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2022 H2ia04141 Ryan Michael Appleton Melton

The Race · House · IA · District 04 · 2022

RYAN MICHAEL APPLETON MELTON

DemocraticChallenger

Office: House · IA-04
Cycle: 2022
Party: Democratic
FEC id: H2IA04141

House IA-04 2022 FEC candidate page

Primary result

FEC Federal Elections 2022Democraticprimary

Popular votes: 20,794
Primary share: 99.7%
Outcome: Primary winner

General election

FEC Federal Elections 2022

Popular votes: 84,230
Share: 30.4%
Outcome: Did not win

Campaign finance

Coverage through 2022-12-31

Receipts: $53.0K; $53,023
Disbursements: $48.9K; $48,926
Cash on hand: $4.1K; $4,097

Top donors

FOURTH DISTRICT DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE
Committee
$3.0K
BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS & TRAINMEN PAC FUND
Committee
$1.5K
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E
Committee
$1.0K

Finance totals prefer FEC presidential summary tables when labeled on the row; otherwise FEC weball. Popular votes attach for the general election and, when available, the party primary. Top donors are a capped committee/PAC list from pas2, not every itemized contributor. Built 2026-08-06T15:37:13Z. See methodology.