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 March 26, 2022
| Committee | Contributor | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Chad Tentinger Trust | $12,500 | 3/22/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Jared Hassman | $10,000 | 3/22/2022 |
| IFC, PAC | Bruce Rastetter | $7,500 | 3/21/2022 |
| Bird for Iowa | Roger Underwood | $5,000 | 3/21/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Michael Devlin | $5,000 | 3/22/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Peter De Yager | $5,000 | 3/22/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Daniel Dolan | $5,000 | 3/22/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Jim Dean | $5,000 | 3/24/2022 |
| Great Plains Laborers' District Council Iowa, PAC | Great Plains Laborers District Council | $4,833 | 3/24/2022 |
| Associated General Contractors of Iowa, PAC | John Gile | $4,650 | 3/21/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Chad Tentinger | $4,500 | 3/22/2022 |
| Committee to Elect Laura Roan | Jim Roan | $4,000 | 3/21/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Terry Hotzler | $3,635 | 3/24/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Center Fresh, LLC | $3,518 | 3/24/2022 |
| Committee for DeLoss | Courtney Deloss | $3,000 | 3/22/2022 |
| Iowa Dental Political Action Committee | Waterloo District Dental Society | $3,000 | 3/24/2022 |
| Educational Opportunities, PAC | Linda Duffy | $3,000 | 3/26/2022 |
| DeJear for Iowa | Julienne Salvesen | $2,500 | 3/20/2022 |
| Committee to Elect Laura Roan | Robert Douglas Jones | $2,500 | 3/24/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | George Schneidermann | $2,500 | 3/24/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Black Hawk County Republican Central Committee | $2,475 | 3/21/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Dubuque County Republican Central Committee | $2,250 | 3/25/2022 |
| Committee to Elect Laura Roan | American Fed of State County Municipal Emp 1868 Polk Company | $2,000 | 3/23/2022 |
| Chris Cutler for Polk County Treasurer | American Fed of State County Municipal Emp 1868 Polk Company | $2,000 | 3/21/2022 |
| Stoltenberg for House | Margaret Hull | $2,000 | 3/25/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Johnson County Republican Central Committee | $1,950 | 3/21/2022 |
| Great Plains Laborers' District Council Iowa, PAC | Great Plains Laborers District Council | $1,932 | 3/21/2022 |
| Hora for Senate | Heather Hora | $1,809 | 3/22/2022 |
| Todd Brady for Iowa Senate | Rev Robert Kem | $1,500 | 3/22/2022 |
| Ken Carlson For Iowa House | Ken Carlson | $1,500 | 3/23/2022 |
| Rozenboom for Senate | Larry De Vries | $1,500 | 3/24/2022 |
| Iowa Political Action for Candidate Election | National Association of Social Workers | $1,326 | 3/23/2022 |
| Iowa Committee of Automotive Retailers | Mike Molstead | $1,200 | 3/25/2022 |
| Iowa Committee of Automotive Retailers | Mike Molstead | $1,200 | 3/25/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Clinton County Republican Central Committee | $1,125 | 3/22/2022 |
| Committee to Elect Laura Roan | John Kaiser | $1,060 | 3/20/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Marion County Republican Central Committee | $1,050 | 3/23/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Cerro Gordo County Republican Central Committee | $1,050 | 3/21/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Don Vaske | $1,000 | 3/22/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Howard P Mogler Revocable Trust | $1,000 | 3/24/2022 |
| Friends of Jazmin Newton | Plumbers & Pipefitters Local Union #25, PAC | $1,000 | 3/22/2022 |
| Rob Sand for Iowa | Barbara McFadden | $1,000 | 3/25/2022 |
| Committee to Elect Angela Connolly for Supervisor | Robert Myers | $1,000 | 3/24/2022 |
| DeJear for Iowa | Courtney Reyes | $1,000 | 3/20/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | William Scully | $1,000 | 3/21/2022 |
| Political Action - Iowa Dealers #6116 | Ivan Dorhout | $1,000 | 3/24/2022 |
| Stoltenberg for House | Brenda Walker | $1,000 | 3/25/2022 |
| DeJear for Iowa | Gloria Haegelin | $1,000 | 3/20/2022 |
| Citizens for John Norwood | Margaret Norwood | $1,000 | 3/21/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Franklin Vogel | $1,000 | 3/23/2022 |
| Committee to Elect Zach Wahls | Melodee Nigon | $1,000 | 3/23/2022 |
| Bird for Iowa | Andrew and Becky Merical | $1,000 | 3/23/2022 |
| Iowans for Fitzgerald | Thomas Kelly | $1,000 | 3/24/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | John Ganske | $1,000 | 3/21/2022 |
| DeJear for Iowa | Jim Hayes | $1,000 | 3/20/2022 |
| Committee to Elect Angela Connolly for Supervisor | William Murphy | $1,000 | 3/24/2022 |
| DeJear for Iowa | Jennifer Senne | $1,000 | 3/20/2022 |
| Zahorik For Iowa | Marey Stone | $1,000 | 3/20/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Nile Dusdieker | $1,000 | 3/25/2022 |
| LaBruna for Iowa | Anthony Labruna | $1,000 | 3/23/2022 |
| Sherman for Freedom Committee | Janet and Mike Huckabee | $1,000 | 3/23/2022 |
| Sarah Trone Garriott for Iowa | Don Brown | $1,000 | 3/25/2022 |
| Committee to Elect Laura Roan | Jeanette Webb | $1,000 | 3/24/2022 |
| Loomis for County Attorney | Steven Warren | $1,000 | 3/25/2022 |
| Rob Sand for Iowa | Robert Greenwood | $1,000 | 3/26/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Peter Hoogland | $1,000 | 3/24/2022 |
| DeJear for Iowa | Sable Knapp | $1,000 | 3/20/2022 |
| Sherman for Freedom Committee | Robert Sinclair | $1,000 | 3/26/2022 |
| DeJear for Iowa | Shelley Rubin | $1,000 | 3/20/2022 |
| Committee to elect Shad Clayton | Greg Vermeer | $1,000 | 3/26/2022 |
| Mary Ann Hanusa for Auditor | Richard Miller | $1,000 | 3/25/2022 |
| Vote Barb Clayton | Mary Ellen Kisting | $1,000 | 3/23/2022 |
| Iowa Realtors, PAC | David Maubach | $1,000 | 3/23/2022 |
| Iowans For Miller | John Kennedy | $1,000 | 3/21/2022 |
| Iowa Democratic Party | Jennifer Garst | $1,000 | 3/21/2022 |
| DeJear for Iowa | Steve Jennings | $1,000 | 3/20/2022 |
| Austin Harris for Iowa | Jack Bergman | $1,000 | 3/21/2022 |
| Friends of Jazmin Newton | Michael Matson | $982 | 3/24/2022 |
| Committee to Elect Angela Connolly for Supervisor | Mark Stewart | $900 | 3/24/2022 |
| Committee to Elect Angela Connolly for Supervisor | Randy and Sherry Fix | $875 | 3/24/2022 |
| Wapello County Democratic Central Committee | Gaskill for State Representative | $872 | 3/26/2022 |
| Central Iowa Building and Construction Trades CouncilPAC | Sprinkler Fitters # 669 | $855 | 3/25/2022 |
| Bankers Unite in Legislative Decisions | Linda Allen | $850 | 3/23/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Lee County Republican Central Committee | $825 | 3/21/2022 |
| Iowa Committee of Automotive Retailers | Steve Howard | $800 | 3/21/2022 |
| Iowa Committee of Automotive Retailers | Steve Howard | $800 | 3/21/2022 |
| MacKenzie Bills for Iowa | Lori Talbott | $750 | 3/24/2022 |
| Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Political Action Committee | -- | $716 | 3/21/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Jon Kallen | $600 | 3/22/2022 |
| Jackie Smith for Iowa senate | Barbara Markuson | $600 | 3/23/2022 |
| Sioux County Republican Central Committee | -- | $600 | 3/26/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Dickinson County Republican Central Committee | $600 | 3/25/2022 |
| Johnson for Supervisor | Brian Johnson | $597 | 3/25/2022 |
| CWA Council of the State of Iowa COPE Fund | Members Dues | $588 | 3/21/2022 |
| Sawyer for Supervisor | Todd Sawyer | $574 | 3/23/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Kossuth County Republican Central Committee | $525 | 3/25/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Clayton County Republican Central Committee | $525 | 3/21/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Hardin County Republican Central Committee | $525 | 3/21/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Winneshiek County Republican Central Committee | $525 | 3/21/2022 |
ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY
Iowans 4 Higher Education• Clinton County Democratic Central Committee• Committee To Elect Zach Wahls• Des Moines County Republican Central Committee• Sarah Trone Garriott for Iowa• Sam Cox for Iowa• Political Action - Iowa Dealers #6116• Ken Carlson for Iowa House• Heather Matson for Iowa House• Jackie Smith for Iowa Senate• Mary Wells for Polk County Treasurer• Rebecca Bowker for Iowa• Bev Price for Jasper County Supervisor• Iowans for Walton• Tyler Stewart for Iowa• Zylstra for Iowa House• Iowa Friends of Rural Electrification-Iaec, PAC• Iowans for Miller• Dejear for Iowa• Mary Madison for Iowa• Brett Mason for Supervisor• Austin Baeth for Iowa• Scheetz for Iowa• Esperance Hope Ikora• Kossuth County Republican Central Committee• Wood for Iowa• Cwa Council of the State of Iowa Cope Fund• Sherman for Freedom Committee• Scholten for Iowa• Mixdorf for Iowa• Iowa Political Action for Candidate Election• Committee To Elect Shad Clayton• Kraayenbrink for Iowa Senate• Committee To Elect Susan Miller• Dubuque County Democratic Central Committee• Joshua Meggers for Iowa House• Jones County Democratic Central Committee• Gehlbach for Iowa House• Committee To Elect Matt Mccoy• Eric Giddens for Iowa• Christy Wolfe for Iowa• Mahaska County Republican Central Committee• Jessica Wiskus for Iowa• Iowans for Dennis Bush• Iowans for Liz Bennett• Suresh Reddy for Iowa• Committee for Cathy Voith for Calhoun County Recorder• RaleyForIowaSenate• Rozenboom for Senate• Matt Pries for Iowa• Ann McLaughlin for Treasurer• McCarthy for County Attorney• Linn Phoenix Club• Sean Bagniewski for Iowa• Sioux County Republican Central Committee• Polk County Republican Central Committee• Webster for Iowa• Iowa Realtors, PAC• Kadel 4 Iowa• Clayton County Democratic Central Committee• Gustoff for Iowa• Benton County Democratic Central Committee• Story County Republican Central Committee• Sarah Smith for HD76• Citizens for Sharon Steckman• Taylor County Democratic Central Committee• Bankers Unite in Legislative Decisions• Bird for Iowa• Sawyer for Supervisor• Marion County Republican Central Committee• Marshall County Democratic Central Committee• Citizens for John Norwood• Carolyn Siebrecht for Recorder• Rob Sand for Iowa• Rachel Zimmermann Smith for County Attorney• Wapello County Democratic Central Committee• Scott County Republican Central Committee• Clay County Democratic Central Committee• Vote Jorgensen• Sorensen for Iowa• New Iowa Project• V Fixmer-Oraiz for Johnson County Supervisor• Alejandro Murguia-Ortiz for Iowa Senate• Loomis for County Attorney• Candy Bradley• Mathis for State Senate• Matt Greiner for Senate• Taylor for Representative• Todd Brady for Iowa Senate• Friends of Caleb Copley• Sonya Heitshusen for Iowa• Iowa State Building & Trades Council PEC• Libertarian Party• Iowa Health, PAC• Jeff Shipley's Committee for Peace and Prosperity• Muscatine County Republican Central Committee• Buchanan County Republican Central Committee• Zabner for Iowa• Committee to Elect Kirkendall• Committee to Elect Jeff Shudak• Emmet County Democratic Central Committee• Cass County Democratic Central Committee• Buchanan County Democratic Central Committee• Frerick for Iowa• Susie Weinacht for Iowa• Megan Srinivas for Iowa• Rosien for Iowa• Carter Nath for Kossuth County Supervisor• Black Hawk County Democratic Central Committee• Greene County Republican Central Committee• Craig Cooper for Iowa House 81• Johnson for Supervisor• Iowans for Mike Vondran• Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Political Action Committee• Winckler for State House• Deb VanderGaast for Iowa Senate• Daniel Byrnes for Allamakee County Supervisor• Iowa Dental Political Action Committee• Boulton for Senate• Jones County Republican Central Committee• Friends of Jazmin Newton• Iowa Democratic Party• Marvis Landon for Iowa• Polk County Democratic Central Committee• Boone County Republican Central Committee• Izaah Knox for Iowa Senate• Sam Wooden for Dubuque County Attorney• Story County Democratic Central Committee• Pate for Iowa• Stoltenberg for House• Johnson County Democratic Central Committee• Linn County Democratic Central Committee• Iowans for Tax Relief, PAC• Bridget Carberry Montgomery for Iowa• Jackson County Republican Central Committee• Educational Opportunities, PAC• Vote Barb Clayton• Iowa Funeral Directors Association, PAC• Lisa Rosburg for Emmet County Treasurer• Citizens for Elinor A. Levin• Taxpayers for Mitchell• Kerry Gruenhagen for Iowa Senate• Warren County Democratic Central Committee• Hamilton County Republican Central Committee• Matthew Ysbrand for County Treasurer• Deb Hild for House• Committee to Elect Angela Connolly for Supervisor• Iowa Committee of Automotive Retailers• Sara Yedlik for Iowa• Bousselot for Iowa• Grace Van Cleave for Iowa• Zach Dieken for Iowa House• LaBruna for Iowa• Scott County Democratic Central Committee• Iowans for Fitzgerald• Pottawattamie Cnty. Democratic Central Committee• Iowans for Kirsten Running Marquardt• Guthrie County Democratic Central Committee• Jennifer Smith for Iowa• Smith for Treasurer• Ankeny Republicans• Dallas County Republican Central Committee• Chris Cutler for Polk County Treasurer• Watts for Supervisor• Tim Lecander for Iowa• Tiara Mays for Iowa• Zahorik for Iowa• Chavez for Iowa• Committee to Elect Laura Roan• Madison County Democratic Central Committee• Elect Tom Blanford• Bremer County Democratic Central Committee• Kimberly Graham for Iowa• Austin Harris for Iowa• Central Iowa Building and Construction Trades CouncilPAC• Republican Party Of Iowa• Ifc, PAC• Kathleen Figaro for Senate• Kurt Kirchner for supervisor 2022• Iowa Unity Coalition• Wulf for Iowa• LisaFleishman4Iowa• Kim Reynolds for Iowa• Iowa Voters for Van Lancker• Jon Zirkelbach for Supervisor• Rick Stewart• Iowa Providers, PAC• Associated General Contractors of Iowa, PAC• MacKenzie Bills for Iowa• Citizens for Campbell 2022• Hora for Senate• Committee for DeLoss• Donahue for Statehouse• Jennifer Konfrst for Iowa• Ankeny Area Democrats• Mary Ann Hanusa for Auditor• NAIFA-Iowa IFAPAC• Great Plains Laborers' District Council Iowa, PAC• Disbro for Iowa House• Jammie Bradshaw for Johnson County Supervisor
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