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About Zach P Wahls
Office soughtU.S. Senate · IAFederal Election Commission
Officeholder statusChallengerCurrent office roster · checked 2026-10-16READING THIS ENTRYPeople & public office
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Zach P Wahls: 2026 Federal Candidate Record
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Zach P Wahls
Iowa U.S. Senate
Democratic PartyZach P Wahls is included in the 2026 FEC filing records for Iowa U.S. Senate. Explore the available source records below. A federal filing does not establish ballot qualification.
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Zach P Wahls 2026 timeline
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Latest included independent expenditure
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FEC · included source coverageScheduled primary election
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Official election schedule · schedule subject to changeFederal general election
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PAC contributions and outside spending
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PAC contributions and outside spending involving Zach P Wahls
Direct campaign support and independent spending are not combined. Support and opposition below are the positions reported by the spender to the Federal Election Commission.
Direct committee contributions$0.000 transactions
Coordinated party spending$0.000 transactions
Independent spending to support$150,000.001 transactions
Independent spending to oppose$0.000 transactions
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Independent expenditure
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Outside spenders reporting support or opposition
supportIOWA ACTION1 itemized transaction · latest May 13, 2026
$150,000.00FEC filing ↗
SPONSOR-LEVEL SOURCE ROWS1 reported communication-spending record
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Official filing details
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Candidate filing details
- Candidate
- Zach P Wahls
- Office sought
- U.S. Senate — Iowa
- Party affiliation
- Democratic Party
- Incumbency
- Challenger
- Candidate status
- Current candidate
- FEC candidate ID
S6IA00272
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