Do you care about control of the Iowa Statehouse? Then today is the day to donate to your favorite candidate. It& #39;s the fundraising deadline for the most important reporting period for state legislative candidates. Here& #39;s why:

The finance reports will be public by July 20, which is the last time until late October that we get a look at candidates& #39; fundraising power. A lot of important decisions on which swing districts to target come from these reports, so it& #39;s important to have a good showing

And no, fundraising is not the only factor in legislative races, but it& #39;s one of the few public pieces of data on the candidates we get. There& #39;s little press coverage of these races, door knocks/phone calls are usually internal info, social media only does so much.