lindsay James: Insulin: what her bills did

  42. LINDSAY FOR IOWA, receipts from committeeshttps://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00916452&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: 4, 61 and 7 rows, each line reconciled to the committee's summary. One $500 line-11C row is from O'Neill and Associates PAC (C00362210), which the FEC's committee record lists with no organization type.

    fec filing

    For: Lindsay James: background, goals, record and money; Lindsay James: Corporate PAC money

  43. Rick Stewart, candidate recordhttps://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/S4IA00194/

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    His FEC candidate record, for the U.S. Senate in 2014 and 2020. It is not a 2026 House registration.

    fec filing

    For: Rick Stewart: background, goals, record and money

  44. Polk County District Judge rules Libertarian candidate Rick Stewart can remain on November ballothttps://www.kcrg.com/2026/08/01/polk-county-district-judge-rules-libertarian-candidate-rick-stewart-can-remain-november-ballot/

    KCRG · Published Aug 1, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Report of August 1, 2026 on the challenge to his nomination papers, which used Richard where his affidavit used Rick. A lead; the official list of August 19 is what shows him on the ballot.

    original reporting

    For: Rick Stewart: background, goals, record and money

  45. Candidates for the House, Iowa District 2, 2026https://www.fec.gov/data/candidates/house/?state=IA&district=02&election_year=2026

    Federal Election Commission · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Read from OpenFEC on October 1, 2026. Lists principal committees for Mitchell (C00918979), James (C00916452) and Bushaw (C00926360). No 2026 House campaign was found for Rick Stewart: a nationwide search on October 1, 2026 of 2026 House candidates named Stewart found none named Rick or Richard and none in Iowa. A name search finds only his Senate campaigns of 2014 and 2020 (S4IA00194).

    fec filing

    For: Rick Stewart: background, goals, record and money

  46. 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: Dave Bushaw: background, goals, record and money; Dave Bushaw: His job on the Sanders campaign

  47. 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: Dave Bushaw: background, goals, record and money; Taxes; Housing; Health care; Immigration and the border; Money in politics and ethics; Farming; Energy and utility costs

  48. 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: Dave Bushaw: background, goals, record and money

  49. Iowa's News Now debate: James on tips and overtime taxeshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxmmjLQ5-9M&t=457s

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

    07:37-07:52; James states opposition to taxes on Social Security, tips and overtime and says she voted for Iowa legislation supporting these positions. The new card checks tips and overtime committee votes only. Paraphrase from the host-matched native captions captured October 4; no independently confirmed exact quotation. Full native payload retained privately.

    candidate statement

    Iowa's News Now IA-02 debate

    For: Taxes; Lindsay James: Taxes: tips and overtime committee votes; Iowa's 2nd District debate host corrected; James's tips and overtime committee votes checked

  50. Iowa House Journal: tips and overtime committee votes (document)

    Iowa General Assembly · Published Apr 17, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 4, 2026

    Printed pages 989-990, PDF pages 40-41 (one-based), visually reviewed October 4. Ways and Means recommendations dated April 16 list James among 24 Yeas, no Nays and one excused, for the successors of HF 110 and HF 268. These are committee votes, not House floor passage.

    official legislative record

    Iowa House Journal, April 17, 2025

    For: Taxes; Lindsay James: Taxes: tips and overtime committee votes; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology; James's tips and overtime committee votes checked

  51. Keep Our Communities Safehttps://www.lindsayforiowa.com/issues/keep-our-communities-safe

    Lindsay for Iowa · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign issue page on immigration, ICE, guns and police funding.

    candidate statement

    For: Immigration and the border; Lindsay James: Citizenship for adoptees born abroad

  52. 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: Joe Mitchell: Taxes: what he voted for in the legislature; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  53. 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: Joe Mitchell: Taxes: what he voted for in the legislature; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  54. 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: Joe Mitchell: Corporate PAC money

  55. 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: Joe Mitchell: Corporate PAC money

  56. 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: Joe Mitchell: Corporate PAC money

  57. 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. Committee C00918979; July Quarterly 2026; coverage 2026-05-14 to 2026-06-30; received 2026-07-15; file 1993877; image 202607159875139995.

    fec filing

    JOE MITCHELL FOR CONGRESS, July Quarterly 2026

    For: Joe Mitchell: Corporate PAC money; Campaign finance; Iowa campaign-finance totals corrected to the full cycle

  58. 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

    Trinity Industries Employee PAC, 2025 year-end filing

    For: Joe Mitchell: Corporate PAC money; Iowa debate checks cover cross-party work, consulting and PAC records

  59. 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: Joe Mitchell: Corporate PAC money

  60. 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: Joe Mitchell: Energy: what he voted for in the legislature

  61. 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: Joe Mitchell: Energy: what he voted for in the legislature

  62. 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: Joe Mitchell: Energy: what he voted for in the legislature

  63. 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: Joe Mitchell: Energy: what he voted for in the legislature

  64. 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: Joe Mitchell: Energy: what he voted for in the legislature

  65. 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: Joe Mitchell: Energy: what he voted for in the legislature

  66. October 1 debate, Lindsay James on health advocacyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxmmjLQ5-9M&t=1148s

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

    Retained native-caption window 19:08.880-19:42.480. Statement paraphrased; a second matching transcript and exact quotation certification were not obtained.

    candidate statement

    For: Lindsay James: Insulin: what her bills did

  67. House File 555 (2023-2024), bill historyhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF555&ga=90

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Committee bill on the practice of pharmacy. Passed the House 86-10 on March 16, 2023 and, after a Senate amendment, 87-9 on April 3, 2024; signed April 19, 2024 as 2024 Iowa Acts, chapter 1056.

    official legislative record

    For: Lindsay James: Insulin: what her bills did; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  68. Iowa House Journal, March 16, 2023, page 672 (document)

    Iowa Legislature · Published Mar 16, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Roll call on House File 555: ayes 86, nays 10. James among the ayes.

    official legislative record

    For: Lindsay James: Insulin: what her bills did

  69. Iowa House Journal, April 3, 2024, page 724 (document)

    Iowa Legislature · Published Apr 3, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Final House vote on House File 555 after concurring in the Senate amendment: ayes 87, nays 9. James among the ayes.

    official legislative record

    For: Lindsay James: Insulin: what her bills did; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  70. 2024 Iowa Acts, chapter 1056 (House File 555) (document)

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The enacted text. Section 18 adds Code section 155A.27(9): a pharmacist may use professional judgment to refill a prescription without the prescriber's authorization, under Board of Pharmacy rules. Section 27 repeals section 155A.29, the old emergency-refill section. It does not mention insulin.

    official legislative record

    For: Lindsay James: Insulin: what her bills did; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  71. House File 2053 (2020), bill historyhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF2053&ga=88

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsored by Wessel-Kroeschell and James; limits on cost-sharing for insulin. Introduced January 21, 2020 and referred to Human Resources; no further action.

    official legislative record

    For: Lindsay James: Insulin: what her bills did

  72. House File 2511 (2022), bill historyhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF2511&ga=89

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsored by James alone; emergency prescription refills and insulin coverage. Referred to Human Resources; no further action.

    official legislative record

    For: Lindsay James: Insulin: what her bills did

  73. House File 694 (2023), bill historyhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF694&ga=90

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsored by 28 members, Konfrst first and James among them; insurance coverage for prescription insulin. Referred to Commerce; no further action.

    official legislative record

    For: Lindsay James: Insulin: what her bills did

  74. iowa hf2508 89 historyhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF2508&enhanced=true&ga=89

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Official record of this named measure and its sponsors, text or history. Introduced proposals, committee votes, resolutions, floor passage and enactment are distinct outcomes.

    official legislative record

    For: Lindsay James: Insulin: what her bills did

  75. October 1 debate, Lindsay James on mobile home recordhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxmmjLQ5-9M&t=2857s

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

    Retained native-caption window 47:37.520-48:03.040. Statement paraphrased; a second matching transcript and exact quotation certification were not obtained.

    candidate statement

    For: Lindsay James: Mobile home park tenants

  76. 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: Lindsay James: Mobile home park tenants; Lindsay James: Housing policy work; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  77. House File 2337 (2024), bill historyhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF2337&ga=90

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsored by James first among nine; rent increases in manufactured home communities and mobile home parks. Introduced February 6, 2024 and referred to Commerce; no further action.

    official legislative record

    For: Lindsay James: Mobile home park tenants; Lindsay James: Housing policy work

  78. House File 2337 (2024), bill text (document)

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Its explanation: a park landlord could not raise rent without 180 days' notice, a public forum with residents and a justification report filed with the city or county; a tenant facing a rise of 5 percent or more could end the lease without penalty.

    official legislative record

    For: Lindsay James: Mobile home park tenants

  79. House File 2432 (2024), bill historyhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF2432&ga=90

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsored by James first among ten; lets the attorney general enforce the mobile home park landlord and tenant law. Introduced February 12, 2024 and referred to Judiciary; no further action.

    official legislative record

    For: Lindsay James: Mobile home park tenants; Lindsay James: Housing policy work

  80. House File 481 (2025), bill historyhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF481&ga=91

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsored by Judge and James; rent increases in manufactured home communities and mobile home parks. A subcommittee including James recommended passage March 5, 2025; no further action.

    official legislative record

    For: Lindsay James: Mobile home park tenants; Lindsay James: Housing policy work

  81. House File 481 (2025), bill text (document)

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Its explanation: a park landlord could raise a tenant's rent no more than once a calendar year, except for higher insurance or infrastructure costs passed on to tenants.

    official legislative record

    For: Lindsay James: Mobile home park tenants

  82. House File 482 (2025), bill historyhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF482&ga=91

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Sponsored by Judge and James; limits when a park landlord may end a tenant's rental agreement. Introduced February 19, 2025, referred to State Government and then Judiciary; no further action.

    official legislative record

    For: Lindsay James: Mobile home park tenants; Lindsay James: Housing policy work

  83. House File 482 (2025), bill text (document)

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Its explanation: a park landlord could cancel a rental agreement only if the tenant had materially violated it.

    official legislative record

    For: Lindsay James: Mobile home park tenants

  84. LINDSAY FOR IOWA, Year-End report 2025 (document)

    Federal Election Commission · Published Jan 31, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The filed report, in the FEC's electronic format, received January 31, 2026. Its line-11C schedule lists $500 from O'Neill and Associates PAC, 31 New Chardon St, Boston, on December 14, 2025. Her later reports through June 30, 2026 (April Quarterly, Pre-Primary, July Quarterly) do not name the PAC, and OpenFEC shows no refund to any committee in them except $250 to Iowa People's PAC on May 20, 2026.

    fec filing

    For: Lindsay James: Corporate PAC money; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  85. O'Neill and Associates PAC, Statement of Organization (FEC Form 1), amended November 4, 2009 (document)

    Federal Election Commission · Published Nov 4, 2009 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The PAC's latest Statement of Organization (sha256 7d65c662...). Page 2 checks the box saying it is a separate segregated fund whose connected organization is a corporation, and that it is a lobbyist/registrant PAC. Page 3 names the connected organization as O'Neill and Associates, of the same Boston address. The boxes are handwritten and were read from the page image; OpenFEC's committee record carries no organization type for it. The PAC has filed no FEC report since its 2024 year-end report (received February 28, 2025); OpenFEC's filing list shows only FEC notices for each 2025 and 2026 report since, so what it gave in 2025 is on her report but not on its own.

    fec filing

    For: Lindsay James: Corporate PAC money; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  86. End Citizens United Endorses State Representative Lindsay James for Iowa's 2nd Congressional Districthttps://www.lindsayforiowa.com/news/lindsay-james-calls-out-washington-republicans-for-letting-snap-benefits-lapse

    Lindsay for Iowa · Published Apr 2, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign release dated April 2, 2026 (the page's slug names a different release). It quotes her: "I'm rejecting corporate PAC money". It is the earliest dated corporate-PAC pledge found. Her earlier releases (February 23, March 12 and March 16, 2026) do not mention corporate PACs; Wayback Machine captures of her home page from September 2025 to March 2026 carry no corporate-PAC language; and the issue page with the pledge is first captured on May 13, 2026.

    candidate statement

    For: Lindsay James: Corporate PAC money; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  87. LINDSAY FOR IOWA, 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. 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. Committee C00916452; July Quarterly 2026; coverage 2026-05-14 to 2026-06-30; received 2026-07-15; file 1996080; image 202607159875780886.

    fec filing

    LINDSAY FOR IOWA, July Quarterly 2026

    For: Lindsay James: Corporate PAC money; Campaign finance; Iowa campaign-finance totals corrected to the full cycle

  88. House Resolution 14 (2025), bill historyhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HR14&ga=91

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Filed March 26, 2025 by 24 members of both parties, Dunwell first and James among them. Adopted by the House on March 27, 2025.

    official legislative record

    For: Lindsay James: Citizenship for adoptees born abroad

  89. House Resolution 14 (2025), text (document)

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Calls on the President and Congress to pass the Adoptee Citizenship Act, for people adopted from abroad who were 18 or older when the Child Citizenship Act of 2000 took effect.

    official legislative record

    For: Lindsay James: Citizenship for adoptees born abroad

  90. Iowa House members, 91st General Assembly (2025-2026)https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/house?ga=91

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The Legislature's roster with each member's district and party. Used for the party of House Resolution 14's first sponsor, Jon Dunwell, a Republican.

    official office record

    For: Lindsay James: Citizenship for adoptees born abroad; Lindsay James: Bipartisan legislative work

  91. House File 2342 (2020), bill historyhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF2342&ga=88

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Introduced February 11, 2020 by 36 members, Isenhart first and James among them, and referred to Appropriations. No further action.

    official legislative record

    For: Lindsay James: Farm conservation funding

  92. House File 2342 (2020), bill text (document)

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Its explanation: the REAP fund receives $20 million a year from the general fund; the bill raises that to $25 million and makes it permanent.

    official legislative record

    For: Lindsay James: Farm conservation funding

  93. Iowa Code section 455A.19, allocation of REAP fund proceeds (document)

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Current Code text. After small set-asides, 20 percent of the fund goes to the soil and water enhancement account, 28 percent to open spaces and 15 percent to city parks, among other shares.

    official legislative record

    For: Lindsay James: Farm conservation funding

  94. Iowa House Journal, April 15, 2026, pages 908-909 (document)

    Iowa Legislature · Published Apr 15, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Roll call on House File 2757: ayes 94, nays 1. James among the ayes.

    official legislative record

    For: Lindsay James: Energy: new nuclear plants

  95. House File 2757 (2026), as passed by the House April 15, 2026 (document)

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The version she voted for: sales and use tax exemptions for building, repairing or restarting a nuclear plant. The workforce fund in the final law came later, in Senate amendment H-8428.

    official legislative record

    For: Lindsay James: Energy: new nuclear plants

  96. Iowa House Journal, April 30, 2026, page 1051 (document)

    Iowa Legislature · Published Apr 30, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Final House vote on House File 2757 after concurring in the Senate amendment: ayes 83, nays 2, absent or not voting 15. James among the absent.

    official legislative record

    For: Lindsay James: Energy: new nuclear plants

  97. House File 2757 (2026), bill historyhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF2757&ga=91

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Ways and Means bill on nuclear electric generation facilities. Passed the House 94-1 on April 15, 2026 and 83-2 on April 30, 2026 after the House concurred in Senate amendment H-8428; signed June 1, 2026 as 2026 Iowa Acts, chapter 1146.

    official legislative record

    For: Lindsay James: Energy: new nuclear plants

  98. 2026 Iowa Acts, chapter 1146 (House File 2757) (document)

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The enacted text. Exempts goods and services used to build, expand, repair or restart a nuclear power plant from sales and use tax, and sets up a nuclear energy workforce fund under the Board of Regents.

    official legislative record

    For: Lindsay James: Energy: new nuclear plants

  99. 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: Dave Bushaw: His job on the Sanders campaign

  100. 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: Dave Bushaw: His job on the Sanders campaign

  101. 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: Dave Bushaw: His job on the Sanders campaign

  102. Iowa HF 1024: Overtime income-tax exclusion bill historyhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF1024&enhanced=true&ga=91

    Iowa General Assembly · Published Apr 17, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 4, 2026

    Successor bill introduced after the April 16 Ways and Means committee recommendation. Full official history checked October 4 ends with rereferral to Ways and Means on May 15, 2025; no floor passage or enactment in that history.

    official legislative record

    HF 1024 history

    For: Lindsay James: Taxes: tips and overtime committee votes; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology; James's tips and overtime committee votes checked

  103. Iowa HF 1030: Qualified-tip income-tax exclusion bill historyhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF1030&enhanced=true&ga=91

    Iowa General Assembly · Published Apr 17, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 4, 2026

    Successor bill introduced after the April 16 Ways and Means committee recommendation. Full official history checked October 4 ends with rereferral to Ways and Means on May 15, 2025; no floor passage or enactment in that history.

    official legislative record

    HF 1030 history

    For: Lindsay James: Taxes: tips and overtime committee votes; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology; James's tips and overtime committee votes checked

  104. Iowa HF 1024: introduced text (document)

    Iowa General Assembly · Published Apr 17, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 4, 2026

    Committee successor text. HF 1024 excludes specified overtime compensation from state income tax starting in 2026. HF 1030 limits the tip deduction to $25,000 for net income below $155,000 and would apply only in years without a corresponding federal deduction. Neither bill addresses Social Security benefits.

    official legislative record

    For: Lindsay James: Taxes: tips and overtime committee votes

  105. Iowa HF 1030: introduced text (document)

    Iowa General Assembly · Published Apr 17, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 4, 2026

    Committee successor text. HF 1024 excludes specified overtime compensation from state income tax starting in 2026. HF 1030 limits the tip deduction to $25,000 for net income below $155,000 and would apply only in years without a corresponding federal deduction. Neither bill addresses Social Security benefits.

    official legislative record

    For: Lindsay James: Taxes: tips and overtime committee votes

  106. iowa code2026 4227 (document)

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Official record of this named measure and its sponsors, text or history. Introduced proposals, committee votes, resolutions, floor passage and enactment are distinct outcomes.

    official legislative record

    For: Lindsay James: Taxes: tips and overtime committee votes

  107. Iowa's News Now debate, James on working across party lineshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxmmjLQ5-9M&t=2433s

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

    40:33-40:45, source segments1117-1122. Native captions only; no exact quotation certification.

    candidate statement

    Iowa's News Now debate, James on working across party lines
    Iowa's News Now debate, 40:33

    For: Lindsay James: Bipartisan legislative work; Iowa debate checks cover cross-party work, consulting and PAC records; James's bipartisan examples checked, annual claim still open

  108. HF579, GA89, food-bank tax exemption proposal (history)https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF579&enhanced=true&ga=89

    Iowa Legislature · Published Feb 17, 2021 · Reviewed Oct 5, 2026

    Official record identifies the named measure, formal action or member party affiliation. Proposal, adoption and enactment are separate outcomes.

    official legislative record

    HF579, GA89, food-bank tax exemption proposal (history)

    For: Lindsay James: Bipartisan legislative work; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology; James's bipartisan examples checked, annual claim still open

  109. HF579, GA89, food-bank tax exemption proposal (text)https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/89/attachments/HF579.html

    Iowa Legislature · Published Feb 17, 2021 · Reviewed Oct 5, 2026

    Official record identifies the named measure, formal action or member party affiliation. Proposal, adoption and enactment are separate outcomes.

    official legislative record

    For: Lindsay James: Bipartisan legislative work; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  110. HF528, GA90, magistrate retirement-age proposal (history)https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF528&enhanced=true&ga=90

    Iowa Legislature · Published Mar 1, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 5, 2026

    Official record identifies the named measure, formal action or member party affiliation. Proposal, adoption and enactment are separate outcomes.

    official legislative record

    HF528, GA90, magistrate retirement-age proposal (history)

    For: Lindsay James: Bipartisan legislative work; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology; James's bipartisan examples checked, annual claim still open

  111. HF528, GA90, magistrate retirement-age proposal (text)https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/90/attachments/HF528.html

    Iowa Legislature · Published Mar 1, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 5, 2026

    Official record identifies the named measure, formal action or member party affiliation. Proposal, adoption and enactment are separate outcomes.

    official legislative record

    For: Lindsay James: Bipartisan legislative work; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  112. HR102, GA90, brain-health terminology resolution (history)https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HR102&enhanced=true&ga=90

    Iowa Legislature · Published Jan 17, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 5, 2026

    Official record identifies the named measure, formal action or member party affiliation. Proposal, adoption and enactment are separate outcomes.

    official legislative record

    HR102, GA90, brain-health terminology resolution (history)

    For: Lindsay James: Bipartisan legislative work; James's bipartisan examples checked, annual claim still open

  113. HR102, GA90, brain-health terminology resolution (text)https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/90/attachments/HR102.html

    Iowa Legislature · Published Jan 17, 2024 · Reviewed Oct 5, 2026

    Official record identifies the named measure, formal action or member party affiliation. Proposal, adoption and enactment are separate outcomes.

    official legislative record

    For: Lindsay James: Bipartisan legislative work

  114. Iowa House roster, GA89https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/house?ga=89

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 5, 2026

    Official record identifies the named measure, formal action or member party affiliation. Proposal, adoption and enactment are separate outcomes.

    official legislative record

    Iowa House party roster, GA89

    For: Lindsay James: Bipartisan legislative work; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology; James's bipartisan examples checked, annual claim still open

  115. Iowa House roster, GA90https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/house?ga=90

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 5, 2026

    Official record identifies the named measure, formal action or member party affiliation. Proposal, adoption and enactment are separate outcomes.

    official legislative record

    Iowa House party roster, GA90

    For: Lindsay James: Bipartisan legislative work; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology; James's bipartisan examples checked, annual claim still open

  116. iowa hf447 88 historyhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF447&enhanced=true&ga=88

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Official record of this named measure and its sponsors, text or history. Introduced proposals, committee votes, resolutions, floor passage and enactment are distinct outcomes.

    official legislative record

    iowa hf447 88 history

    For: Lindsay James: Bipartisan legislative work; Iowa debate checks cover cross-party work, consulting and PAC records

  117. 2019 Iowa House Journal, member roster and party-change footnote (document)

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    The member roster identifies Andy McKean as Republican with a footnote dating his party change to Democrat to April 23, 2019, after HF 447's introduction.

    official legislative record

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  118. iowa hf2351 88 historyhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF2351&enhanced=true&ga=88

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Official record of this named measure and its sponsors, text or history. Introduced proposals, committee votes, resolutions, floor passage and enactment are distinct outcomes.

    official legislative record

    For: Lindsay James: Bipartisan legislative work; Lindsay James: Housing policy work

  119. iowa hr108 89 historyhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HR108&enhanced=true&ga=89

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Official record of this named measure and its sponsors, text or history. Introduced proposals, committee votes, resolutions, floor passage and enactment are distinct outcomes.

    official legislative record

    For: Lindsay James: Bipartisan legislative work

  120. iowa hr14 91 historyhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HR14&enhanced=true&ga=91

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Official record of this named measure and its sponsors, text or history. Introduced proposals, committee votes, resolutions, floor passage and enactment are distinct outcomes.

    official legislative record

    iowa hr14 91 history

    For: Lindsay James: Bipartisan legislative work; Iowa debate checks cover cross-party work, consulting and PAC records

  121. Lindsay James sponsor index, ga88https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/findLegislation/findBillBySponsorOrManager?ga=88&pid=27039

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Official sponsor/amendment index for the specified General Assembly. No evidence of a named policy in a captured index is not proof that all negotiations or other advocacy were absent.

    official legislative record

    For: Lindsay James: Bipartisan legislative work; Lindsay James: Housing policy work; Lindsay James: Her role in balancing a budget

  122. Lindsay James sponsor index, ga89https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/findLegislation/findBillBySponsorOrManager?ga=89&pid=27039

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Official sponsor/amendment index for the specified General Assembly. No evidence of a named policy in a captured index is not proof that all negotiations or other advocacy were absent.

    official legislative record

    For: Lindsay James: Bipartisan legislative work; Lindsay James: Housing policy work; Lindsay James: Her role in balancing a budget

  123. Lindsay James sponsor index, ga90https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/findLegislation/findBillBySponsorOrManager?ga=90&pid=27039

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Official sponsor/amendment index for the specified General Assembly. No evidence of a named policy in a captured index is not proof that all negotiations or other advocacy were absent.

    official legislative record

    For: Lindsay James: Bipartisan legislative work; Lindsay James: Housing policy work; Lindsay James: Her role in balancing a budget

  124. Lindsay James sponsor index, ga91https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/findLegislation/findBillBySponsorOrManager?ga=91&pid=27039

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Official sponsor/amendment index for the specified General Assembly. No evidence of a named policy in a captured index is not proof that all negotiations or other advocacy were absent.

    official legislative record

    For: Lindsay James: Bipartisan legislative work; Lindsay James: Housing policy work; Lindsay James: Her role in balancing a budget

  125. October 1 debate, James on housing work every yearhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxmmjLQ5-9M&t=2851s

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

    47:31-47:59, source segments 1323-1336; annual and bipartisan wording retained. Retained native-caption paraphrase, not a certified exact quotation.

    candidate statement

    October 1 debate, James on housing work every year

    For: Lindsay James: Housing policy work; James's housing proposals checked, annual claim remains open

  126. HF 2610, GA88, historyhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF2610&enhanced=true&ga=88

    Iowa Legislature · Published Mar 5, 2020 · Reviewed Oct 6, 2026

    Workforce housing tax incentives: proposed raising the annual allocation ceiling from $25 million to $30 million and extending eligibility to rehabilitation, repair or accessibility work on pre-1990 single-family homes. James is named among the sponsors. Complete loaded history ends with introduction/referral, without passage or enactment of this bill.

    official legislative record

    HF 2610, GA88, history

    For: Lindsay James: Housing policy work; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology; James's housing proposals checked, annual claim remains open

  127. HF 2610, GA88, texthttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/88/attachments/HF2610.html

    Iowa Legislature · Published Mar 5, 2020 · Reviewed Oct 6, 2026

    Workforce housing tax incentives: proposed raising the annual allocation ceiling from $25 million to $30 million and extending eligibility to rehabilitation, repair or accessibility work on pre-1990 single-family homes.Introduced proposal, not enacted text. Details read from operative provisions as well as the separate explanatory section.

    official legislative record

    HF 2610, GA88, text

    For: Lindsay James: Housing policy work; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology; James's housing proposals checked, annual claim remains open

  128. HF 693, GA90, historyhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF693&enhanced=true&ga=90

    Iowa Legislature · Published Apr 10, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 6, 2026

    Proposed a neighborhood housing renovation grant program, including $50 million from available American Rescue Plan Act money for qualifying owner-occupied exterior repairs. James is named among the sponsors. Complete loaded history ends with introduction/referral (plus the end-of-2023 marker for GA90), without passage or enactment of this bill.

    official legislative record

    HF 693, GA90, history

    For: Lindsay James: Housing policy work; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology; James's housing proposals checked, annual claim remains open

  129. HF 693, GA90, texthttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/90/attachments/HF693.html

    Iowa Legislature · Published Apr 10, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 6, 2026

    Proposed a neighborhood housing renovation grant program, including $50 million from available American Rescue Plan Act money for qualifying owner-occupied exterior repairs.Introduced proposal, not enacted text. Details read from operative provisions as well as the separate explanatory section.

    official legislative record

    HF 693, GA90, text

    For: Lindsay James: Housing policy work; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology; James's housing proposals checked, annual claim remains open

  130. HF 697, GA90, historyhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF697&enhanced=true&ga=90

    Iowa Legislature · Published Apr 10, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 6, 2026

    Proposed an Iowa credit for qualified low-income housing developments financed with tax-exempt bonds and increased first-time homebuyer savings-account deduction limits. James is named among the sponsors. Complete loaded history ends with introduction/referral (plus the end-of-2023 marker for GA90), without passage or enactment of this bill.

    official legislative record

    HF 697, GA90, history

    For: Lindsay James: Housing policy work; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology; James's housing proposals checked, annual claim remains open

  131. HF 697, GA90, texthttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGI/90/attachments/HF697.html

    Iowa Legislature · Published Apr 10, 2023 · Reviewed Oct 6, 2026

    Proposed an Iowa credit for qualified low-income housing developments financed with tax-exempt bonds and increased first-time homebuyer savings-account deduction limits.Introduced proposal, not enacted text. Details read from operative provisions as well as the separate explanatory section.

    official legislative record

    HF 697, GA90, text

    For: Lindsay James: Housing policy work; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology; James's housing proposals checked, annual claim remains open

  132. iowa hf657 89 historyhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF657&ga=89

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Official record of this named measure and its sponsors, text or history. Introduced proposals, committee votes, resolutions, floor passage and enactment are distinct outcomes.

    official legislative record

    For: Lindsay James: Housing policy work

  133. iowa hf657 89 text (document)

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Official record of this named measure and its sponsors, text or history. Introduced proposals, committee votes, resolutions, floor passage and enactment are distinct outcomes.

    official legislative record

    For: Lindsay James: Housing policy work

  134. October 1 debate, James on standing with Whirlpool workershttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxmmjLQ5-9M&t=511s

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

    08:31-09:13, source segments 230-245. Only her stated support/advocacy is compared; surrounding corporate allegations and tariff causation are not adopted. Retained native-caption paraphrase, not a certified exact quotation.

    candidate statement

    October 1 debate, James on standing with Whirlpool workers

    For: Lindsay James: Support for Whirlpool workers; James's support for Whirlpool workers checked

  135. Iowa legislators' letter to Whirlpool, February 26, 2026 (document)

    Iowa House and Senate members (copy hosted by IAM Union) · Published Feb 26, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 6, 2026

    Primary letter dated February 26. Its second page lists Rep. Lindsay James, House District 71 among signatories asking Whirlpool to reconsider planned Amana layoffs. Both text and rendered signatory page read. Used only for authorship and requested action, not for its corporate, subsidy, profit or relocation allegations.

    official office record

    Iowa legislators' letter to Whirlpool, February 26, 2026

    For: Lindsay James: Support for Whirlpool workers; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology; James's support for Whirlpool workers checked

  136. IAM Union organizer press release on the Whirlpool worker rally, March 10, 2026https://www.goiam.org/news/imail/iam-union-brings-together-labor-community-allies-as-whirlpool-eliminates-nearly-400-jobs/

    IAM Union · Published Mar 10, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 6, 2026

    Primary union press release/original organizer account, not an independent news report or an official government record. It identifies co-hosts IAM District 6 and Hawkeye Area Labor Council and lists James among officials/candidates who joined workers. Used for the organizer's attendance account only. It does not supply an exact rally date; March 10 is the report date. Corporate allegations, job counts and causation in the release are outside this check.

    original reporting

    IAM Union organizer press release on the Whirlpool worker rally, March 10, 2026

    For: Lindsay James: Support for Whirlpool workers; James's support for Whirlpool workers checked

  137. October 1 debate, Lindsay James on legislature chaplainhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxmmjLQ5-9M&t=87s

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

    Retained native-caption window 01:27.280-01:50.799. Statement paraphrased; a second matching transcript and exact quotation certification were not obtained.

    candidate statement

    For: Lindsay James: Legislative service and ministry

  138. Lindsay James, 90th General Assembly biographyhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=90&personID=27039

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Official published biography identifies an ordained Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) pastor and inter-religious chaplain. Historical biography, not proof of current employment.

    official office record

    For: Lindsay James: Legislative service and ministry

  139. October 1 debate, Lindsay James on 54 townhallshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxmmjLQ5-9M&t=99s

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

    Retained native-caption window 01:39.280-02:00.240. Statement paraphrased; a second matching transcript and exact quotation certification were not obtained.

    candidate statement

    For: Lindsay James: Her count of public town halls

  140. Lindsay James Anti-Corruption Planhttps://www.lindsayforiowa.com/news/lindsay-james-anti-corruption-plan

    Lindsay for Iowa · Published Sep 30, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign policy plan dated September 30, 2026. Repeats the corporate PAC pledge and adds a lobbying ban, term limits and court ethics. Its lines about her opponent are out of scope here. By October 10, 2026 this address sent readers to the campaign's home page, and no archived copy was found.

    candidate statement

    For: Lindsay James: Her count of public town halls

  141. Lindsay James campaign news archivehttps://www.lindsayforiowa.com/news

    Lindsay for Iowa · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Campaign-published appearances and announcements. It does not provide an independently audited census of 54 held town halls.

    candidate statement

    For: Lindsay James: Her count of public town halls

  142. 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: Joe Mitchell: His homebuilding and business record

  143. 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: Joe Mitchell: His homebuilding and business record

  144. 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: Joe Mitchell: His homebuilding and business record

  145. 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: Joe Mitchell: His homebuilding and business record

  146. October 1 debate, Lindsay James on balanced budget rolehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxmmjLQ5-9M&t=1184s

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

    Retained native-caption window 19:44.320-20:14.000. Statement paraphrased; a second matching transcript and exact quotation certification were not obtained.

    candidate statement

    For: Lindsay James: Her role in balancing a budget

  147. Iowa Code 2026, section 8.3 (document)

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Section 8.3(3) assigns preparation of a balanced budget to the governor. It does not establish an individual legislator's role in a particular budget.

    official legislative record

    For: Lindsay James: Her role in balancing a budget

  148. October 1 debate, Lindsay James on amerigroup casehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxmmjLQ5-9M&t=1352s

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

    Retained native-caption window 22:32.080-22:56.080. Statement paraphrased; a second matching transcript and exact quotation certification were not obtained.

    candidate statement

    For: Lindsay James: Her account of confronting Amerigroup

  149. Lindsay James interview, July 29, 2026https://iowapodcast.com/rep-lindsay-james/

    The Iowa Podcast · Reviewed Oct 7, 2026

    Host-published interview carrying James's first-person account. The host marks the transcript as AI-assisted; it is not an independent patient, insurer or House-floor record.

    candidate statement

    For: Lindsay James: Her account of confronting Amerigroup

  150. 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: Joe Mitchell: Earlier state corporate PAC contributions

  151. 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: Joe Mitchell: Earlier state corporate PAC contributions

  152. 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

    October 1 debate, Joe Mitchell on employment timeline

    For: Joe Mitchell: His former consulting work; Iowa debate checks cover cross-party work, consulting and PAC records

  153. 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

    KAOH response carried in The Lever's September 18 report

    For: Joe Mitchell: His former consulting work; Iowa debate checks cover cross-party work, consulting and PAC records

  154. 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: Joe Mitchell: His former consulting work

  155. 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: Joe Mitchell: His statement about never being a lobbyist

  156. 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: Joe Mitchell: His statement about never being a lobbyist

  157. 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: Joe Mitchell: His statement about never being a lobbyist

  158. 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: Joe Mitchell: His statement about never being a lobbyist

  159. 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: Joe Mitchell: His statement about never being a lobbyist

  160. 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: Joe Mitchell: His statement about never being a lobbyist

  161. 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: Joe Mitchell: His statement about never being a lobbyist

  162. 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: Joe Mitchell: His statement about never being a lobbyist

  163. 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: Joe Mitchell: His statement about never being a lobbyist

  164. 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

    Iowa lobbyist registration FAQ

    For: Joe Mitchell: His statement about never being a lobbyist; Iowa debate checks cover cross-party work, consulting and PAC records

  165. Iowa PBS debate, October 8: James on the steel plant votehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo0dhXodeqk&t=157s

    Iowa PBS · Published Oct 8, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    2:37-3:53. The quoted sentence reads the same in YouTube's captions and in Iowa PBS's own transcript.

    candidate statement

    Iowa PBS IA-02 debate, 2:37

    For: Lindsay James: Her vote on the steel plant tax credits; James's steel plant tax credit vote checked

  166. Iowa Press Debates: 2nd Congressional District, transcripthttps://www.iowapbs.org/shows/iowapress/special/14525/iowa-press-debates-2nd-congressional-district

    Iowa PBS · Published Oct 8, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    The host's own transcript of the October 8 debate, the second copy for quoted words.

    candidate statement

    For: Lindsay James: Her vote on the steel plant tax credits

  167. Iowa House Journal, October 2, 2026 (special session), pages 1191-1192 (document)

    Iowa Legislature · Published Oct 2, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Roll call on House File 2801: ayes 75, nays 17, 8 absent or not voting; James among the ayes. The session met and adjourned the same day. The daily journal is marked as a proof copy.

    official legislative record

    For: Lindsay James: Her vote on the steel plant tax credits; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology

  168. House File 2801 (2026), bill historyhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF2801&ga=91

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Ways and Means bill changing the Major Economic Growth Attraction (MEGA) program. Passed the House 75-17 and the Senate 28-19 on October 2, 2026; signed by the governor the same day.

    official legislative record

    HF 2801 history

    For: Lindsay James: Her vote on the steel plant tax credits; Comparisons, reporting, support and chronology; James's steel plant tax credit vote checked

  169. House File 2801, enrolled text (document)

    Iowa Legislature · Published Oct 2, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Section 4: one business in a rural county may get a tax credit of up to 10 percent of its qualifying investment, paid over ten years, once the project or a set part of it is in service, at least half the jobs tied to that part are on the payroll, and those jobs pay at least 140 percent of the qualifying wage threshold.

    official legislative record

    For: Lindsay James: Her vote on the steel plant tax credits

  170. House File 2801 fiscal note (document)

    Iowa Legislative Services Agency · Published Oct 2, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Citing a press release from the governor's office, the note says the bill's changes are meant to allow an award for a Mesabi Metallics steel plant.

    official legislative record

    For: Lindsay James: Her vote on the steel plant tax credits

  171. 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. Committee C00926360; July Quarterly 2026; coverage 2026-05-14 to 2026-06-30; received 2026-07-13; file 1990863; image 202607139874899034.

    fec filing

    DAVE BUSHAW FOR CONGRESS, July Quarterly 2026

    For: Campaign finance; Iowa campaign-finance totals corrected to the full cycle

  172. Our claim page: James's steel plant tax credit votehttps://statedrecord.com/claims/iowa-us-house-02-2026/james-steel-plant-incentive-vote

    For: James's steel plant tax credit vote checked

  173. Iowa House Journal, October 2, 2026 (document)

    For: James's steel plant tax credit vote checked