YOUNG, DAVID

R · house · bioguide Y000066

FEC candidate id: S4IA00103
Internal id: 1870d628-8004-4f9f-a713-6b6ab46fb3bc
Status: open seat

Who this candidate represents

Who lives here — American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024), IA-03. Source.

Category	Metric	Value
People	Population	816,359
People	Median age	37
Income	Median household income	$80,844
Income	Per-capita income	$44,374
Income	In poverty	10.3%
Income	Unemployed	3.9%
Income	Gini inequality index	0.445
Race	White alone	80.6%
Race	Black alone	5.3%
Race	Asian alone	3.9%
Race	Hispanic or Latino	8.7%
Race	Two or more races	6.8%
Origin	Foreign-born	8.4%
Language	Speaks English only at home	87.4%
Language	Speaks Spanish at home	5.7%
Education	High school or higher	63.2%
Education	Bachelor's or higher	36.7%
Education	Advanced degree	11.9%
Household	Family households	61.9%
Household	Avg household size	2.41
Household	Never married (15+)	31.4%
Housing	Median home value	$241,100
Housing	Median gross rent	$1,108
Housing	Single-family detached	67.6%
Housing	Built before 1940	4.3%
Housing	Overcrowded (>1 per room)	2.2%
Housing	Vacant units	7.6%
Service	Veterans (18+)	5.9%
Health	With a disability	11.9%
Connectivity	Households with broadband	90.3%
Connectivity	Households with no internet	6.3%
Commute	Drove alone	73.3%
Commute	Public transit	0.4%
Commute	Worked from home	14.7%

Cycle financials

Source: FEC weball bulk file (cycle summary). Numbers in USD; 0 = no activity reported.

Cycle	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand	Debts	Indiv. contribs.
2022	$17,555	$26,317	$79,089	$197,500	$25
2020	$3,158,140	$3,083,089	$87,851	$0	$2,428,037
2018	$2,842,346	$2,913,631	$12,800	$197,500	$800,915
2016	$2,522,677	$2,468,356	$84,085	$250,000	$912,796
2014	$1,998,190	$1,968,425	$29,764	$295,000	$1,013,116

Elections

2014 general house · IA-3 — won
2014 general senate · IA-S — won
2014 general senate · IA-S — won
2014 general senate · IA-S — won
2014 general senate · IA-S — won
2014 general senate · IA-S — won

Committees

YFI PAC — independent · type H

Recent votes

No votes on file.

Election prediction

Cycle 2026 · model baseline-v1 · base rate 15.1%

P(win) = 20.1%

Feature	Δ P(win)
Base rate (historical)	15.1%
R (major party)	+10.0%
open seat	-5.0%

Baseline model (incumbency × party × office). Calibration: backtest Brier score is the reference, see npm run db:ingest -- --source=predict-backtest-election. Future model versions must beat baseline Brier on the same held-out cohort or they don't ship.

Transfers from committees

Direct contributions from PACs and party committees. Source: FEC pas2 bulk (committee-to-candidate transactions).

Date	From committee	Type	Amount
2021-06-16	REPUBLICAN MAINSTREET PARTNERSHIP PAC	24K	$1,000

Connected on the graph

Inbound (28)

date	from	type	amount	source
2022-08-09	THE HAWKEYE FUND	contributed_to	$2,500	pas2
2021-12-16	WINRED	contributed_to	$-15	pas2
2021-09-07	WINRED	contributed_to	$-1	pas2
2021-08-20	WINRED	contributed_to	$-1	pas2
2021-06-24	WINRED	contributed_to	$1	pas2
2021-06-16	REPUBLICAN MAINSTREET PARTNERSHIP PAC	contributed_to	$1,000	pas2
2021-06-11	PLANNED PARENTHOOD VOTES	contributed_to	$8	pas2
2021-04-22	WINRED	contributed_to	$0	pas2
2021-04-13	WINRED	contributed_to	$0	pas2
2021-03-30	WINRED	contributed_to	$0	pas2
2021-02-19	WINRED	contributed_to	$8	pas2
2021-02-19	WINRED	contributed_to	$8	pas2
2021-02-19	WINRED	contributed_to	$10	pas2
2021-02-19	WINRED	contributed_to	$8	pas2
2021-02-18	WINRED	contributed_to	$2	pas2
2021-01-30	WINRED	contributed_to	$0	pas2
2021-01-29	WINRED	contributed_to	$0	pas2
2021-01-27	WINRED	contributed_to	$1	pas2
2021-01-24	WINRED	contributed_to	$25	pas2
2021-01-22	WINRED	contributed_to	$0	pas2
2021-01-19	WINRED	contributed_to	$0	pas2
2021-01-15	WINRED	contributed_to	$25	pas2
2021-01-09	WINRED	contributed_to	$0	pas2
2021-01-08	WINRED	contributed_to	$4	pas2
2021-01-07	WINRED	contributed_to	$0	pas2
2021-01-06	WINRED	contributed_to	$0	pas2
2021-01-06	WINRED	contributed_to	$12	pas2
2021-01-04	WINRED	contributed_to	$8	pas2

Outbound (7)

date	type	to	amount	source
—	joint_fundraising_committee_of	PATRIOT DAY I 2015	—	candidate_committees
—	independent_committee_of	YFI PAC	—	candidate_committees
—	joint_fundraising_committee_of	YOUNG GUNS DAY III 2014	—	candidate_committees
—	principal_candidate_of	YOUNG FOR IA-03	—	candidate_committees
—	joint_fundraising_committee_of	IOWA REPUBLICAN PARTY 2014 VICTORY FUND	—	candidate_committees
—	principal_candidate_of	YFI PAC	—	candidate_committees
—	independent_committee_of	YFI PAC	—	candidate_committees

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