(DES MOINES, IOWA) — Lt. Governor Chris Cournoyer today announced that she raised
$180,412 for her campaign for State Auditor and ended 2025 with $162,390.22 cash on hand.
Cournoyer’s fundraising success set a record of a Republican State Auditor candidate for
contributions in the year preceding an election year.
Lt. Cournoyer said, “Iowans have responded to my message that our next State Auditor must
prioritize transparency, efficiency, and results over headlines and partisanship. I’m humbled by the
support I’ve received across the state of Iowa.”
Cournoyer’s primary opponent, Abigail Maas only raised $35,216 during the same period and
ended the year with $49,281.10 after loaning herself $20,000.
Cournoyer, a former school board member, state senator, and current Lt. Governor, has long
championed taxpayer-friendly policies and government modernization efforts. During her tenure in
the Iowa Senate, she supported every major tax cut and constitutional protection for taxpayers,
including Iowa’s flat income tax, eliminating retirement income taxes, and a constitutional
amendment requiring a two-thirds majority to raise income taxes.
Chris Gearhart Cournoyer is the 48th Lieutenant Governor of Iowa and a former State Senator
representing Clinton, Jackson, and Scott counties. A computer science graduate and former senior
consultant at Andersen Consulting (now Accenture), she also ran a successful web development
business for over 25 years. In the Senate, she chaired the Technology Committee—authoring
Iowa’s landmark data privacy law—and held leadership roles on key budget and policy committees. A longtime advocate for education and STEM, she served on her local school board, taught robotics and coding, and was a substitute teacher. The daughter of an engineer and a teacher, Cournoyer is also a former reserve sheriff’s deputy and the proud mother of four.