Hinson, Ashley
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Ashley Elizabeth Hinson Arenholz (née Hinson; born June 27, 1983) is an American politician and journalist serving as the U.S. representative for Iowa's 2nd congressional district since 2021. The district, numbered as the 1st district during her first term, covers much of northeastern Iowa, including Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, Cedar Falls, and Dubuque. A member of the Republican Party, Hinson was the Iowa state representative for the 67th district from 2017 to 2021, and the first woman to represent the district. She won the 1st district in the U.S. House in the 2020 election, narrowly defeating incumbent Democrat Abby Finkenauer. Hinson and Mariannette Miller-Meeks are the first Republican women to represent Iowa in the House. Hinson won reelection in the redrawn 2nd district in 2022 and 2024. Hinson is the Republican nominee in the 2026 United States Senate election in Iowa to replace retiring Republican incumbent Joni Ernst.
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Core attributes
- Current office
- Representative
- Office level
- federal
- Canonical name
- Hinson, Ashley
- First name
- Ashley
- Last name
- Hinson
- Occupation
- —
- Education
- —
- Year of birth
- —
Races
- Iowa 2nd Congressional District — 2026 General Election 2026-11-03 REP C
- Iowa 2nd Congressional District — 2024 General Election 2024-11-05 REP C
- Iowa 2nd Congressional District — 2022 General Election 2022-11-08 REP C
Campaign finance
Money at a glance
2024 cycle
- Coverage
- 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-31
- Source
- Official FEC candidate summary
- Outside spending
- Outside spending details
- Total receipts
- $5,600,532.30
- Total disbursements
- $3,740,906.41
- Cash on hand
- $1,928,075.40
- Net self-funded
- $0.00
- Debts owed by the committee
- $0.00
Receipt components disclose $5,600,532.30 in total receipts for the 2024 cycle.
Sources: FEC candidate and committee summaries
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| Individual contributions | Dollars: $3,253,294.79;Share: 58.1%;Denominator: $5,600,532.30 |
| PAC/other committee contributions | Dollars: $1,522,306.52;Share: 27.2%;Denominator: $5,600,532.30 |
| Party committee contributions | Dollars: $5,500.00;Share: 0.1%;Denominator: $5,600,532.30 |
| Candidate funding | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $5,600,532.30 |
| Transfers from other authorized committees | Dollars: $801,620.24;Share: 14.3%;Denominator: $5,600,532.30 |
| Other receipts | Dollars: $17,810.75;Share: 0.3%;Denominator: $5,600,532.30 |
Fundraising detail
Itemized totals do not match committee summary totals, so this view uses itemized-only contribution facts.
- Small-dollar share
- Small-dollar share unavailable
- Small-dollar amount
- Committee summary totals are not available yet.
- Coverage
- 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Individual contribution totals
- 2024 cycle
- $2,349,900.00
- Itemized
- $2,349,900.00
- Unitemized
- $0.00
- Itemized transactions
- 13580 transactions
Only itemized individual contributions are included; unitemized totals are unavailable for this view.
Itemized individual contributions total $2,349,900.00 in the 2024 cycle.
Monthly contribution columns
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| January 2023 | Dollars: $17,767.00;Transactions: 188;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2023 | Dollars: $64,839.00;Transactions: 209;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2023 | Dollars: $122,251.00;Transactions: 287;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2023 | Dollars: $70,524.00;Transactions: 282;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2023 | Dollars: $104,009.00;Transactions: 281;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2023 | Dollars: $112,991.00;Transactions: 400;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2023 | Dollars: $63,519.00;Transactions: 647;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2023 | Dollars: $136,978.00;Transactions: 643;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2023 | Dollars: $133,241.00;Transactions: 671;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2023 | Dollars: $56,790.00;Transactions: 681;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2023 | Dollars: $84,965.00;Transactions: 571;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2023 | Dollars: $126,500.00;Transactions: 641;Coverage: Covered |
| January 2024 | Dollars: $62,866.00;Transactions: 528;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2024 | Dollars: $79,283.00;Transactions: 571;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2024 | Dollars: $157,763.00;Transactions: 673;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2024 | Dollars: $51,114.00;Transactions: 508;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2024 | Dollars: $86,668.00;Transactions: 592;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2024 | Dollars: $192,300.00;Transactions: 950;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2024 | Dollars: $91,206.00;Transactions: 1,034;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2024 | Dollars: $95,479.00;Transactions: 886;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2024 | Dollars: $199,503.00;Transactions: 821;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2024 | Dollars: $188,401.00;Transactions: 1,199;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2024 | Dollars: $46,903.00;Transactions: 310;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2024 | Dollars: $4,040.00;Transactions: 7;Coverage: Covered |
Unitemized contributions are excluded from count and geography charts.
Itemized contribution-size buckets discloses $2,349,900.00 across 13,475 reported transactions in the 2024 cycle.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| $200 and under | Dollars: $426,391.00;Transactions: 11,580 |
| $200.01-$499.99 | Dollars: $182,838.00;Transactions: 672 |
| $500-$999.99 | Dollars: $246,682.00;Transactions: 467 |
| $1,000-$1,999.99 | Dollars: $439,784.00;Transactions: 422 |
| $2,000 and over | Dollars: $1,054,205.00;Transactions: 334 |
Reported rows exclude unitemized counts and do not equal unique donors.
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
- District share
- 36% in district
- District share basis
- $835,141.00 in district and $1,465,200.00 out of district; $49,559.00 unknown district excluded from the share.
Unknown is included in the visible geography denominator. Unknown is $49,559.00 with 134 reported transactions; visible denominator is $2,349,900.00.
Geography dollar share
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| In district | Dollars: $835,141.00;Transactions: 2,412;Denominator: $2,349,900.00 |
| Elsewhere in state | Dollars: $405,303.00;Transactions: 1,249;Denominator: $2,349,900.00 |
| Out of state | Dollars: $1,059,897.00;Transactions: 9,785;Denominator: $2,349,900.00 |
| Unknown | Dollars: $49,559.00;Transactions: 134;Denominator: $2,349,900.00 |
Top reported contributor names
| Reported contributor name | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| SMITH, DUANE J. | $15,700.00 | 3 transactions |
| SMITH, LAURA | $9,900.00 | 2 transactions |
| LATHAM, ROBERT | $6,642.00 | 3 transactions |
| COBB, PATRICK | $6,600.00 | 4 transactions |
| TEMPLETON, BILL | $6,600.00 | 4 transactions |
| ARMSTRONG, NEAL | $6,600.00 | 3 transactions |
| DUHAMEL, WILLIAM | $6,600.00 | 3 transactions |
| HANRAHAN, MARK | $6,600.00 | 3 transactions |
| LYNCH, GERALD J. | $6,600.00 | 3 transactions |
| PORTZ, RANDY | $6,600.00 | 3 transactions |
Top reported employer names
Top employers aggregate raw employer names from itemized individual contributions only.
The raw ranking remains employer-name data; see Methodology for source-linking and evidence limitations.
| Employer | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unclassified / not provided | $1,174,529.00 | 11295 transactions |
| HOMEMAKER | $52,637.00 | 45 transactions |
| INVESTMENTS LIMITED | $13,200.00 | 4 transactions |
| UNIVERSAL INDUSTRIES INC | $13,200.00 | 4 transactions |
| MCCOY GROUP | $13,200.00 | 3 transactions |
| MARQUIS MANAGEMENT | $12,500.00 | 11 transactions |
| APOLLO | $12,400.00 | 13 transactions |
| WORLD CLASS INDUSTRIES | $9,900.00 | 5 transactions |
| APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT | $9,700.00 | 9 transactions |
| LS2GROUP | $9,341.00 | 7 transactions |
Industries among top reported employer names
Industries are assigned from reported employer names by the server. This rollup covers only eligible returned top-employer rows for the selected cycle.
| Industry | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown / unclassified | $93,441.00 | 56 transactions |
Classified: $0.00 and 0 transactions out of $93,441.00 and 56 transactions among eligible top-employer rows.
Finance data loading
Source and freshness
Last pulled: 6 days ago (2026-08-25)
Data is current.
FEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2022:H0IA01174
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2026:H0IA01174
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2024:H0IA01174
View source recordUS Congress Legislators (unitedstates/congress-legislators) (campaign_finance/federal/congress)
Source record ID: house:H001091
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H0IA01174:2024
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H0IA01174:2026
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H0IA01174:2022
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Key metrics
- Identifiers
- 5
Identifiers
- bioguide_id
- H001091
- fec_candidate_id
- H0IA01174
- fec_candidate_ids
- H0IA01174
- govtrack_id
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- wikidata_id
- Q60713905