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Chris McGowan

Candidate for Iowa 4th Congressional District · Republican

On the 2026 ballotCandidate · Iowa 4th Congressional District · Nov 3 General

Ballot status source: Iowa Secretary of State — Candidate List, November 3, 2026 General Election: United States Representative District 4 — 'Chris McGowan', Republican · read Sep 24, 2026

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Running for Iowa 4th Congressional District, Nov 3 General. The race page has 1 other candidate, 3 certified results. See the race

Roles on File

Seats held and sought, elections and committees, newest first.

The District

What Iowa 4th Congressional District covers

Covers all of Kossuth County, Pottawattamie County, Woodbury County, Plymouth County, Sioux County, Crawford County, Webster County, Harrison County, Monona County, Lyon County, Buena Vista County, Calhoun County, Cherokee County, Clay County, Franklin County and 21 more.

Includes Sioux City (part), Council Bluffs (part), Ames, Fort Dodge, Marshalltown, Spencer, Ackley (part), Akron, Albert City, Albion, Alexander, Algona and 365 more.

Map of Iowa 4th Congressional District with 466 precincts

466 precincts · District lines: Congressional lines: U.S. Census Bureau (1:500,000 cartographic boundary, 119th Congress) · Precinct lines: Iowa Legislative Services Agency, Iowa Precincts (as of the 2022 reprecincting) statewide layer (services.arcgis.com/vPD5PVLI6sfkZ5E4 Iowa_Precincts); U.S. Census Bureau 2020 TIGER/Line VTDs where no official layer; Iowa Legislative Services Agency precincts (2016 file) for the 2020 general

Key Votes

The record

  • No public voting record

    Holds no elected public office. Checked 2026-09-24.

    Sep 24, 2026 · Official · GOTV Intel review of official candidate lists

Newest first. A close vote was decided by 5% of the votes cast or less (or 10 votes or fewer, under a fifth of the votes). Broke with party: voted against most of their party, where the record gives the party split.

Their Money

Campaign finance

Last Change
Profile updated · Sep 24
Raised
$679,844cycle to date through Jun 30
Cash on Hand
$328,850cycle to date through Jun 30
Spent
$350,993cycle to date through Jun 30
Debts Owed
$0cycle to date through Jun 30
Next Report Due
Q3 Report · Oct 15

View on FEC.govFEC, cycle to date through Jun 30, 2026

Top Payees

Who the campaign paid most, as its filing reports it.

Campaign finance · Mcgowan For Iowa: July Quarterly 2026, through Jun 30, 2026

Jun 30, 2026 · Official · Federal Election Commission

Finance Reports

  • Campaign finance · Mcgowan For Iowa: July Quarterly 2026, through Jun 30, 2026

    Raised $679,843.50 this election cycle (as reported) · spent $350,993.27 · cash on hand $328,850.23 · debts owed by the committee $0.00 — through Jun 30, 2026. Where the money came from (cycle to date, as reported): Individuals $562,523.63 (83%); PACs and other political committees $116,500.00 (17%); Other receipts (refunds, offsets, other) $819.87 (0%). Where it went (itemized operating expenditures this cycle, FEC-processed through Sep 20, 2026): compliance and treasurer $87,492.86; fundraising $73,585.00; general consulting $36,000.00; legal $21,655.00; staff, contractors and reimbursements $16,857.85; direct mail $13,222.25.

    Jun 30, 2026 · Official · Federal Election Commission

Money shows as the filings named here report it. Payees are who the campaign paid; individual contributors are not shown.

Advertising

Who is advertising for and against Chris

Independent Expenditures

FEC independent expenditures on file: $6,484 supporting, $0 opposing, across 2 reports.

Spend as each platform or filing reports it. Each line is a separate measure, and they are not added together.

In Their Words

What they have said, on the record

“The single and most important thing we can do for Iowa farmers today and Iowa consumers to bring the price of fuel down and to create more markets for corn is to pass year-round E15”
Republican candidates open local GOP "Victory Office"Sep 18, 2026 · Press · KTIV · source
“We’ve seen too much tension, too much vitriol, sometimes even spreading to violence. And it doesn’t need to be that way”
Candidate Chris McGowan urges 'prudent use of arms' at Register's SoapboxAug 17, 2026 · Press · Des Moines Register · source
“I understand the importance of increasing markets for farmers, to have more places to sell corn, to make sure that we can increase the price on a bushel of corn. But I can’t allow the seizure of the same farmer’s property for a project that they don’t support or never intended for their land to be used for”
Candidate Chris McGowan urges 'prudent use of arms' at Register's SoapboxAug 17, 2026 · Press · Des Moines Register · source
“If we’re going to commit young men and women to serve in harm’s way, the threat has to be worth what we’re asking the young men and women to do”
Candidate Chris McGowan urges 'prudent use of arms' at Register's SoapboxAug 17, 2026 · Press · Des Moines Register · source
“As the father of five who are serving in uniform today, I want to make sure that our country is doing everything in our power to make sure that those young men and women have access to everything they need to be safe and to be effective”
Candidate Chris McGowan urges 'prudent use of arms' at Register's SoapboxAug 17, 2026 · Press · Des Moines Register · source
“I think one of the most pressing challenges that we have as a nation, and one that requires both a short and a long term solution, is our addiction to spending. We’re nearly forty trillion dollars in debt”
Race to NW Iowa Representative: Chris McGowanMay 29, 2026 · Press · Sioux County Radio · source

In the News

Press coverage

Headlines link to the original reporting, captured on the date shown.

Reach Them

Websites and accounts

  • Campaign website capture

    Campaign website https://www.mcgowanforiowa.com/ captured 2026-09-24T22:22:23Z (1280x900 viewport, logged-out).

    Sep 24, 2026 · Self-published · Campaign website · source

  • Campaign website: https://www.mcgowanforiowa.com/

    Source: https://www.mcgowanforiowa.com/

    Sep 24, 2026 · Self-published · Campaign website · source

The Paper Trail

Filings, results and exhibits

  • On the ballot: U.S. House, Iowa 4th District · November 3, 2026 general election

    Listed as "Chris McGowan" (Republican) on the IA official election authority certified candidate list for the 2026 General Election (as of read 2026-09-24). Checked 2026-09-24.

    Sep 24, 2026 · Official · IA official election authority · source

  • U.S. Representative · IA-04

    Republican · Candidate · On the 2026 ballot

    Sep 19, 2026 · Official

File read Sep 25, 2026. Each item names its source. Record ID p_1rhhy5gdd.

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