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 16, 2022
| Committee | Contributor | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bird for Iowa | Douglas McAninch | $15,000 | 4/15/2022 |
| Iowa Democratic Party | Iowans For Miller | $14,000 | 4/13/2022 |
| McCarthy for County Attorney | Fred Hubbell | $5,000 | 4/11/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Latham for Iowa | $5,000 | 4/14/2022 |
| Bousselot for Iowa | Bruce Rastetter | $5,000 | 4/14/2022 |
| McCarthy for County Attorney | Fred Weitz | $5,000 | 4/11/2022 |
| Latham for Iowa | John Latham | $5,000 | 4/10/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Dale Brand | $5,000 | 4/15/2022 |
| Jeff Shipley's Committee for Peace and Prosperity | Mark Hickenbottom | $5,000 | 4/13/2022 |
| United Food & Commercial Workers Iowa Active Ballot Club | UFCW Local 431 | $4,500 | 4/10/2022 |
| Mauro Campaign Team | Edward Mauro | $4,500 | 4/13/2022 |
| Iowa Committee on Political Education - AFL-CIO | IFL Funds | $3,613 | 4/11/2022 |
| Iowa Democratic Party | Amy Nielsen for Iowa | $3,300 | 4/12/2022 |
| Iowa Democratic Party | Charlie McConkey for State Representative | $3,000 | 4/12/2022 |
| Iowa Democratic Party | Marti Anderson for Iowa | $3,000 | 4/12/2022 |
| Elect Jill Dashner Bremer County Attorney | Sherrill and Christine Dashner | $3,000 | 4/14/2022 |
| Iowa Democratic Party | Timi Brown-Powers | $3,000 | 4/12/2022 |
| Iowa Democratic Party | Forbes for Iowa House | $3,000 | 4/12/2022 |
| Matt Robinson for Iowa | Dubuque County Democratic Central Committee | $2,500 | 4/12/2022 |
| Bird for Iowa | Robert Haney | $2,500 | 4/14/2022 |
| Rob Sand for Iowa | Keith Whipple | $2,500 | 4/12/2022 |
| Jeff Shipley's Committee for Peace and Prosperity | Roch and Debbie Shipley | $2,500 | 4/12/2022 |
| Iowa Committee of Automotive Retailers | David Mills | $2,500 | 4/14/2022 |
| Iowa Democratic Party | Iowa Committee on Political Education - AFL-CIO | $2,500 | 4/13/2022 |
| Mary Ann Hanusa for Auditor | Ted Hoff | $2,500 | 4/12/2022 |
| Iowa Voters for Van Lancker | Keith Whipple | $2,500 | 4/15/2022 |
| McCarthy for County Attorney | Rich Eychaner | $2,500 | 4/12/2022 |
| Iowa Committee of Automotive Retailers | David Mills | $2,500 | 4/14/2022 |
| Hy-Vee Employees' Political Action Committee, Inc. | Matt Parkhurst | $2,500 | 4/11/2022 |
| Great Plains Laborers' District Council Iowa, PAC | Sean Bagniewski for Iowa | $2,500 | 4/13/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Pottawattamie Cnty. Republican Central Committee | $2,175 | 4/14/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Tom Aller | $2,000 | 4/13/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Chris Lohr | $2,000 | 4/11/2022 |
| Stoltenberg for House | J.R. Tunberg | $2,000 | 4/14/2022 |
| Iowans for Liz Bennett | Aiko Materkowski | $2,000 | 4/10/2022 |
| Wheeler for Representative | Dr. Kurt and Jane Korver | $2,000 | 4/12/2022 |
| Marvis Landon for Iowa | Charlene Lamberti | $2,000 | 4/14/2022 |
| Clinton County Democratic Central Committee | Donald and Marcia Flory | $2,000 | 4/15/2022 |
| Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union #33 | Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 33 | $1,878 | 4/11/2022 |
| Operating Engineers Local 234 Political Fund | International Union of Operating Engineers Local 234 | $1,808 | 4/15/2022 |
| Hawkeye Area Labor Council AFL-CIO Political Action Committe | Hawkeye Area Labor Council | $1,766 | 4/15/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Story County Republican Central Committee | $1,725 | 4/14/2022 |
| Cerro Gordo County Republican Central Committee | -- | $1,676 | 4/12/2022 |
| Arzani for Madison County | Bryab Arzani | $1,638 | 4/11/2022 |
| Iowa Agribusiness, PAC | Dan Eklund | $1,553 | 4/11/2022 |
| Master Builders of Iowa, P.A.C. | Dan Ward | $1,500 | 4/11/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Warren County Republican Central Committee | $1,500 | 4/11/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Sioux County Republican Central Committee | $1,275 | 4/11/2022 |
| Iowa Democratic Party | Plumbers and Pipe Fitters Local 125 Political Education Fund | $1,250 | 4/13/2022 |
| Iowa Democratic Party | Fred Hubbell | $1,250 | 4/13/2022 |
| Oxley for Supervisor | Iowa Democratic Party | $1,200 | 4/11/2022 |
| Deborah D Engstler | Deborah Engstler | $1,134 | 4/15/2022 |
| Buchanan County Democratic Central Committee | -- | $1,080 | 4/15/2022 |
| Teamsters Local 554 Iowa - D. R. I. V. E. | International Brotherhood of Teamsters | $1,011 | 4/12/2022 |
| Kathleen Figaro for Senate | Lillian Oshva | $1,000 | 4/12/2022 |
| Kevin Kinney for State Senate | Judith Campbell | $1,000 | 4/10/2022 |
| Kevin Kinney for State Senate | Catherine Engel | $1,000 | 4/10/2022 |
| Citizens for Jesse Green | Robert Hamilton | $1,000 | 4/12/2022 |
| DeJear for Iowa | Diana Sickles | $1,000 | 4/10/2022 |
| Sarah Trone Garriott for Iowa | Warren Stine | $1,000 | 4/15/2022 |
| Maher for Supervisor | Bryan Whipp | $1,000 | 4/12/2022 |
| Rob Sand for Iowa | David Peterson | $1,000 | 4/10/2022 |
| Nazario for Iowa | Thomas Lavalle | $1,000 | 4/15/2022 |
| Zahorik For Iowa | David Zahorik | $1,000 | 4/15/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Wicks Family Farms, LLC | $1,000 | 4/13/2022 |
| Committee to Elect Laura Roan | Police Officers For Good Government | $1,000 | 4/15/2022 |
| Ray Lough Election Committee | John Ketchen | $1,000 | 4/14/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Alexander Brewington | $1,000 | 4/12/2022 |
| Bird for Iowa | Delia and David Meier | $1,000 | 4/13/2022 |
| Kevin Kinney for State Senate | Ronald Stutsman | $1,000 | 4/13/2022 |
| Megan Srinivas for Iowa | Jim Romar | $1,000 | 4/13/2022 |
| Claire Celsi for Iowa | Paige Fiedler | $1,000 | 4/16/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Catherine Erickson | $1,000 | 4/16/2022 |
| Rosien for Iowa | Scott Walter | $1,000 | 4/15/2022 |
| Wood for Iowa | Daniel Wood | $1,000 | 4/13/2022 |
| Committee to Elect Zach Wahls | Bradley Kading | $1,000 | 4/14/2022 |
| Mary Ann Hanusa for Auditor | Greg Ganske | $1,000 | 4/13/2022 |
| Committee to Elect Laura Roan | Donald Stanley | $1,000 | 4/12/2022 |
| DeJear for Iowa | Laura Teaford | $1,000 | 4/15/2022 |
| Committee to Elect Angela Connolly for Supervisor | Dennis and Susan Albaugh | $1,000 | 4/11/2022 |
| Citizens for Jesse Green | Kirke, LLC | $1,000 | 4/15/2022 |
| Vote Jorgensen | John Jerkovich | $1,000 | 4/13/2022 |
| Wapello County Republican Central Committee | Gary and Sandi Yates | $1,000 | 4/11/2022 |
| DeJear for Iowa | Diane Hamilton | $1,000 | 4/10/2022 |
| Candy Bradley | Carol Fouts | $1,000 | 4/16/2022 |
| V Fixmer-Oraiz for Johnson County Supervisor | Ellen Colony | $1,000 | 4/11/2022 |
| Committee to Elect Laura Roan | Sarah and Stephen Jennings | $1,000 | 4/15/2022 |
| Linn Eagles | Jeff and Terri Elgin | $1,000 | 4/11/2022 |
| Kevin Kinney for State Senate | R. Plattenberger Gilmore | $1,000 | 4/14/2022 |
| Stoltenberg for House | Joy Beirne | $1,000 | 4/14/2022 |
| Story County Democratic Central Committee | Ross Wilburn | $1,000 | 4/11/2022 |
| FUELIowa, PAC | Clifford Reif | $1,000 | 4/15/2022 |
| Citizens for Jesse Green | Emily Graeve | $1,000 | 4/15/2022 |
| Maggie Armstrong for Supervisor | TE Forensics | $1,000 | 4/15/2022 |
| Marvis Landon for Iowa | Jeffrey M. Lamberti | $1,000 | 4/14/2022 |
| MacKenzie Bills for Iowa | Corey Weiss | $1,000 | 4/13/2022 |
| Sherman for Freedom Committee | Celia Trealoff | $1,000 | 4/14/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Carolyn Rayner | $1,000 | 4/15/2022 |
| Iowans for Tax Relief, PAC | Linda Roorda | $1,000 | 4/14/2022 |
ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY
Wilz for Iowa• 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• Sam Cox for Iowa• Heather Matson for Iowa House• Johnson for Clay County Attorney• Jackie Smith for Iowa Senate• Operating Engineers Local 234 Political Fund• Taxpayers for Collins• Button for Recorder• Adams County Republican Central Committee• Tyler Stewart for Iowa• Zylstra for Iowa House• Iowa Friends of Rural Electrification-Iaec, PAC• Iowans for Miller• John Kies for County Attorney• Dejear for Iowa• Mary Madison for Iowa• Wahl for Statehouse• Iowa Optometric Association• Austin Baeth for Iowa• Iowa Committee On Political Education - Afl-Cio• Wood for Iowa• Sherman for Freedom Committee• Scholten for Iowa• Mauro Campaign Team• Stiffler for Iowa• John Hartkopf for Supervisor• Mark Weatherly State Representative 39• Gulick for Good Governance• Community Bankers of Iowa Political Action Committee• Scott County Republican Women• Committee To Elect Shad Clayton• Credit Union, PAC• Dubuque County Democratic Central Committee• Woodbury County Republican Central Committee• Maggie Armstrong for Supervisor• Hite for State House• Pottawattamie Cnty. Republican Central Committee• Ringgold County Democratic Central Committee• Neff for County Attorney• Charley Thomson for House• Des Moines County Democratic Central Committee• Jacobsen for Iowa House• Hayes4IASenate• Christy Wolfe for Iowa• Monica Kurth for Iowa House• Deborah D Engstler• Iowans for Liz Bennett• Sue Cahill for Iowa House• Arzani for Madison County• Clasen for Treasurer• Rozenboom for Senate• Sieleman4Recorder• Elizabeth Wilson for Iowa• Matt Pries for Iowa• Elect Jill Dashner Bremer County Attorney• Widbin for Iowa• McCarthy for County Attorney• Linn Phoenix Club• Sean Bagniewski for Iowa• Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union #33• Polk County Republican Central Committee• Webster for Iowa• Latham for Iowa• Iowa Realtors, PAC• MollyBuckForAnkeny• Story County Republican Central Committee• Bankers Unite in Legislative Decisions• Seth Zimmermann for Johnson County Supervisor• Bird for Iowa• Sawyer for Supervisor• Western Iowa Labor Federation COPE Fund• Iowa State Education Association or ISEA PAC, PAC• De La Cerda for Iowa house district 36• Citizens for John Norwood• Rob Sand for Iowa• Rachel Zimmermann Smith for County Attorney• Dubuque County Republican Central Committee• Scott County Republican Central Committee• Vote Jorgensen• V Fixmer-Oraiz for Johnson County Supervisor• Loomis for County Attorney• Candy Bradley• Iowa Agribusiness, PAC• Bergan for Iowa House• Tomlinson for Treasurer• Friends of Caleb Copley• Sonya Heitshusen for Iowa• Ray Lough Election Committee• Dimmitt for Supervisor• Heaton for Rural Iowa• Moats for Recorder• Jeff Shipley's Committee for Peace and Prosperity• Muscatine County Republican Central Committee• Buchanan County Republican Central Committee• Hockensmith for Supervisor• Zabner for Iowa• Madison County Republican Central Committee• Claire Celsi for Iowa• Buchanan County Democratic Central Committee• Frerick for Iowa• Susie Weinacht for Iowa• Megan Srinivas for Iowa• Rosien for Iowa• Laura Bergus for Iowa City Council• Alons for Senate• Iowans for Mike Vondran• Johnston Area Democrats• Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Political Action Committee• Deb VanderGaast for Iowa Senate• Eric Gjerde for Iowa• Cundiff for Supervisor• Walker for Supervisor• Iowa Democratic Party• Marvis Landon for Iowa• 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• Dan Kelley for Iowa• Wayne Kenniker for Supervisor• Johnson County Democratic Central Committee• Hein for State House• Linn County Democratic Central Committee• Iowans for Tax Relief, PAC• Bridget Carberry Montgomery for Iowa• Iowa Funeral Directors Association, PAC• Lisa Rosburg for Emmet County Treasurer• Kerry Gruenhagen for Iowa Senate• Master Builders of Iowa, P.A.C.• Hy-Vee Employees' Political Action Committee, Inc.• Cerro Gordo County Republican Central Committee• Deb Hild for House• Committee to Elect Angela Connolly for Supervisor• Iowa Committee of Automotive Retailers• Paul Pohlson for Poweshiek County• Bousselot for Iowa• Linn Eagles• Grace Van Cleave for Iowa• Wheeler for Representative• Matt Robinson for Iowa• Warren County Republican Central Committee• Nazario for Iowa• Angela Steffens for Treasurer• Scott County Democratic Central Committee• Iowans for Fitzgerald• Iowans for Kirsten Running Marquardt• Jennifer Smith for Iowa• Dumkrieger for Iowa• Dallas County Republican Central Committee• Tama County Republican Central Committee• Kay Pence for Iowa• Chris Cutler for Polk County Treasurer• Glen Keith for Supervisor• MuniPAC• Tim Lecander for Iowa• Kevin Kinney for State Senate• Zahorik for Iowa• Committee to Elect Laura Roan• Wapello County Republican Central Committee• Carter Nordman for Iowa• Freeman for Iowa• Citizens for Jesse Green• Stone for House• Kimberly Graham for Iowa• Austin Harris for Iowa• Republican Party Of Iowa• Eliason for Iowa HD6• Maher for Supervisor• Dunn for Iowa Committee• Iowans for Responsible Gun Laws, PAC• FUELIowa, PAC• Kathleen Figaro for Senate• Oxley for Supervisor• Ironworkers Local #89 Political Education Fund• LisaFleishman4Iowa• Kim Reynolds for Iowa• Iowa Voters for Van Lancker• Mark Thompson for Iowa House• Iowa Providers, PAC• Colman Silbernagel for Iowa• MacKenzie Bills for Iowa• Citizens for Campbell 2022• Hora for Senate• Kelly Cunningham Haan Committee for Scott County Attorney• Iowa Restaurant Association Political Action Committee• Mary Ann Hanusa for Auditor• Kenan Judge for Iowans• Great Plains Laborers' District Council Iowa, PAC• Michelle Servadio Elias for Iowa• Alliant Energy Employees' Iowa, PAC• United Food & Commercial Workers Iowa Active Ballot Club• Springhower for Pottawattamie County Supervisor• Hawkeye Area Labor Council AFL-CIO Political Action Committe
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