Race context
Michael Bridgford is indexed in the OppIntell public candidate file as a Independent profile for Iowa, U.S. House, 01. Cycle year on file: 2026.
Race name on file: 2026 U.S. House - Iowa 01.
Race status on file: discovered.
Election system on file: other.
The indexed incumbent/challenger value is challenger.
The profile was first indexed on 2026-05-07 and last indexed on 2026-10-06.
Other indexed profiles returned for this same field are listed below. The list is limited to the race query for this page.
Bob Krause (Democratic), Christina Bohannan (Democratic), David Alfred Pautsch (Republican), Grant D Hill (Republican), Mariannette Jane Miller-Meeks (Republican), Taylor Wettach (Democratic), Travis Terrell (Democratic).
Source posture
Published claim kinds on file: 1 background claim; 5 finance claims; 1 controversies claim.
Latest attached source timestamp on file: 2026-10-06.
Filings and votes on file
Finance claims on file: 5. 0 are quoted above. FEC candidate id on file: H6IA01213.
Indexed field reading
Michael Bridgford is carried in the OppIntell public index as a Independent profile for Iowa, U.S. House, 01. The party label, office, and state on this page are the values stored on the profile. Empty fields are left off rather than filled with a guess.
The cycle year 2026 is stored for Michael Bridgford, and the candidate status stored on the profile is Active candidate. This page uses that status label and does not invent a ballot position from it.
The race title stored for Michael Bridgford is 2026 U.S. House - Iowa 01. The race status stored beside that title is discovered. Both are indexed fields from the profile record.
The election system value stored for this profile is other. It is shown because that value is present on the record.
The indexed incumbent/challenger value is challenger for Michael Bridgford. The page uses the stored incumbent or challenger value and does not infer it from the office title.
The FEC candidate id stored for Michael Bridgford is H6IA01213.
The profile was first indexed on 2026-05-07 and last indexed on 2026-10-06.
The route record for Michael Bridgford reports 7 public claims, 7 valid citations, and 7 primary-source references, and the latest attached source timestamp on that record is 2026-10-06. Those figures are counts from the route. Claim wording is added on this page only when a published row was returned for the profile.
Published claim kinds with a count above zero for Michael Bridgford: background (1), finance (5), controversies (1). A kind whose stored count is zero is left off this list.
The same-field query for Michael Bridgford returned 7 other indexed profiles: Bob Krause (Democratic), Christina Bohannan (Democratic), David Alfred Pautsch (Republican), Grant D Hill (Republican), Mariannette Jane Miller-Meeks (Republican), Taylor Wettach (Democratic), Travis Terrell (Democratic). That set is the bounded query result for this page, not a certified full ballot.
Cross-reference identifiers stored for Michael Bridgford: FEC H6IA01213; Other gdelt-tv:"Michael Bridgford" (station:CNN OR station:FOXNEWS OR station:MSNBC OR station:BBCNEWS); FEC Committee C00947432.
Profile questions
What office is Michael Bridgford indexed for?
Michael Bridgford is indexed for Iowa, U.S. House, 01. The race name on file is 2026 U.S. House - Iowa 01. The election system on file is other. The cycle year on file is 2026. The office, district, and state above are the indexed profile fields.
What party is on file for Michael Bridgford?
The party label on file for Michael Bridgford is Independent.
What is Michael Bridgford's candidate status?
Michael Bridgford is marked Active candidate on this profile. Race status on file: discovered.
Which committee or filing id is listed for Michael Bridgford?
FEC candidate id on file: H6IA01213.
How many public claims are attached to Michael Bridgford?
The route record reports 7 public claims, 7 valid citations, and 7 primary-source references. Published claim kinds on file: Background 1, Finance 5, Controversies 1. Claim text on this page is quoted from the published-claims teaser and is omitted when that teaser returns no rows.
Is Michael Bridgford indexed as an incumbent or a challenger?
The indexed incumbent/challenger value is challenger.
Who else is indexed in Michael Bridgford's race field?
Other indexed profiles returned for this field include Bob Krause (Democratic), Christina Bohannan (Democratic), David Alfred Pautsch (Republican), Grant D Hill (Republican), Mariannette Jane Miller-Meeks (Republican), Taylor Wettach (Democratic), Travis Terrell (Democratic). That list is the bounded race query for this page, not a certified full ballot.