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 April 2, 2022
| Committee | Contributor | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| MuniPAC | Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities Insurance Trust | $50,000 | 3/30/2022 |
| Iowa Health, PAC | Douglas Johnson | $12,500 | 3/31/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Helen Howe | $10,000 | 3/29/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Peter E Voorhees Rev Trust | $10,000 | 3/30/2022 |
| Bird for Iowa | Stephen Grubb | $10,000 | 3/30/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Greg Dyer | $7,500 | 3/28/2022 |
| Sherman for Freedom Committee | CJE Properties, LLC | $5,000 | 4/1/2022 |
| Committee to Elect Matt McCoy | Marc Beltrame | $5,000 | 3/27/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Pat Weiler | $5,000 | 3/31/2022 |
| Austin Harris for Iowa | David Barker | $5,000 | 4/1/2022 |
| Kris Nall For Iowa | Robbie Pratt | $5,000 | 3/31/2022 |
| Rob Sand for Iowa | Fred Weitz | $5,000 | 4/1/2022 |
| DeJear for Iowa | Harry Bookey | $5,000 | 3/31/2022 |
| IFC, PAC | Pete Brownell | $5,000 | 3/28/2022 |
| Friends of Jazmin Newton | Laborers' 309 Political Action Committee | $3,500 | 3/29/2022 |
| Iowa Democratic Party | Citizens for Sharon Steckman | $3,000 | 3/29/2022 |
| Iowa Democratic Party | Jacoby for House | $3,000 | 3/29/2022 |
| Iowa Democratic Party | Committee to Elect Mascher | $3,000 | 3/29/2022 |
| IFC, PAC | Pete Brownell | $2,900 | 3/28/2022 |
| DeJear for Iowa | John Ramsbacher | $2,500 | 3/27/2022 |
| Mary Ann Hanusa for Auditor | Ted Hoff | $2,500 | 4/1/2022 |
| Ashley Herrig for Clay County Attorney | Ashley Herrig | $2,500 | 3/30/2022 |
| Committee to Elect Jodie Hoadley | John Augustine | $2,500 | 3/28/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Dallas County Republican Central Committee | $2,325 | 3/28/2022 |
| Plumbers & Pipefitters Local Union #25, PAC | -- | $2,245 | 3/31/2022 |
| Local #4 Fire, PAC | Fire Fighters Interested in Registration & Education (FI, PAC | $2,216 | 3/29/2022 |
| Suresh Reddy For Iowa | Caas, LLC | $2,143 | 4/1/2022 |
| Committee for DeLoss | Courtney Deloss | $2,000 | 3/30/2022 |
| Iowans For Miller | Marcia Goldman | $2,000 | 3/31/2022 |
| Iowans For Miller | John Goldman | $2,000 | 3/31/2022 |
| DeJear for Iowa | Edward Friedmann | $2,000 | 3/31/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | David Spahn | $2,000 | 3/28/2022 |
| Iowans for Kirsten Running-Marquardt | Kathryn Brune | $2,000 | 4/1/2022 |
| Committee for Cathy Voith for Calhoun County Recorder | Cathy Voith | $1,900 | 4/1/2022 |
| Iowa Optometric Association | Mike Korthals | $1,500 | 4/2/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Ryan Roe | $1,500 | 3/28/2022 |
| Committee to elect Shad Clayton | Thomas Reis | $1,500 | 3/28/2022 |
| Alliant Energy Employees' Iowa, PAC | Thomas O.'Toole | $1,500 | 3/28/2022 |
| Loomis for County Attorney | Walker Brothers Roofing, LLC | $1,500 | 3/28/2022 |
| Bird for Iowa | Jeffrey and Jodi Weber | $1,500 | 4/1/2022 |
| Committee for DeLoss | Jody Deloss | $1,500 | 3/31/2022 |
| Iowans for Responsible Gun Laws, PAC | Janet Rosenbury | $1,500 | 3/31/2022 |
| Heil for Supervisor | Heil for Treasurer | $1,459 | 4/1/2022 |
| Tiara Mays for Iowa | Christine Decoudreaux | $1,400 | 3/31/2022 |
| Education Harvey for Jefferson County Attorney | Edward Harvey | $1,231 | 3/27/2022 |
| Turek4Iowa | Josh Turek Fundraiser at Barley's | $1,181 | 3/27/2022 |
| Warren County Democratic Central Committee | -- | $1,075 | 3/28/2022 |
| Austin Harris for Iowa | Susanne Sloan | $1,041 | 3/30/2022 |
| Kathleen Figaro for Senate | Jeffrey Madura | $1,001 | 3/31/2022 |
| Iowa Dental Political Action Committee | Southeast District Dental Society | $1,000 | 3/28/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | John Hendry | $1,000 | 3/28/2022 |
| Cindy Golding for Iowa House | Cindy Golding | $1,000 | 3/30/2022 |
| Cindy Golding for Iowa House | Cindy Golding | $1,000 | 4/1/2022 |
| Stoltenberg for House | Mark Buettner | $1,000 | 3/31/2022 |
| Turek4Iowa | Marlyn McClain | $1,000 | 3/29/2022 |
| Iowans For Miller | David Claypool | $1,000 | 3/31/2022 |
| Webster for Iowa | Homebuilders Association, PAC | $1,000 | 3/28/2022 |
| Sara Yedlik for Iowa | Charles Yedlik | $1,000 | 3/30/2022 |
| Sonya Heitshusen For Iowa | Rick Tollakson | $1,000 | 3/31/2022 |
| Iowans For Miller | Gerard Neugent | $1,000 | 3/31/2022 |
| Committee to elect Tom Riley | Thomas Riley | $1,000 | 3/31/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Randall McCright | $1,000 | 3/31/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Eugene Cherny | $1,000 | 3/28/2022 |
| Citizens for John Norwood | Liz Garst | $1,000 | 3/28/2022 |
| Bird for Iowa | Helen Howe | $1,000 | 3/29/2022 |
| Taxpayers for Mitchell | Joyce Dennison | $1,000 | 3/27/2022 |
| Loomis for County Attorney | Alan Goetsch | $1,000 | 3/28/2022 |
| Bird for Iowa | David Casten | $1,000 | 3/30/2022 |
| Iowa Realtors, PAC | Lisa Nolan | $1,000 | 3/30/2022 |
| Citizens for John Norwood | Jack Hatch | $1,000 | 3/30/2022 |
| Bird for Iowa | Keith Denner | $1,000 | 3/28/2022 |
| Rob Sand for Iowa | Joanne Stevens | $1,000 | 3/30/2022 |
| Iowans For Miller | John Gilbert | $1,000 | 3/31/2022 |
| Heather Stancil for Iowa | Ben Johnson | $1,000 | 3/28/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Kraig Hulstein | $1,000 | 3/28/2022 |
| DeJear for Iowa | Elizabeth Sparks | $1,000 | 3/31/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Iowans for Mary Ann Hanusa | $1,000 | 4/1/2022 |
| Diana Swartz for Iowa | Stan Swartz | $1,000 | 4/2/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Mike Vanderpool | $1,000 | 3/28/2022 |
| Friends of Tavis Hall | James Walsh | $1,000 | 3/30/2022 |
| Scheetz for Iowa | Ravi Patel | $1,000 | 3/30/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Mark Collett | $1,000 | 3/28/2022 |
| Stoltenberg for House | Jeremy Steiner | $1,000 | 3/31/2022 |
| DeJear for Iowa | David McCartney | $1,000 | 3/27/2022 |
| Chris Cutler for Polk County Treasurer | Galinsky Family Real Estate, LLC | $1,000 | 3/28/2022 |
| DeJear for Iowa | Paige Fiedler | $1,000 | 3/27/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | David Casten | $1,000 | 3/30/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Dale Den Herder | $1,000 | 3/31/2022 |
| National Federation of Independent Business Iowa Political A | Roy Skoglund | $1,000 | 3/31/2022 |
| Iowa Democratic Party | Jennifer Garst | $1,000 | 3/29/2022 |
| Allamakee County Republican Central Committee | Lee McGovern | $1,000 | 4/1/2022 |
| Dunn For Iowa Committee | Andrew Dunn | $967 | 3/31/2022 |
| Madison County Democratic Central Committee | -- | $941 | 3/28/2022 |
| Stiffler for Iowa | Kristen Stiffler | $900 | 3/29/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Plymouth County Republican Central Committee | $900 | 4/1/2022 |
| Iowa Democratic Party | Sage Media Planning and Placement, Inc. | $894 | 3/29/2022 |
| Maggie Armstrong for Supervisor | Nine19 Land Company | $830 | 4/1/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Marshall County Republican Central Committee | $825 | 4/1/2022 |
| Dave Dicks for Iowa | Cary Peterson | $750 | 3/31/2022 |
ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY
Chauncey Moulding for Jefferson County Attorney• Todd Halbur for State Auditor• Committee To Elect Zach Wahls• Nikole Tutton for Iowa Senate• Puffett for Supervisor• Sarah Trone Garriott for Iowa• Sam Cox for Iowa• Heather Matson for Iowa House• Jackie Smith for Iowa Senate• Lee County Democratic Central Committee• Mary Wells for Polk County Treasurer• Button for Recorder• Bev Price for Jasper County Supervisor• Zylstra for Iowa House• Iowa Friends of Rural Electrification-Iaec, PAC• Friends of Tavis Hall• Iowans for Miller• Dejear for Iowa• Mary Madison for Iowa• Brett Mason for Supervisor• Iowa Optometric Association• Austin Baeth for Iowa• Scheetz for Iowa• Mike Naig for Iowa Agriculture• Waylon Brown for State Senate• Sherman for Freedom Committee• Scholten for Iowa• Mauro Campaign Team• Stiffler for Iowa• Community Bankers of Iowa Political Action Committee• Committee To Elect Shad Clayton• Wayne County Democratic Central Committee• Credit Union, PAC• Joshua Meggers for Iowa House• Maggie Armstrong for Supervisor• Hite for State House• Jones County Democratic Central Committee• Gary Mohr for State House• Gehlbach for Iowa House• Committee To Elect Matt Mccoy• Charley Thomson for House• Committee to elect Tom Riley• Abatepac• Jordyn Hill for Warren County Recorder• Committee to Elect Jodie Hoadley• Jessica Wiskus for Iowa• Iowans for Liz Bennett• Suresh Reddy for Iowa• Iowa Cattlemen's Association, PAC• Committee for Cathy Voith for Calhoun County Recorder• Allamakee County Democratic Central Committee• Sinnard for Dallas County Attorney• Iowa State U. A. W., PAC• Wilkerson for Iowa House• Rozenboom for Senate• Matt Pries for Iowa• Widbin for Iowa• McCarthy for County Attorney• Polk County Republican Central Committee• Webster for Iowa• Iowa Realtors, PAC• Dave Dicks for Iowa• Lori Meacham Gina• Carol Hibbs Campaign• Dallas County Democratic Central Committee• MollyBuckForAnkeny• Citizens for Sharon Steckman• Winneshiek County Republican Central Committee• Taylor County Democratic Central Committee• Bankers Unite in Legislative Decisions• Seth Zimmermann for Johnson County Supervisor• People for Pam Jochum• Hayes for House• Bird for Iowa• Iowa Association of Nurse Anesthetists, PAC• Iowa State Education Association or ISEA PAC, PAC• De La Cerda for Iowa house district 36• Citizens for John Norwood• Carolyn Siebrecht for Recorder• Rob Sand for Iowa• Rachel Zimmermann Smith for County Attorney• Cindy Golding for Iowa House• Loomis for County Attorney• Quirmbach for Senate• Todd Brady for Iowa Senate• Shawn Smith for Pott County Board of Supervisors• Cerro Gordo County Democratic Central Committee• Iowa CCI, PAC• Sonya Heitshusen for Iowa• Ray Lough Election Committee• Heaton for Rural Iowa• Local #4 Fire, PAC• Kossuth County Democratic Central Committee• Iowa Health, PAC• Buchanan County Republican Central Committee• Webster County Democratic Central Committee• Greene County Democratic Central Committee• Committee to Elect Kirkendall• Heather Stancil for Iowa• Claire Celsi for Iowa• Frerick for Iowa• Megan Srinivas for Iowa• Allamakee County Republican Central Committee• Rosien for Iowa• Ruth Ann Gaines for State Representative• Craig Cooper for Iowa House 81• Iowans for Mike Vondran• Turek4Iowa• Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Political Action Committee• Heil for Supervisor• Eric Gjerde for Iowa• Cundiff for Supervisor• Iowa Dental Political Action Committee• Friends of Jazmin Newton• Iowa Democratic Party• Marvis Landon for Iowa• United Steelworkers of America Local 310 Cope Account• Polk County Democratic Central Committee• Boone County Republican Central Committee• Isenhart Campaign for the Common Good• Izaah Knox for Iowa Senate• Sam Wooden for Dubuque County Attorney• Story County Democratic Central Committee• Pate for Iowa• Stoltenberg for House• Wayne Kenniker for Supervisor• Iowans for Tax Relief, PAC• Bridget Carberry Montgomery for Iowa• Committee- Elect Matt Matteson for Hamilton County Treasurer• Taxpayers for Mitchell• Iowans for Ung• Warren County Democratic Central Committee• Hy-Vee Employees' Political Action Committee, Inc.• Iowa Committee of Automotive Retailers• Jefferson County Republican Central Committee• Sara Yedlik for Iowa• Grace Van Cleave for Iowa• Wheeler for Representative• Hemingway for Supervisor• Matt Robinson for Iowa• Ashley Herrig for Clay County Attorney• LaBruna for Iowa• Iowans for Fitzgerald• Iowans for Kirsten Running Marquardt• South Central Iowa Federation of Labor AFL-CIO Citizenship• Winneshiek County Democratic Central Committee• Smith for Treasurer• Ankeny Republicans• WDM Professional Fire Fighters L3586, PAC• Kris Nall for Iowa• Kay Pence for Iowa• Chris Cutler for Polk County Treasurer• MuniPAC• Skylar Limkemann for Iowa House• Tim Lecander for Iowa• Kevin Kinney for State Senate• Tiara Mays for Iowa• Zahorik for Iowa• Team Chick• Committee to Elect Laura Roan• Madison County Democratic Central Committee• Freeman for Iowa• Kimberly Graham for Iowa• Austin Harris for Iowa• Republican Party Of Iowa• Maher for Supervisor• Dunn for Iowa Committee• Iowans for Responsible Gun Laws, PAC• Ifc, PAC• Kathleen Figaro for Senate• Kurt Kirchner for supervisor 2022• Wyatt for Iowa• Iowa Unity Coalition• Wulf for Iowa• Oxley for Supervisor• Diana Swartz for Iowa• Education Harvey for Jefferson County Attorney• Ironworkers Local #89 Political Education Fund• LisaFleishman4Iowa• Kim Reynolds for Iowa• National Federation of Independent Business Iowa Political A• Iowa Voters for Van Lancker• Mark Thompson for Iowa House• Paul Talley LCT Campaign• Iowa Providers, PAC• Mutual Insurance Association of Iowa, PAC• Marshall County Republican Central Committee• MacKenzie Bills for Iowa• Citizens for Campbell 2022• Hora for Senate• Committee for DeLoss• Donahue for Statehouse• Iowa Restaurant Association Political Action Committee• Ankeny Area Democrats• Mary Ann Hanusa for Auditor• Kenan Judge for Iowans• Van Buren County Democratic Central Committee• Washington County Democratic Central Committee• Alliant Energy Employees' Iowa, PAC• Hawkeye Area Labor Council AFL-CIO Political Action Committe
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