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Matt Robinson

State representative-elect, House District 72

Won this seat Nov 3 (unofficial results). Takes office Jan 11.

Party
Democrat
District
House District 72See it on a street map
Replaces
Jennifer Smith
Until they take office

No record here yet

Matt Robinson hasn’t served in the Iowa House, so there’s no voting record or committee list. Both appear here once they’re sworn in and the Legislature lists their seat, along with official contact details.

Until then, House District 72 is represented by Jennifer Smith, who’s the one to contact about bills before the new session.

Where they serve

House District 72

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Matt Robinson represents House District 72, which is in Dubuque County.

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District lines from the US Census Bureau, drawn in Iowa’s 2021 redistricting. Street map © OpenStreetMap contributors, OpenFreeMap.

Campaign money

Who funds their campaign

Money given to Matt Robinson’s campaign for the Iowa House, from reports it files with the state. It doesn’t include money raised for any other race, such as a run for Congress, which is reported to the Federal Election Commission instead. We show totals; we don’t name individual donors.

$151,675raised in 2025–26, through Oct 14

  • Individuals
  • PACs
  • Party committees
  • Businesses and other
From Iowa
76%
of money with an address on the report
Small gifts
35%
of individuals’ money came in gifts of $100 or less; 32% in gifts of $1,000 or more

Biggest donors

PACs, party committees, other campaigns and organizations.

  1. Iowa Democratic PartyParty$54,911
  2. North Central States Carpenter PACPAC$15,000
  3. Iowa State Education Assn. PAC or ISEA PACPAC$10,000
  4. Justice For All Political Action CommitteePAC$10,000
  5. MID-AMERICA CARPENTERS REGIONAL COUNCIL PACPAC$7,500
  6. Plumbers and Pipe Fitters Local 125 Political Education FundPAC$2,500
  7. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers PAC IBEWPAC$2,000
  8. Heavy Highway Political Action CommitteePAC$1,500
  9. Operating Engineers Local 234 Political FundPAC$1,500
  10. Iowa State Building & Trades Council PECPAC$1,000
See the numbers
Where the money came from, 2025–26
SourceAmountShare
Individuals People giving their own money$40,51327%
PACs Political action committees: unions, businesses, causes$54,10036%
Party committees State and county party committees$55,31536%
Other candidates Other politicians’ campaign committees$00%
Businesses and other Businesses, groups, unregistered committees and unitemized gifts$1,7471%
In-kind gifts (included above)$47,87032%

Totals cover their campaign committee only, not money spent by outside groups. In-kind gifts count at their reported value. Party money often passes through caucus committees, which show up here as PACs. How we count campaign money

From Iowa Campaign Contributions Received, published by the Iowa Ethics & Campaign Finance Disclosure Commission under CC BY-NC 4.0. We total and summarize the reports as campaigns filed them. Last checked Nov 7.