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2024 H2ia04141 Ryan Michael Appleton Melton

The Race · House · IA · District 04 · 2024

RYAN MICHAEL APPLETON MELTON

DemocraticChallenger

Office: House · IA-04
Cycle: 2024
Party: Democratic
FEC id: H2IA04141

House IA-04 2024 FEC candidate page

General election

MEDSL U.S. House returns (Clerk Statistics)

Popular votes: 122,175
Share: 32.7%
Outcome: Did not win

Campaign finance

Coverage through 2024-12-31

Receipts: $153.1K; $153,144
Disbursements: $155.2K; $155,195
Cash on hand: $2.9K; $2,897

Top donors

FOURTH DISTRICT DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE
Committee
$4.0K
UAW - V - CAP (UAW VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM) 'INT'L UNION UNITED AUTOMOBILE AEROSPACE & AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA UAW
Committee
$1.0K
IOWA CITIZENS FOR COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT ACTION FUND
Committee
$30
NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION
Committee
$0.0

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.