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 19, 2022
| Committee | Contributor | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Casey Fenton | $25,000 | 3/17/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Dave Edwards | $25,000 | 3/18/2022 |
| Scholten for Iowa | Rural Objectives, PAC | $15,988 | 3/15/2022 |
| Committee to Elect Zach Wahls | Terry Wahls | $10,000 | 3/17/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Chad Hofer | $10,000 | 3/17/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | John Persinger | $10,000 | 3/17/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Doug Reichardt | $10,000 | 3/16/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Rick Bertrand | $10,000 | 3/17/2022 |
| Bird for Iowa | Kurt Croell | $7,500 | 3/17/2022 |
| Mauro Campaign Team | Edward Mauro | $7,018 | 3/14/2022 |
| Bird for Iowa | Steve Boote | $5,205 | 3/17/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Rochelle Burnett | $5,000 | 3/16/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Charese Yanney | $5,000 | 3/17/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Tom Moreland | $5,000 | 3/18/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Mike Wells | $5,000 | 3/14/2022 |
| Taxpayers for Mitchell | Gerald Kirke | $5,000 | 3/15/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Doug Boone | $5,000 | 3/18/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Roger Hargens | $5,000 | 3/17/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | David Barker | $4,447 | 3/18/2022 |
| Iowans for Walton | Tom Walton | $4,000 | 3/16/2022 |
| Shawn Smith For Pott County Board of Supervisors | Shawn Smith | $3,872 | 3/15/2022 |
| Associated General Contractors of Iowa, PAC | Kurt Croell | $3,750 | 3/15/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Scott County Republican Central Committee | $3,675 | 3/17/2022 |
| Associated General Contractors of Iowa, PAC | Brian Manatt | $3,200 | 3/16/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Paul Koskovich | $3,000 | 3/17/2022 |
| Suresh Reddy For Iowa | Suresh Reddy | $3,000 | 3/16/2022 |
| Vote Jorgensen | Jeff Jorgensen | $3,000 | 3/17/2022 |
| DeJear for Iowa | Kathleen Zimpleman | $2,900 | 3/13/2022 |
| Team Chick | Pearl City Media | $2,651 | 3/14/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Drew Vogel | $2,500 | 3/15/2022 |
| Alliant Energy Employees' Iowa, PAC | Patrick Allen | $2,500 | 3/15/2022 |
| Bird for Iowa | Bob Waterman | $2,500 | 3/16/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Ben Uhl | $2,500 | 3/17/2022 |
| DeJear for Iowa | Leslie Nolte | $2,500 | 3/14/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Robert Plendl | $2,500 | 3/17/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Russell Bertrand | $2,500 | 3/17/2022 |
| Mutual Insurance Association of Iowa, PAC | Randall Druvenga | $2,488 | 3/18/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Rick Bertrand | $2,412 | 3/17/2022 |
| Associated General Contractors of Iowa, PAC | Dana Patterson | $2,150 | 3/19/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Milton Avery | $2,000 | 3/17/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Noel Avery | $2,000 | 3/17/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Brad Wilson | $2,000 | 3/14/2022 |
| Rob Sand for Iowa | Marc Emory | $2,000 | 3/18/2022 |
| Todd Halbur For State Auditor | Todd Halbur | $2,000 | 3/18/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Iowa County Republican Central Committee | $2,000 | 3/16/2022 |
| Associated General Contractors of Iowa, PAC | Kim Triggs | $1,800 | 3/14/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Luann Bertrand | $1,500 | 3/17/2022 |
| Alliant Energy Employees' Iowa, PAC | Singelton McAllister | $1,500 | 3/15/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Mark Peters | $1,500 | 3/14/2022 |
| Bird for Iowa | Lance Olson | $1,500 | 3/18/2022 |
| Bird for Iowa | Todd Rueter | $1,500 | 3/15/2022 |
| Local #4 Fire, PAC | Fire Fighters Interested in Registration & Education (FI, PAC | $1,105 | 3/15/2022 |
| Black Hawk County Democratic Central Committee | Williams for Iowa House | $1,090 | 3/18/2022 |
| Christy Wolfe for Iowa | Susan Suchy | $1,000 | 3/18/2022 |
| DeJear for Iowa | Carol Deprosse | $1,000 | 3/16/2022 |
| Frerick for Iowa | Jay Shooster | $1,000 | 3/15/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Christopher McGowan | $1,000 | 3/18/2022 |
| Committee to Elect Zach Wahls | John Andelson | $1,000 | 3/15/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Glen Taylor | $1,000 | 3/18/2022 |
| Committee to Elect Laura Roan | Thomas H. Miller | $1,000 | 3/13/2022 |
| Iowa Realtors, PAC | Beth Benesh-Kraft | $1,000 | 3/15/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Greg Ganske | $1,000 | 3/14/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Travis Grassel | $1,000 | 3/19/2022 |
| Grace Van Cleave for Iowa | Katherine Currin | $1,000 | 3/15/2022 |
| Rob Sand for Iowa | Martin Brody | $1,000 | 3/16/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Amy Skinner | $1,000 | 3/17/2022 |
| Bird for Iowa | Brian Girskis | $1,000 | 3/18/2022 |
| V Fixmer-Oraiz for Johnson County Supervisor | Carson Fixmer | $1,000 | 3/17/2022 |
| Rosien for Iowa | William Monroe | $1,000 | 3/18/2022 |
| DeJear for Iowa | Nancy Edelman | $1,000 | 3/13/2022 |
| Izaah Knox for Iowa Senate | Harry Bookey | $1,000 | 3/14/2022 |
| DeJear for Iowa | Cynthia O.'Brien | $1,000 | 3/13/2022 |
| DeJear for Iowa | Doris Newlin | $1,000 | 3/16/2022 |
| DeJear for Iowa | Mark Devaney | $1,000 | 3/13/2022 |
| Mark Thompson for Iowa House | Elizabeth Ringwald | $1,000 | 3/14/2022 |
| Iowans For Miller | Timothy Urban | $1,000 | 3/13/2022 |
| Linn Eagles | Barb Hames | $1,000 | 3/16/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Kory Kaalberg | $1,000 | 3/14/2022 |
| Sarah Trone Garriott for Iowa | Warren Stine | $1,000 | 3/15/2022 |
| Sherman for Freedom Committee | Henry Russell | $1,000 | 3/16/2022 |
| Iowa Democratic Party | Thomas Carpenter | $1,000 | 3/17/2022 |
| Iowa Democratic Party | Stevenson Weitz | $1,000 | 3/17/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Terry Baxter for Iowa House | $1,000 | 3/14/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Janet Efferding | $1,000 | 3/16/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Jeff Frederick | $1,000 | 3/17/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Ronald Chambers | $1,000 | 3/15/2022 |
| Bridget Carberry Montgomery for Iowa | Dr. Joseph Carberry | $1,000 | 3/18/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Becki Drahota | $1,000 | 3/14/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | James Davison | $1,000 | 3/19/2022 |
| Dubuque County Republican Central Committee | Michael Chapman | $1,000 | 3/15/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Damon Peirce | $1,000 | 3/17/2022 |
| Jessica Wiskus for Iowa | Lawrence Collins | $1,000 | 3/16/2022 |
| Rosien for Iowa | Todd Patterson | $1,000 | 3/19/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | William Rubis | $1,000 | 3/14/2022 |
| Clinton County Republican Central Committee | Thomas Determann | $1,000 | 3/19/2022 |
| Dubuque County Republican Central Committee | John Darrah | $1,000 | 3/15/2022 |
| Gustoff for Iowa | Matthew Edwards | $1,000 | 3/19/2022 |
| Kathleen Figaro for Senate | Mary Figaro | $961 | 3/14/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Muscatine County Republican Central Committee | $900 | 3/17/2022 |
ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY
Clinton County Democratic Central Committee• Todd Halbur for State Auditor• Committee To Elect Zach Wahls• Sarah Trone Garriott for Iowa• K Lynn Evans Campaign Committee• Heather Matson for Iowa House• Jackie Smith for Iowa Senate• Taxpayers for Collins• Dow for Iowa• Adams County Republican Central Committee• Iowans for Walton• Tyler Stewart for Iowa• Zylstra for Iowa House• Iowa Friends of Rural Electrification-Iaec, PAC• Iowans for Miller• Dejear for Iowa• Austin Baeth for Iowa• Mike Naig for Iowa Agriculture• Esperance Hope Ikora• Wood for Iowa• Waylon Brown for State Senate• Sherman for Freedom Committee• Scholten for Iowa• Mauro Campaign Team• Community Bankers of Iowa Political Action Committee• Scott County Republican Women• Janice Weiner for State Senate• Union County Republican Central Committee• Committee To Elect Susan Miller• Citizens for David Bell• Credit Union, PAC• West Des Moines Democrats• Joshua Meggers for Iowa House• Woodbury County Republican Central Committee• Jones County Democratic Central Committee• Gehlbach for Iowa House• Committee To Elect Matt Mccoy• Page County Republican Central Committee• Charley Thomson for House• Christy Wolfe for Iowa• Deborah D Engstler• Jessica Wiskus for Iowa• Sue Cahill for Iowa House• Suresh Reddy for Iowa• Independent Insurance Agents of Iowa, PAC• Committee for Cathy Voith for Calhoun County Recorder• Clasen for Treasurer• Matt Pries for Iowa• Friends of Ann McDonough• McCarthy for County Attorney• Young for Iowa House• Polk County Republican Central Committee• Iowa Realtors, PAC• Dave Dicks for Iowa• Gustoff for Iowa• Story County Republican Central Committee• Citizens for Sharon Steckman• Winneshiek County Republican Central Committee• Bankers Unite in Legislative Decisions• Hayes for House• Bird for Iowa• Iowa Association of Nurse Anesthetists, PAC• Western Iowa Labor Federation COPE Fund• De La Cerda for Iowa house district 36• Citizens for John Norwood• Rob Sand for Iowa• Rachel Zimmermann Smith for County Attorney• Rowley for Iowa Senate• Dubuque County Republican Central Committee• Scott County Republican Central Committee• Iowa County Republican Central Committee• Vote Jorgensen• V Fixmer-Oraiz for Johnson County Supervisor• Alejandro Murguia-Ortiz for Iowa Senate• Candy Bradley• Matt Greiner for Senate• Linn County Republican Central Committee• Taylor for Representative• Srikant for Clive• Todd Brady for Iowa Senate• Shawn Smith for Pott County Board of Supervisors• Johnson for Fremont County• Friends of Caleb Copley• Webster County Republican Central Committee• Sonya Heitshusen for Iowa• Dimmitt for Supervisor• Tompkins for Auditor• Moats for Recorder• Local #4 Fire, PAC• Iowa Health, PAC• Jeff Shipley's Committee for Peace and Prosperity• Muscatine County Republican Central Committee• Zabner for Iowa• Committee to Elect Kirkendall• Louisa County Republican Central Committee• Clay County Republican Central Committee• Chickasaw County Republican Central Committee• Claire Celsi for Iowa• Frerick for Iowa• Megan Srinivas for Iowa• Allamakee County Republican Central Committee• Rosien for Iowa• Home Builders Association of Greater Des Moines, PAC• 17 Davenport Association of Professional Fire Fighters, PAC• Black Hawk County Democratic Central Committee• Greene County Republican Central Committee• Craig Cooper for Iowa House 81• Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Political Action Committee• Iowa Dental Political Action Committee• Clayton County Republican Central Committee• Jones County Republican Central Committee• Chelgren for Iowa Senate• Todd Shafer for Ankeny• Iowa Democratic Party• Talsma for Jasper County Supervisor• Marvis Landon for Iowa• Polk County Democratic Central Committee• Iowa Society of Anesthesiologists Political Action Committee• Isenhart Campaign for the Common Good• Izaah Knox for Iowa Senate• Story County Democratic Central Committee• Pocahontas County Democratic Central Committee• Black Hawk County Republican Central Committee• Linn County Democratic Central Committee• Iowans for Tax Relief, PAC• Truck Iowa, PAC• Bridget Carberry Montgomery for Iowa• Becca Bittner for Lucas County Recorder• Lee County Republican Central Committee• Citizens for Elinor A. Levin• Taxpayers for Mitchell• Master Builders of Iowa, P.A.C.• Ann Meyer for Statehouse• Hamilton County Republican Central Committee• Iowa Committee of Automotive Retailers• Jefferson County Republican Central Committee• Erick Zehr for Iowa• Bousselot for Iowa• Linn Eagles• Grace Van Cleave for Iowa• Wheeler for Representative• Matt Robinson for Iowa• Zach Dieken for Iowa House• Warren County Republican Central Committee• Scott County Democratic Central Committee• Iowa Certified Public Accountants, PAC• Poweshiek County Republican Central Committee• Clinton County Republican Central Committee• Guthrie County Democratic Central Committee• Smith for Treasurer• Ankeny Republicans• Carroll County Republican Central Committee• Dumkrieger for Iowa• Dallas County Republican Central Committee• Kay Pence for Iowa• Chris Cutler for Polk County Treasurer• Iowa Pharmacy, PAC• Skylar Limkemann for Iowa House• Hardin County Democratic Central Committee• Kevin Kinney for State Senate• Tiara Mays for Iowa• Henry County Republican Central Committee• Zahorik for Iowa• Team Chick• Committee to Elect Laura Roan• Wapello County Republican Central Committee• Miller for Secretary of State• Kimberly Graham for Iowa• Robert A Gertsen• Austin Harris for Iowa• Jim Nelson for Iowa House• Republican Party Of Iowa• Dunn for Iowa Committee• Ifc, PAC• Kathleen Figaro for Senate• Cedar County Republican Central Committee• Kurt Kirchner for supervisor 2022• Currin to the Capitol• Oxley for Supervisor• LisaFleishman4Iowa• Kim Reynolds for Iowa• Iowa Voters for Van Lancker• Hardin County Republican Central Committee• Ida County Republican Central Committee• Rick Stewart• Mark Thompson for Iowa House• Iowa Providers, PAC• Associated General Contractors of Iowa, PAC• Mutual Insurance Association of Iowa, PAC• MacKenzie Bills for Iowa• Marion County Democratic Central Committee• Citizens for Campbell 2022• Hora for Senate• Donahue for Statehouse• Jennifer Konfrst for Iowa• Ankeny Area Democrats• Mary Ann Hanusa for Auditor• Kenan Judge for Iowans• Michelle Servadio Elias for Iowa• Alliant Energy Employees' Iowa, PAC
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