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 12, 2022
| Committee | Contributor | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linn Wins! | Cedar Rapids Development Group, LLC | $27,967 | 3/8/2022 |
| IFC, PAC | Brownell Family Foundation | $22,222 | 3/6/2022 |
| Iowa Democratic Party | The for America's Future - FEC, PAC | $20,000 | 3/8/2022 |
| Iowa Committee on Political Education - AFL-CIO | Great Plains Laborers' District Council Iowa, PAC | $20,000 | 3/9/2022 |
| Associated General Contractors of Iowa, PAC | Tim Mallicoat | $11,750 | 3/7/2022 |
| Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Political Action Committee | -- | $10,516 | 3/8/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Greg McCoy | $10,000 | 3/11/2022 |
| Taxpayers for Mitchell | Bruce Rastetter | $10,000 | 3/8/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Michael McCoy | $10,000 | 3/11/2022 |
| Iowa State Building & Trades Council PEC | Central Iowa Building and Construction Trades Council | $7,320 | 3/10/2022 |
| Great Plains Laborers' District Council Iowa, PAC | Great Plains Laborers District Council | $7,170 | 3/10/2022 |
| Associated General Contractors of Iowa, PAC | Dan Graves | $6,333 | 3/10/2022 |
| Taxpayers for Mitchell | Joe Crookham | $5,000 | 3/10/2022 |
| Austin Harris for Iowa | Rex and Sheri Harris | $5,000 | 3/10/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Nicholas W. Bowdish | $5,000 | 3/9/2022 |
| Rob Sand for Iowa | Dotty Thurston | $5,000 | 3/12/2022 |
| DeJear for Iowa | Kevin Rowe | $5,000 | 3/6/2022 |
| Iowa Democratic Party | Progressive Turnout Project | $4,000 | 3/11/2022 |
| Scott County Republican Central Committee | Fennelly for Treasury Committee | $3,098 | 3/9/2022 |
| Iowa Committee on Political Education - AFL-CIO | IFL Funds | $3,080 | 3/9/2022 |
| Kathleen Figaro for Senate | Jonathon Loeb | $2,900 | 3/9/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | James Dean | $2,500 | 3/7/2022 |
| Webster for Iowa | Dan Dolan | $2,500 | 3/10/2022 |
| Taxpayers for Mitchell | Richard Stark | $2,500 | 3/7/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Mike Whalen | $2,500 | 3/8/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Ron McMillen | $2,500 | 3/9/2022 |
| Turek4Iowa | Josh Turek | $2,500 | 3/8/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Bruce and Deb Dooyema | $2,500 | 3/7/2022 |
| Chris Cutler for Polk County Treasurer | -- | $2,080 | 3/8/2022 |
| Associated General Contractors of Iowa, PAC | Steve Atkins | $2,000 | 3/11/2022 |
| Rob Sand for Iowa | Robert Haselow | $2,000 | 3/10/2022 |
| Cedar County Democratic Central Committee | Jodi Clemens for Iowa | $2,000 | 3/10/2022 |
| Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union #33 | Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 33 | $1,833 | 3/7/2022 |
| DeJear for Iowa | Joseph Braverman | $1,800 | 3/6/2022 |
| Iowa State Building & Trades Council PEC | Cedar Rapids Trades Council CR IC Building Trades | $1,658 | 3/10/2022 |
| Iowa Industry Political Action Committee or IIPAC | Michael Ralston | $1,500 | 3/11/2022 |
| Rob Sand for Iowa | Cynthia O.'Brien | $1,500 | 3/7/2022 |
| Associated General Contractors of Iowa, PAC | Lucas Budke | $1,500 | 3/7/2022 |
| Iowa State Building & Trades Council PEC | Cedar Rapids Trades Council CR IC Building Trades | $1,371 | 3/10/2022 |
| Iowa State Building & Trades Council PEC | Southeastern Iowa Building Trade Council | $1,312 | 3/10/2022 |
| Scott County Republican Central Committee | -- | $1,200 | 3/9/2022 |
| Iowa State Building & Trades Council PEC | Cedar Rapids Trades Council CR IC Building Trades | $1,074 | 3/10/2022 |
| Iowa Industry Political Action Committee or IIPAC | Sarah and Jack Hasken | $1,050 | 3/11/2022 |
| Linn Phoenix Club | Dennis and Karen Kral | $1,000 | 3/7/2022 |
| Sonya Heitshusen For Iowa | Sarah Cooper | $1,000 | 3/11/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Harry Coin | $1,000 | 3/8/2022 |
| Clinton County Republican Central Committee | Marcia Naeve | $1,000 | 3/9/2022 |
| DeJear for Iowa | Stevenson Weitz | $1,000 | 3/6/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Jacquie Bisignano | $1,000 | 3/10/2022 |
| Iowa Realtors, PAC | Jill Hartke | $1,000 | 3/9/2022 |
| Iowa Realtors, PAC | Brandi Radcliffe | $1,000 | 3/9/2022 |
| Iowa Industry Political Action Committee or IIPAC | Kelly Barrick | $1,000 | 3/11/2022 |
| DeJear for Iowa | Stuart Feldstein | $1,000 | 3/6/2022 |
| Mary Ann Hanusa for Auditor | Diane Andersen | $1,000 | 3/10/2022 |
| Iowans for Fitzgerald | David Claypool | $1,000 | 3/8/2022 |
| Bird for Iowa | John Gleeson | $1,000 | 3/11/2022 |
| Sam Wooden for Dubuque County Attorney | Brian Kohlwes | $1,000 | 3/7/2022 |
| Bill Lu for Ankeny | Police Officers For Good Government | $1,000 | 3/10/2022 |
| Taxpayers for Mitchell | Jeff Lamberti | $1,000 | 3/6/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Chris Sieverding | $1,000 | 3/8/2022 |
| DeJear for Iowa | Ross Wilburn | $1,000 | 3/6/2022 |
| Iowa Dental Political Action Committee | Eric Knox | $1,000 | 3/9/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Amy Johnson | $1,000 | 3/8/2022 |
| Iowa Industry Political Action Committee or IIPAC | Timothy Conlon | $1,000 | 3/11/2022 |
| DeJear for Iowa | Karl Knock | $1,000 | 3/6/2022 |
| Committee to Elect Zach Wahls | Rick Gubbels | $1,000 | 3/8/2022 |
| Iowa Industry Political Action Committee or IIPAC | Drew Vogel | $1,000 | 3/11/2022 |
| Jessica Wiskus for Iowa | Jessica Wiskus | $1,000 | 3/11/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Stephanie Pothoven | $1,000 | 3/10/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | David Falk | $1,000 | 3/7/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Scott Groeneweg | $1,000 | 3/9/2022 |
| Iowa Realtors, PAC | Michael Jensen | $1,000 | 3/9/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Clay Leavitt | $1,000 | 3/10/2022 |
| Kenan Judge for Iowans | Andrew Hope | $1,000 | 3/6/2022 |
| Prim Care Policital Action Committee | Stephen Richards | $971 | 3/9/2022 |
| Iowa State Building & Trades Council PEC | Northwest Building Trades | $941 | 3/10/2022 |
| Home Builders Association of Greater Des Moines, PAC | Pass The Hat | $810 | 3/11/2022 |
| Iowans For Miller | Terrance Kelly | $800 | 3/7/2022 |
| Iowa State Building & Trades Council PEC | South Central Iowa Building Trades | $760 | 3/10/2022 |
| Frerick for Iowa | Thomas Van Heeke | $750 | 3/12/2022 |
| Iowa Realtors, PAC | Brooke Bahndorf | $750 | 3/11/2022 |
| Prim Care Policital Action Committee | Andrea Silvers | $728 | 3/9/2022 |
| Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Political Action Committee | -- | $659 | 3/7/2022 |
| Scott County Republican Central Committee | -- | $623 | 3/9/2022 |
| Iowa Industry Political Action Committee or IIPAC | Mike Espeset | $600 | 3/11/2022 |
| Ankeny Republicans | Marvis Landon | $600 | 3/10/2022 |
| Todd Halbur For State Auditor | Todd Halbur | $600 | 3/11/2022 |
| Pottawattamie Cnty. Republican Central Committee | -- | $576 | 3/12/2022 |
| Great Plains Laborers' District Council Iowa, PAC | Great Plains Laborers District Council | $523 | 3/10/2022 |
| MacKenzie Bills for Iowa | Rhonda Vry-Bills | $510 | 3/10/2022 |
| Harrison County Republican Central Committee | -- | $506 | 3/12/2022 |
| Eric Giddens for Iowa | Michael and Traci Mallaro | $500 | 3/8/2022 |
| Grace Van Cleave for Iowa | Adelaide Naumann | $500 | 3/9/2022 |
| Linn Phoenix Club | Nancy Sauerman | $500 | 3/10/2022 |
| LaBruna for Iowa | Steve Labruna | $500 | 3/7/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Craig Brownlee | $500 | 3/9/2022 |
| DeJear for Iowa | Kelvin Bell | $500 | 3/6/2022 |
| Loomis for County Attorney | Joshua Loomis | $500 | 3/8/2022 |
| Sarah Trone Garriott for Iowa | Connie Hockett | $500 | 3/12/2022 |
ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY
Iowans 4 Higher Education• 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• Sarah Tupper for Marshall County Attorney• Jackie Smith for Iowa Senate• Ispsa, PAC• Bill Lu for Ankeny• Taxpayers for Collins• Mary Wells for Polk County Treasurer• Rebecca Bowker for Iowa• Button for Recorder• Iowans for Walton• Iowa Friends of Rural Electrification-Iaec, PAC• Cedar County Democratic Central Committee• Friends of Tavis Hall• Iowans for Miller• Dejear for Iowa• Re Elect Duncan for Recorder• Iowa Optometric Association• Austin Baeth for Iowa• Scheetz for Iowa• Iowa Committee On Political Education - Afl-Cio• Mike Naig for Iowa Agriculture• Wood for Iowa• Waylon Brown for State Senate• Sherman for Freedom Committee• Mixdorf for Iowa• Stiffler for Iowa• Lundgren for House• Scott County Republican Women• Janice Weiner for State Senate• Committee To Elect Susan Miller• Citizens for David Bell• Dubuque County Democratic Central Committee• Joshua Meggers for Iowa House• Woodbury County Republican Central Committee• Gary Mohr for State House• Gehlbach for Iowa House• Pottawattamie Cnty. Republican Central Committee• Eric Giddens for Iowa• Hayes4IASenate• Christy Wolfe for Iowa• Abatepac• Hancock County Republican Central Committee• Washington County Republican Central Committee• Jessica Wiskus for Iowa• Suresh Reddy for Iowa• Clasen for Treasurer• Butler County Republican Central Committee• Rozenboom for Senate• Matt Pries for Iowa• Jasper County Republican Central Committee• McCarthy for County Attorney• Linn Phoenix Club• Jaylen Cavil for Iowa• Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union #33• Polk County Republican Central Committee• Webster for Iowa• Iowa Realtors, PAC• Story County Republican Central Committee• Citizens for Sharon Steckman• Bankers Unite in Legislative Decisions• Seth Zimmermann for Johnson County Supervisor• Bird for Iowa• Wasson for Iowa• Marion County Republican Central Committee• Iowa Association of Nurse Anesthetists, PAC• Audubon County Republican Central Committee• Clarke County Republican Central Committee• Iowa State Education Association or ISEA PAC, PAC• Prim Care Policital Action Committee• Citizens for John Norwood• Carolyn Siebrecht for Recorder• Rob Sand for Iowa• Rachel Zimmermann Smith for County Attorney• Dubuque County Republican Central Committee• Iowa Professional Fire Fighters, PAC• Scott County Republican Central Committee• Iowans for Cooling• Vote Jorgensen• Sorensen for Iowa• Loomis for County Attorney• Candy Bradley• Linn County Republican Central Committee• Srikant for Clive• Todd Brady for Iowa Senate• Mills County Republican Central Committee• Gobble for Iowa House• Friends of Caleb Copley• Sonya Heitshusen for Iowa• Tompkins for Auditor• Moats for Recorder• Iowa State Building & Trades Council PEC• Libertarian Party• Friends of Jason Schultz• Muscatine County Republican Central Committee• Delaware County Republican Central Committee• Zabner for Iowa• Committee to Elect Kirkendall• Clay County Republican Central Committee• Cass County Democratic Central Committee• Frerick for Iowa• Megan Srinivas for Iowa• Rosien for Iowa• Carter Nath for Kossuth County Supervisor• Home Builders Association of Greater Des Moines, PAC• Alons for Senate• Iowans for Mike Vondran• Turek4Iowa• Iowa Federation of Young Republicans• Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Political Action Committee• Iowa Dental Political Action Committee• Boulton for Senate• Jones County Republican Central Committee• Dickey for Iowa• Cournoyer for Senate• Iowa Democratic Party• Marvis Landon for Iowa• Polk County Democratic Central Committee• Jordan Gaffney for County Attorney• Izaah Knox for Iowa Senate• Sam Wooden for Dubuque County Attorney• Story County Democratic Central Committee• Fayette County Republican Central Committee• Franklin County Republican Central Committee• Black Hawk County Republican Central Committee• Johnson County Democratic Central Committee• Citizens for Katy Wethal• Citizens for Elinor A. Levin• Taxpayers for Mitchell• Ann Meyer for Statehouse• Cerro Gordo County Republican Central Committee• Hamilton County Republican Central Committee• Iowa Committee of Automotive Retailers• Sara Yedlik for Iowa• Grace Van Cleave for Iowa• Davis County Republican Central Committee• Zach Dieken for Iowa House• LaBruna for Iowa• Scott County Democratic Central Committee• Garrett for Statehouse Committee• Iowans for Fitzgerald• Iowa Certified Public Accountants, PAC• Iowans for Kirsten Running Marquardt• Clinton County Republican Central Committee• Citizens for Wessel Kroeschell• Johnson County Republican Central Committee• Smith for Treasurer• Maxwell for Supervisor• Ankeny Republicans• Dallas County Republican Central Committee• Kay Pence for Iowa• Chris Cutler for Polk County Treasurer• Skylar Limkemann for Iowa House• Kevin Kinney for State Senate• Tiara Mays for Iowa• Team Chick• Elle Wyant for Iowa• Friends of Ken Croken• Committee to Elect Laura Roan• Wapello County Republican Central Committee• Madison County Democratic Central Committee• Miller for Secretary of State• Kimberly Graham for Iowa• Austin Harris for Iowa• Jim Nelson for Iowa House• Republican Party Of Iowa• Linn Wins!• Dunn for Iowa Committee• FUELIowa, PAC• Ifc, PAC• Kathleen Figaro for Senate• Iowa Unity Coalition• Currin to the Capitol• Kim Reynolds for Iowa• Iowa Voters for Van Lancker• OPEi, PAC• Rick Stewart• Mark Thompson for Iowa House• Associated General Contractors of Iowa, PAC• Iowa Industry Political Action Committee or IIPAC• Harrison County Republican Central Committee• Mutual Insurance Association of Iowa, PAC• Iowa BEV #6098, PAC• Justice for All Political Action Committee• MacKenzie Bills for Iowa• Citizens for Campbell 2022• Hora for Senate• Benton County Republican Central Committee• Donahue for Statehouse• Mary Ann Hanusa for Auditor• Kenan Judge for Iowans• Great Plains Laborers' District Council Iowa, PAC• McClintock for Iowa• Dickinson County Democratic Central Committee
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