More than $22 million was raised for the Iowa Senate race in 2022. This was split fairly evenly between the Republican and Democrat parties.
What’s known as “dark money,” which comes from political non-profits and shell corporations, has greatly increased expenditures and donations in recent elections to record-breaking highs.
Donations made to political groups or candidates must be disclosed under state law for greater transparency in elections.
Disclosures of political contributions can be unclear or murky due to gaps in information and misreporting.
Top Political Contributions in Iowa for week ending Feb. 5, 2022
| Committee | Contributor | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Robert D Kern Private Revocable Trust | $25,000 | 2/3/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Daniel and Phyllis Rupprecht | $25,000 | 2/4/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Ronald and Arlene Holden | $25,000 | 2/4/2022 |
| Associated General Contractors of Iowa, PAC | Lindsey Falk | $20,000 | 2/3/2022 |
| LeaAnn Saul For Cedar Falls | Leaann Saul | $15,243 | 2/2/2022 |
| Associated General Contractors of Iowa, PAC | Randy Miller | $11,000 | 2/3/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Bernard Baker | $10,000 | 2/4/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Adam P. and Melissa Farver | $10,000 | 2/4/2022 |
| Great Plains Laborers' District Council Iowa, PAC | Great Plains Laborers District Council | $6,732 | 1/31/2022 |
| Great Plains Laborers' District Council Iowa, PAC | Great Plains Laborers District Council | $6,455 | 1/31/2022 |
| Associated General Contractors of Iowa, PAC | Steve Streb | $6,250 | 2/1/2022 |
| Frerick for Iowa | Darren Sparks | $5,000 | 2/3/2022 |
| Iowans for Tax Relief, PAC | Peter Voorhees | $5,000 | 2/3/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Clarence and Lynn Hoffman | $5,000 | 2/4/2022 |
| Frerick for Iowa | Ariel Nessel | $5,000 | 2/2/2022 |
| Associated General Contractors of Iowa, PAC | Logan Kentner | $3,400 | 2/3/2022 |
| Associated General Contractors of Iowa, PAC | Aaron Krogman | $3,250 | 2/1/2022 |
| Kathleen Figaro for Senate | Scott Clemons | $3,000 | 2/3/2022 |
| FUELIowa, PAC | Ronald Langston | $2,500 | 2/1/2022 |
| Iowa Health, PAC | Jason Tjaden | $2,500 | 2/4/2022 |
| Frerick for Iowa | Bradley Goldberg | $2,500 | 2/2/2022 |
| Frerick for Iowa | Srividya Srinivasan | $2,500 | 2/4/2022 |
| Plumbers & Pipefitters Local Union #25, PAC | -- | $2,328 | 1/31/2022 |
| Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union #33 | Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 33 | $2,139 | 2/4/2022 |
| Iowa Industry Political Action Committee or IIPAC | Peter Voorhees | $2,000 | 2/3/2022 |
| Sonya Heitshusen For Iowa | Harry Bookey | $2,000 | 2/4/2022 |
| Sonya Heitshusen For Iowa | Pamela Bass-Bookey | $2,000 | 2/4/2022 |
| Ben Rogers for Supervisor | Plumbers and Pipe Fitters Local 125 Political Education Fund | $2,000 | 2/4/2022 |
| Sonya Heitshusen For Iowa | Gerald M. Kirke | $2,000 | 2/2/2022 |
| Frerick for Iowa | Kathryn Head | $2,000 | 2/3/2022 |
| Associated General Contractors of Iowa, PAC | Cork Peterson | $1,750 | 2/2/2022 |
| McCarthy for County Attorney | Terry Moss | $1,500 | 2/4/2022 |
| Alliant Energy Employees' Iowa, PAC | Roger Newport | $1,500 | 1/31/2022 |
| Alliant Energy Employees' Iowa, PAC | Michael Garcia | $1,500 | 1/31/2022 |
| Iowa Realtors, PAC | Cathryn Sommers | $1,500 | 1/31/2022 |
| Scott County Democratic Central Committee | Michael Liebbe | $1,500 | 2/3/2022 |
| Associated General Contractors of Iowa, PAC | Travis Thom | $1,500 | 2/2/2022 |
| Alliant Energy Employees' Iowa, PAC | Susan Whiting | $1,500 | 1/31/2022 |
| Alliant Energy Employees' Iowa, PAC | Dean Oestreich | $1,500 | 1/31/2022 |
| Marvis Landon for Iowa | Nate Burk | $1,462 | 2/3/2022 |
| Tiara Mays for Iowa | Christine Decoudreaux | $1,400 | 1/31/2022 |
| Vote Yes Marion | Sinclair Broadcast Group | $1,225 | 2/4/2022 |
| Associated General Contractors of Iowa, PAC | Joshua Reis | $1,200 | 2/3/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | W. Dan Shirkey | $1,000 | 2/4/2022 |
| Bird for Iowa | Bob Wersen | $1,000 | 2/2/2022 |
| Iowans For Miller | Thomas Henderson | $1,000 | 1/31/2022 |
| Iowa Industry Political Action Committee or IIPAC | Michele Farrell | $1,000 | 2/3/2022 |
| MacKenzie Bills for Iowa | Bryn Lansdowne | $1,000 | 1/31/2022 |
| Frerick for Iowa | Max Farrell | $1,000 | 1/30/2022 |
| McCarthy for County Attorney | Stephen Vilmain | $1,000 | 2/3/2022 |
| McCarthy for County Attorney | Rick Olson | $1,000 | 2/1/2022 |
| Iowans For Miller | Ken Birt | $1,000 | 1/30/2022 |
| Iowa Realtors, PAC | Kelly Burge | $1,000 | 1/31/2022 |
| Committee to Elect Laura Roan | Daniel Voogt | $1,000 | 2/4/2022 |
| Iowa Democratic Party | James Beranek | $1,000 | 2/3/2022 |
| Frerick for Iowa | Tyler Maiers | $1,000 | 2/2/2022 |
| Chapman For Senate | Jared Nielsen | $1,000 | 1/31/2022 |
| DeJear for Iowa | Sondra Feldstein | $1,000 | 1/30/2022 |
| DeJear for Iowa | Sharon Townsend | $1,000 | 1/31/2022 |
| RaleyForIowaSenate | Edmund Raley | $1,000 | 1/30/2022 |
| RaleyForIowaSenate | Edward Raley | $1,000 | 2/4/2022 |
| Iowans For Miller | Nancy Clark | $1,000 | 1/30/2022 |
| Justice For All Political Action Committee | Ryan Nixon | $1,000 | 2/4/2022 |
| Marvis Landon for Iowa | Jeffrey M. Lamberti | $1,000 | 2/3/2022 |
| Committee to Elect Laura Roan | Donald Stanley | $1,000 | 1/31/2022 |
| Iowans for Mike Vondran | Paul Vanduyne | $1,000 | 2/3/2022 |
| Marvis Landon for Iowa | Justin O. Edler | $1,000 | 2/3/2022 |
| Rob Sand for Iowa | Jennifer Lawless | $1,000 | 2/1/2022 |
| Izaah Knox for Iowa Senate | Kelly Keyes | $1,000 | 2/1/2022 |
| Suresh Reddy For Iowa | Suresh Reddy | $1,000 | 2/1/2022 |
| Frerick for Iowa | Fiona Morton | $1,000 | 2/1/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Jeff and Jackie Gordon | $1,000 | 2/1/2022 |
| Linn Wins! | D & D Real Estate | $798 | 1/31/2022 |
| Associated General Contractors of Iowa, PAC | Mark Johnson | $750 | 1/31/2022 |
| Associated General Contractors of Iowa, PAC | Marty Jorgensen | $750 | 2/1/2022 |
| Associated General Contractors of Iowa, PAC | Brian Jansen | $700 | 1/31/2022 |
| Associated General Contractors of Iowa, PAC | Larry Henriksen | $650 | 2/1/2022 |
| Frerick for Iowa | Phoebe Lostroh | $500 | 2/3/2022 |
| Marvis Landon for Iowa | Robert Norgaard | $500 | 1/30/2022 |
| Committee to Elect Susan Miller | Kandis Skank | $500 | 2/3/2022 |
| Committee to Elect Laura Roan | Jane Murphy | $500 | 2/1/2022 |
| Candy Bradley | Robert McQuillen | $500 | 2/1/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Donald A. and Jennifer Slagle | $500 | 2/2/2022 |
| Sonya Heitshusen For Iowa | Ken Root | $500 | 2/2/2022 |
| Moats for Recorder | Alexander Barrett | $500 | 2/5/2022 |
| Frerick for Iowa | Elaina Rose | $500 | 2/3/2022 |
| Maybanks for County Attorney | Ironworkers Local #89 Political Education Fund | $500 | 1/31/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Bill and Linda Bywater | $500 | 2/5/2022 |
| Rachel Zimmermann Smith for County Attorney | Stan Potratz | $500 | 2/4/2022 |
| Marvis Landon for Iowa | Kimberly J. Rinker | $500 | 2/3/2022 |
| Kenan Judge for Iowans | Bruce Thorsen | $500 | 1/31/2022 |
| Carroll County Democratic Central Committee | Randy Potthoff | $500 | 1/31/2022 |
| Sonya Heitshusen For Iowa | David Higgins | $500 | 2/1/2022 |
| McCarthy for County Attorney | Colt Moss | $500 | 2/4/2022 |
| DeJear for Iowa | Paul Morf | $500 | 1/30/2022 |
| FUELIowa, PAC | Mark Lincoln | $500 | 1/31/2022 |
| Izaah Knox for Iowa Senate | Matthew Cronin | $500 | 2/2/2022 |
| Associated General Contractors of Iowa, PAC | Nick Gaebel | $500 | 1/31/2022 |
| Advocates for the betterment of West Sioux | Scott Vreeman | $500 | 2/4/2022 |
ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY
Iowans 4 Higher Education• Committee To Elect Zach Wahls• Sarah Trone Garriott for Iowa• K Lynn Evans Campaign Committee• Iowa Physical Therapy, PAC• Heather Matson for Iowa House• Jackie Smith for Iowa Senate• Ben Rogers for Supervisor• Iowa Medical Leadership, PAC• Boone County Democratic Central Committee• Rebecca Bowker for Iowa• Button for Recorder• Citizens for Rob Hogg• Dow for Iowa• Iowans for Walton• Zylstra for Iowa House• Iowa Friends of Rural Electrification-Iaec, PAC• Friends of Tavis Hall• Iowans for Miller• Dejear for Iowa• Austin Baeth for Iowa• Mike Naig for Iowa Agriculture• Carroll County Democratic Central Committee• Cwa Council of the State of Iowa Cope Fund• Waylon Brown for State Senate• Neighbors for Enos• Sherman for Freedom Committee• Mauro Campaign Team• Stiffler for Iowa• Democratic Women of Buchanan County• Janice Weiner for State Senate• Committee To Elect Shad Clayton• Kraayenbrink for Iowa Senate• Committee To Elect Susan Miller• Credit Union, PAC• West Des Moines Democrats• Hite for State House• Jones County Democratic Central Committee• Gehlbach for Iowa House• Williams for Iowa House• Eric Giddens for Iowa• Jacobsen for Iowa House• Abatepac• Monica Kurth for Iowa House• Suresh Reddy for Iowa• Independent Insurance Agents of Iowa, PAC• RaleyForIowaSenate• Maybanks for County Attorney• McCarthy for County Attorney• Jaylen Cavil for Iowa• Sean Bagniewski for Iowa• Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union #33• Monroe County Republican Central Committee• Polk County Republican Central Committee• Iowa Realtors, PAC• Gustoff for Iowa• Story County Republican Central Committee• Citizens for Sharon Steckman• Bankers Unite in Legislative Decisions• Mitchell County Democratic Central Committee• Jefferson County Democratic Central Committee• Dubuque County Patriots• Penny Vossler for Iowa• People for Pam Jochum• Iowa Lawpac• Bird for Iowa• Iowa Association of Nurse Anesthetists, PAC• Marshall County Democratic Central Committee• Audubon County Democratic Central Committee• Winnebago County Republican Central Committee• Iowa State Education Association or ISEA PAC, PAC• Citizens for John Norwood• Rob Sand for Iowa• Rachel Zimmermann Smith for County Attorney• Scott County Republican Central Committee• Vote Jorgensen• SEIU Local 199 COPE Fund• Alejandro Murguia-Ortiz for Iowa Senate• Loomis for County Attorney• Candy Bradley• Linn County Republican Central Committee• Todd Brady for Iowa Senate• Iowa Agribusiness, PAC• Lea Ann Saul for Cedar Falls• Iowa CCI, PAC• Sonya Heitshusen for Iowa• Tompkins for Auditor• Moats for Recorder• Libertarian Party• Iowa Health, PAC• Jeff Shipley's Committee for Peace and Prosperity• Kevin J. Schneider for Sheriff• Buchanan County Republican Central Committee• Weets for Iowa• Zabner for Iowa• Team Lofgren• Muscatine County Democratic Central Committee• Chickasaw County Republican Central Committee• Frerick for Iowa• Megan Srinivas for Iowa• Alons for Senate• Craig Cooper for Iowa House 81• Iowans for Mike Vondran• Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Political Action Committee• Winckler for State House• Deb VanderGaast for Iowa Senate• Eric Gjerde for Iowa• Iowa Dental Political Action Committee• Boulton for Senate• Jones County Republican Central Committee• Todd Shafer for Ankeny• Cournoyer for Senate• Iowa Democratic Party• Marvis Landon for Iowa• United Steelworkers of America Local 310 Cope Account• Polk County Democratic Central Committee• Izaah Knox for Iowa Senate• Sam Wooden for Dubuque County Attorney• Chapman for Senate• Pate for Iowa• Franklin County Republican Central Committee• Black Hawk County Republican Central Committee• Johnson County Democratic Central Committee• Citizens for Katy Wethal• Friends of Whitver• Linn County Democratic Central Committee• Iowans for Tax Relief, PAC• Bridget Carberry Montgomery for Iowa• Decatur County Republican Central Committee• Cosmetology Arts and Sciences Political Action Committee• Citizens for Elinor A. Levin• Vote Yes Marion• Taxpayers for Mitchell• Warren County Democratic Central Committee• Hy-Vee Employees' Political Action Committee, Inc.• Advocates for the betterment of West Sioux• Iowa Chiropractic Society, PAC• Jefferson County Republican Central Committee• Grace Van Cleave for Iowa• LaBruna for Iowa• Carla Anderson for Dubuque City Council Ward 4• Scott County Democratic Central Committee• Pottawattamie Cnty. Democratic Central Committee• Iowa Certified Public Accountants, PAC• Winneshiek County Democratic Central Committee• Johnson County Republican Central Committee• Smith for Treasurer• WDM Professional Fire Fighters L3586, PAC• Committee To Elect Art Staed• Dallas County Republican Central Committee• Farmers Employee and Agent Political Action Committee of Iow• Iowa Pharmacy, PAC• Friends of Sandy Salmon• Iowa County Democratic Central Committee• Iowa People's, PAC• Hardin County Democratic Central Committee• Planned Parenthood Advocates of Iowa, PAC• Kevin Kinney for State Senate• Tiara Mays for Iowa• Henry County Republican Central Committee• Team Chick• Committee to Elect Laura Roan• Urbandale AREA Democrats• Miller for Secretary of State• Freeman for Iowa• Kimberly Graham for Iowa• Linn Wins!• FUELIowa, PAC• Ifc, PAC• Kathleen Figaro for Senate• Wyatt for Iowa• Iowa Unity Coalition• Currin to the Capitol• I-Vet or Iowa Veterinary Political Action Committee Inc., PAC• LisaFleishman4Iowa• Kim Reynolds for Iowa• Iowa Voters for Van Lancker• OPEi, PAC• Ida County Republican Central Committee• Mark Thompson for Iowa House• Paul Talley LCT Campaign• Iowa Providers, PAC• Associated General Contractors of Iowa, PAC• Iowa Industry Political Action Committee or IIPAC• Colman Silbernagel for Iowa• Justice for All Political Action Committee• MacKenzie Bills for Iowa• Citizens for Campbell 2022• Donahue for Statehouse• Jennifer Konfrst for Iowa• Iowa Restaurant Association Political Action Committee• Ankeny Area Democrats• Kenan Judge for Iowans• Iowa Staff Union-National Staff Organization, PAC• Great Plains Laborers' District Council Iowa, PAC• McClintock for Iowa• Washington County Democratic Central Committee• Central Iowa Young Republicans• Alliant Energy Employees' Iowa, PAC• Thede for Iowa
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