Dave Dawson

Democratic · On the Nov 3 ballot for US House, Iowa District 4 · vs. Chris McGowan (R)
Background: Prosecutor · State legislator

Raised: $259K
Cash on hand: $42K

Now

US House, Iowa District 4 · Tue, Nov 3
Dave Dawson DemocraticChris McGowan Republican

Career

On the 2026 ballot for US House IA-04, status qualified.

Money

FEC, through Oct 14, 2026

Spent $217K · Debts owed $0

Reports through Oct 14, 2026. Matched to the FEC by name, party and seat, so it could be the wrong person.

How these are counted

Later filings are not in yet. Totals for the 2025 to 2026 cycle. Raised $259,241. Cash on hand $41,976. Spent $217,264. Debts owed $0. Main committee: Dave Dawson for Iowa. No donor names are shown.

More about Dave Dawson

Background

Prosecutor
State legislator

Source: Campaign site

Official pages (1 link)

This candidate on fec.govfec.gov

Sources (4 sources)

Ballot listing, sos.iowa.gov
Name, party, office and status. Retrieved Aug 19, 2026.
FEC bulk data 2025-2026: all-candidates summary (weball26), candidate master (cn), candidate-committee linkage (ccl), committee master (cm)
Federal 2026 candidates: money totals (web/data/people/money) and the MN federal filing list. Bulk files, no API and no key. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: US government work, public domain. Totals and committee names only; no donor names or addresses are stored.
Election Wrld 2026 candidate files (state election office lists)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: state public records; see each row's sourceUrl.
FEC candidate master file (cnYY.zip bulk download)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: US government work, public domain.

Officials files, 2026 candidate files, returns files, DIME, FEC candidate master and congress-legislators terms, as of 2026-10-29. Nothing about jobs, retirement, or reasons is recorded or inferred.

Not available for Dave Dawson: an ideology score, an age.

DataSources: FEC, Results filesData as of Oct 29, 2026