2020 general election
Iowa 2nd District
The winner was outraised and won anyway.
$22M in receipts plus outside spending is tied to the 2020 Iowa 2nd District race: $6.5M raised by the campaigns, $1.0M of it from PACs, plus $15M from outside groups (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2020). Mariannette Miller-Meeks (Republican) won despite being outraised.
Receipts + outside spending
$22M
Raised by campaigns
$6.5M
PAC checks
$1.0M
Outside money
$15M
Candidates
Raised by the campaign Outside money supportingOutside money attacking Democrat Republican Other
Rita R. HartDemocrat
✗ Lost- Raised
- $4.3M
- Spent
- $4.1M
- From individuals
- $3.0M
- From PACs
- $652K
- From party
- $19K
- Own money & loans
- $472
- Outside money for
- $43K
- Outside money against
- $7.6M
Who paid: 15% of Hart's money came from PACs
Corporate $18K (3%)Trade group $11K (2%)Leadership PAC $171K (26%)Membership $87K (13%)Union $199K (30%)Super PAC $45K (7%)Party $20K (3%)Other $103K (16%)
- District Council 37, Afscme Public Employees Organized for Pol & Leg Equality Union$15K
- Laborers' International Union, Midwest Region Union$15K
- Elect Democratic Women Other$15K
- American Association of Nurse Anesthetists Membership$15K
- Int'l Union United Automobile Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America Uaw Union$15K
- League of Conservation Voters, Inc Membership$12K
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Political Action Committee Union$10K
- Ameripac: the Fund for a Greater America Leadership PAC$10K
Biggest outside spenders
- NRCC · $3.7M attacking
- Congressional Leadership Fund · $3.7M attacking
- Wfw Action Fund Inc · $153K attacking
- Nea Advocacy Fund · $43K supporting
- National Rifle Association of America Political Victory Fund · $112 attacking
Mariannette Miller-MeeksRepublican
✓ Won- Raised
- $2.2M
- Spent
- $1.7M
- From individuals
- $1.2M
- From PACs
- $367K
- From party
- $7K
- Own money & loans
- $219K
- Outside money for
- $350K
- Outside money against
- $7.4M
Who paid: 17% of Miller-Meeks's money came from PACs
Corporate $9K (5%)Trade group $12K (6%)Leadership PAC $78K (42%)Membership $21K (11%)Super PAC $9K (5%)Party $5K (3%)Other $53K (29%)
- Reconnecting Urban and Rural American Life Other$21K
- American College of Emergency Physicians Membership$8K
- Susan B Anthony List, Inc. Other$6K
- Mcmorris Rodgers Win the Future Fund Super PAC$5K
- Tom Cole Leadership PAC$5K
- Walden Leadership PAC$5K
- Huck PAC Other$5K
- National Pro-Life Alliance Membership$5K
Biggest outside spenders
- House Majority PAC · $3.6M attacking
- DCCC · $3.0M attacking
- American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees People · $461K attacking
- Women Vote! · $235K attacking
- With Honor Fund, Inc. · $165K supporting
Questions people ask
- How much money is tied to the 2020 Iowa 2nd District race?
- $22M in receipts plus outside spending is tied to the 2020 Iowa 2nd District race: $6.5M raised by the campaigns, $1.0M of it from PACs, plus $15M from outside groups (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2020). Mariannette Miller-Meeks (Republican) won despite being outraised.
- Who raised the most money in the 2020 Iowa 2nd District race?
- Rita R. Hart (Democrat) raised $4.3M and had $43K in outside spending on their side.
- Which outside groups spent the most on the 2020 Iowa 2nd District race?
- NRCC ($3.7M), Congressional Leadership Fund ($3.7M), House Majority PAC ($3.6M).
- Which PACs gave the most to candidates in the 2020 Iowa 2nd District race?
- Reconnecting Urban and Rural American Life gave $21K to Mariannette Miller-Meeks; American Federation of State County & Municipal Employees P E O P L E gave $15K to Rita R. Hart; Midwest Region Laborers' Political League gave $15K to Rita R. Hart.