Politician
Ashley Hinson
Republican · Iowa · ran 3 times since 2020, won 3 · incumbent
FEC candidate H0IA01174
Ashley Hinson (Republican) raised $5.6M for the 2024 Iowa 2nd District race, $1.5M of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $88K for and $0 against them (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2024). They won.
Raised, all cycles
$18M
2024, 2022, 2020; counted once per cycle
From PAC checks
20%
$3.6M from corporations, trade groups, unions and politicians
Outside money for
$1.8M
Super PACs and party groups helping
Outside money against
$3.8M
Spent attacking them
Every run
Each election and its result. Campaign receipts cover the whole cycle and can appear in both regular and special contests; they count once in the totals above.
| Cycle | Race | Raised | PAC share | Outside for / against | Google ads | All money | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Iowa 2nd District | $5.6M | 27% | $88K / $0 | $2K | $5.7M | ✓ Won |
| 2022 | Iowa 2nd District | $7.2M | 23% | $1.2M / $0 | $40K | $8.4M | ✓ Won |
| 2020 | Iowa 1st District | $5.2M | 8% | $527K / $3.8M | $14K | $9.6M | ✓ Won |
Who wrote the checks
The PACs that gave the most across every run, and what kind of money it is.
Corporate $1.4MTrade group $706KLeadership PAC $635KOther $271KMembership $197KSuper PAC $127KUnion $53KParty $15K
- WinredSuper PAC$26K
- Poet PACOtherLobbyist PAC$20K
- Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America, Inc. Political Action Committee (Insurpac)Trade groupLobbyist PAC$20K
- The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers Political Action CommitteeMembershipLobbyist PAC$20K
- Jobs Opportunity and New Ideas PACLeadership PAC$20K
- New York Life Insurance Company Political Action CommitteeCorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
- General Dynamics Corporation Political Action Committee (General Dynamics Employee PAC)CorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
- Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. Political Action CommitteeCorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
- Ernst & Young Political Action CommitteeOtherLobbyist PAC$10K
- The Boeing Company Political Action CommitteeCorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
- Employees of Rtx Corporation Political Action CommitteeCorporateLobbyist PAC$10K
- Growth Energy PACTrade groupLobbyist PAC$10K
Outside money, for and against
Super PACs and party groups that spent the most on these races.
- House Majority PACagainst $1.9M
- DCCCagainst $1.3M
- Americans for Prosperity Actionfor $555K
- Opportunity Matters Fund, Inc.for $547K
- Ua Union Plumbers & Pipefitters Vote! PAC (United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing & Pipefitting Industry of the United States and Canada)against $341K
- Congressional Leadership Fundfor $267K
- Women Vote!against $171K
- American College of Radiology Association PACfor $109K
- American Leadership PACfor $94K
- Clearpath Action Fund, Inc.for $50K
Funding and votes
How their votes align with industry funding
Across 27 industry-vote comparisons with at least $10K in traced funding, they voted the industry's way 24 times (89%). This is a retrospective comparison using covered 2020–2026 runs; some money arrived after the vote. A vote can appear for multiple industries. Unknown coverage is excluded. “With industry” means its stated preferred side, and does not establish causation.
| Vote | Industry | Their money from it | Voted |
|---|---|---|---|
| NDAA FY2027House · 2026 · 216–212 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $99K | Yea · with industry |
| Stop Insider Trading ActHouse · 2026 · 232–198 | Reported household trades wanted nay | Unknown coverage | Yea · against |
| Faster Labor Contracts ActHouse · 2026 · 230–193 | Labor unions wanted yea | $88K | Nay · against |
| Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection ActHouse · 2026 · 216–201 | Gun lobby wanted yea | $11K | Yea · with industry |
| Year-round E15House · 2026 · 218–203 | Agriculture, food and retail wanted yeaOil, gas and coal wanted nay | $364K$240K | Yea · with industryYea · against |
| Farm, Food, and National Security ActHouse · 2026 · 224–200 | Agriculture, food and retail wanted yea | $364K | Yea · with industry |
| Affordable HOMES ActHouse · 2026 · 263–147 | Real estate and construction wanted yea | $173K | Yea · with industry |
| Protect America's Workforce ActHouse · 2025 · 231–195 | Labor unions wanted yea | $88K | Nay · against |
| ANWR coastal plain leasingHouse · 2025 · 217–209 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $240K | Yea · with industry |
| NDAA FY2026House · 2025 · 231–196 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $99K | Yea · with industry |
| GENIUS Act (stablecoins)House · 2025 · 308–122 | Crypto wanted yea | $3K | Yea · with industry |
| CLARITY Act (crypto market structure)House · 2025 · 294–134 | Crypto wanted yea | $3K | Yea · with industry |
| One Big Beautiful Bill ActHouse · 2025 · 218–214 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yeaWall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | $240K$541K | Yea · with industryYea · with industry |
| OCC bank merger rule repealHouse · 2025 · 220–207 | Wall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | $541K | Yea · with industry |
| California clean cars waiver repealHouse · 2025 · 246–164 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $240K | Yea · with industry |
| CFPB overdraft rule repealHouse · 2025 · 217–211 | Wall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | $541K | Yea · with industry |
| IRS DeFi broker rule repealHouse · 2025 · 292–132 | Crypto wanted yea | $3K | Yea · with industry |
| Methane waste emissions charge repealHouse · 2025 · 220–206 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $240K | Yea · with industry |
| FIT21 (crypto market structure)House · 2024 · 279–136 | Crypto wanted yea | $2K | Yea · with industry |
| Israel Security Assistance Support ActHouse · 2024 · 224–187 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $15K | Yea · with industry |
| SAB 121 repealHouse · 2024 · 228–182 | Crypto wanted yea | $2K | Yea · with industry |
| Antisemitism Awareness ActHouse · 2024 · 320–91 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $15K | Yea · with industry |
| Israel security supplemental (Apr 2024)House · 2024 · 366–58 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $15K | Yea · with industry |
| Ukraine security supplementalHouse · 2024 · 311–112 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $34K | Yea · with industry |
| Protecting Health Care for All Patients ActHouse · 2024 · 211–208 | Pharma and health care wanted yea | $62K | Yea · with industry |
| Joint-employer rule repealHouse · 2024 · 206–177 | Labor unions wanted nay | $39K | Present / not voting |
| NDAA FY2024House · 2023 · 310–118 | Defense contractors wanted yea | $34K | Yea · with industry |
| Israel aid (Nov 2023)House · 2023 · 226–196 | Pro-Israel groups wanted yea | $15K | Yea · with industry |
| Pistol brace rule repealHouse · 2023 · 219–210 | Gun lobby wanted yea | $7K | Yea · with industry |
| Lower Energy Costs ActHouse · 2023 · 225–204 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $184K | Yea · with industry |
| Strategic Production Response ActHouse · 2023 · 221–205 | Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | $184K | Yea · with industry |
| Merger Filing Fee Modernization ActHouse · 2022 · 242–184 | Tech and AI wanted nay | $2K | Yea · against |
| Inflation Reduction ActHouse · 2022 · 220–207 | Oil, gas and coal wanted nayPharma and health care wanted nayWall Street and hedge funds wanted nay | $83K$7K$79K | Nay · with industryNay · with industryNay · with industry |
| Assault Weapons Ban of 2022House · 2022 · 217–213 | Gun lobby wanted nay | $5K | Nay · with industry |
| Safer Communities Act (post-Uvalde)House · 2022 · 234–193 | Gun lobby wanted nay | $5K | Nay · with industry |
| Affordable Insulin Now ActHouse · 2022 · 232–193 | Pharma and health care wanted nay | $7K | Nay · with industry |
| Bipartisan Background Checks ActHouse · 2021 · 227–203 | Gun lobby wanted nay | $5K | Nay · with industry |
| PRO Act (union organizing)House · 2021 · 225–206 | Labor unions wanted yea | $4K | Nay · against |
Constituents vs. funders
Voted the way most of their constituents wanted on 0 of 3 key votes (0%)
None of these votes set their $10K+ industry funders against a clear majority of their constituents. Constituent views come from the Cooperative Election Study, a survey of about 60,000 adults a year. A side counts as what constituents wanted only when it leads by more than the margin of error; closer results are shown as split. Party explains most votes, and none of this shows that money changed a vote.
| Vote | Their constituents | Their funders | Voted |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANWR coastal plain leasingHouse · 2025 | 46% support ±12IA-02 · split · CES 2024 · related question | $240K Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | YeaVoters split |
| One Big Beautiful Bill ActHouse · 2025 | 60% support ±12IA-02 · split · CES 2024 · related question | $240K Oil, gas and coal wanted yea$541K Wall Street and hedge funds wanted yea | YeaVoters split |
| Lower Energy Costs ActHouse · 2023 | 61% support ±11IA-02 · split · CES 2024 · related question | $184K Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | YeaVoters split |
| Strategic Production Response ActHouse · 2023 | 61% support ±11IA-02 · split · CES 2024 · related question | $184K Oil, gas and coal wanted yea | YeaVoters split |
| Inflation Reduction ActHouse · 2022 | 52% support ±11IA-01 · split · CES 2022 | $83K Oil, gas and coal wanted nay$79K Wall Street and hedge funds wanted nay | NayVoters split |
| Assault Weapons Ban of 2022House · 2022 | 54% support ±11IA-01 · split · CES 2022 | No industry with a side gave $10K+ | NayVoters split |
| Safer Communities Act (post-Uvalde)House · 2022 | 84% support ±6Iowa (statewide figure) · wanted Yea · CES 2024 | No industry with a side gave $10K+ | NayAgainst voters |
| Affordable Insulin Now ActHouse · 2022 | 87% support ±8IA-01 · wanted Yea · CES 2022 · related question | No industry with a side gave $10K+ | NayAgainst voters |
| Bipartisan Background Checks ActHouse · 2021 | 91% support ±4Iowa (statewide figure) · wanted Yea · CES 2024 | No industry with a side gave $10K+ | NayAgainst voters |
The revolving door
2 former aides now lobbying
Lobbyists who list a job in Ashley Hinson's office among the government positions they held, and who they now work for. A listed former position does not establish contact with that office.
Jimmy PeacockFormer congressional staff
Chief of Staff (Senator Eric Schmitt), Chief of Staff (Congresswoman Ashley Hinson), Special Assistant (U.S. Senator Marco Rubio)
Now lobbies for Google Client Services, The Boeing Company · via Cornerstone Government Affairs, INC.
Zach DeatherageFormer congressional staff
Sr. Leg. Asst. & Leg. Dir., Rep. Stefanik (2/23-1/25); Leg. Asst., Rep. Hinson (1/21-2/23); Leg. Cor., Leg. Aide, & Leg. Asst., Rep. Ralph Abraham (6/19-1/21…
Now lobbies for Alliance For Automotive Innovation, Anheuser-Busch Companies, INC. · via Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Figures are the candidate's principal committees as filed with the FEC, cycle by cycle. See About the data.
Questions people ask
- Who funded Ashley Hinson's 2024 campaign?
- Ashley Hinson (Republican) raised $5.6M for the 2024 Iowa 2nd District race, $1.5M of it from PACs, and outside groups spent $88K for and $0 against them (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Dec 31, 2024). They won.
- Which PACs gave the most to Ashley Hinson?
- Poet PAC ($10K), New York Life Insurance Company Political Action Committee ($10K), General Dynamics Corporation Political Action Committee (General Dynamics Employee PAC) ($10K), Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. Political Action Committee ($10K), Ernst & Young Political Action Committee ($10K) in 2024.
- Which super PACs spent on Ashley Hinson's race?
- Clearpath Action Fund, Inc. ($50K for), Americans for Prosperity Action ($37K for) in 2024.
- How much has Ashley Hinson raised across elections?
- $5.6M in 2024, $7.2M in 2022, $5.2M in 2020. Receipts are counted once per candidate and cycle.