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 June 4, 2022
| Committee | Contributor | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kimberly Graham for Iowa | Justice & Public Safety, PAC | $24,279 | 5/31/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Tim Ozinga | $15,000 | 5/31/2022 |
| Iowa Democratic Party | Stacy Schusterman | $12,980 | 6/2/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Craig Breitbach | $10,000 | 5/31/2022 |
| Bird for Iowa | Dennis Elwell | $10,000 | 5/31/2022 |
| Bird for Iowa | Brian and Morgan Kohlwes | $10,000 | 5/31/2022 |
| Megan Srinivas for Iowa | Indian American Impact Fund | $10,000 | 6/1/2022 |
| Bird for Iowa | Matt Rissi | $7,500 | 6/4/2022 |
| Local Union No 347 IBEW Fund, PAC | -- | $7,490 | 6/1/2022 |
| DeJear for Iowa | James Walton | $6,000 | 5/31/2022 |
| Bird for Iowa | Steve Bruere | $5,000 | 6/2/2022 |
| Rozenboom for Senate | Bankers Unite in Legislative Decisions | $5,000 | 6/3/2022 |
| Bird for Iowa | Manufactured Housing Political Action Committee #6096 | $5,000 | 6/2/2022 |
| Iowans For Miller | Great Plains Laborers' District Council Iowa, PAC | $5,000 | 6/2/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | O. Jay Tomson Revocable Trust | $5,000 | 6/3/2022 |
| Zahorik For Iowa | International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers IBEW, PAC | $5,000 | 6/1/2022 |
| Iowans For Miller | Microsoft Corporation Stakeholders Voluntary - MSVPAC, PAC | $5,000 | 5/31/2022 |
| Central Iowa Building and Construction Trades CouncilPAC | -- | $4,577 | 6/1/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Steve Sukup | $3,000 | 6/3/2022 |
| Dallas County Democratic Central Committee | Bob and Martha Ward | $3,000 | 5/31/2022 |
| Iowa Optometric Association | Benjamin Uhl | $3,000 | 5/31/2022 |
| Plumbers & Pipefitters Local Union #25, PAC | -- | $2,901 | 5/31/2022 |
| Bousselot for Iowa | Gage Kent | $2,700 | 5/31/2022 |
| Arzani for Madison County | Bryan Arzani | $2,574 | 6/3/2022 |
| DeJear for Iowa | Gretchen Sisson | $2,500 | 5/31/2022 |
| Vote Bloomingdale | Nicholas Rowley | $2,500 | 6/3/2022 |
| Citizens for Jesse Green | Dissolved - Fareway Stores PAC, Inc. | $2,500 | 6/3/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Dale Snyder | $2,500 | 6/3/2022 |
| Iha, PAC | Rebecca Anthony | $2,500 | 5/31/2022 |
| Rowley for Iowa Senate | Manufactured Housing Political Action Committee #6096 | $2,500 | 5/31/2022 |
| Maxwell for State House | Kurt Rasmussen | $2,500 | 6/4/2022 |
| Young for Iowa House | Dennis E. Young Revocable Trust | $2,500 | 5/31/2022 |
| Wasson for Iowa | Justin Wasson | $2,500 | 6/3/2022 |
| Iowans For Miller | Elizabeth McCaul | $2,500 | 5/29/2022 |
| Iowa Industry Political Action Committee or IIPAC | Nathan Weaton | $2,500 | 5/31/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Bob Manning | $2,500 | 6/3/2022 |
| Kimberly Graham for Iowa | Justice & Public Safety, PAC | $2,300 | 5/31/2022 |
| Hodgeman Family Election Committee | Devon Hodgeman | $2,096 | 5/31/2022 |
| Wilz for Iowa | Kendig Kneen | $2,082 | 5/31/2022 |
| Citizens for Joe Gatto | Gregory Holt | $2,000 | 6/2/2022 |
| Megan Srinivas for Iowa | Iowa Medical Political Action Committee | $2,000 | 6/2/2022 |
| Taxpayers for Mitchell | Truck Iowa, PAC | $2,000 | 6/2/2022 |
| Friends of Whitver | Renewable Energy Group Political Action Committee (REG, Inc. | $2,000 | 6/1/2022 |
| Izaah Knox for Iowa Senate | Jerry Crawford | $2,000 | 5/31/2022 |
| Iowa Industry Political Action Committee or IIPAC | Mark Hanawalt | $2,000 | 5/31/2022 |
| Hite for State House | Iowa LAWPAC | $2,000 | 5/31/2022 |
| Wahl for Statehouse | Dan Wahl | $2,000 | 5/31/2022 |
| Frerick for Iowa | Zachary Freitas-Groff | $2,000 | 5/30/2022 |
| Zahorik For Iowa | Iowa State Building & Trades Council PEC | $1,500 | 6/2/2022 |
| Iowans For Cooling | Ironworkers Local #89 Political Education Fund | $1,500 | 6/4/2022 |
| C. J. May III for County Attorney | Clarence May, Iii | $1,500 | 6/3/2022 |
| Committee to Elect Allen Batschelet | Allen Batschelet | $1,475 | 5/31/2022 |
| Kathleen Figaro for Senate | Ralph Baechie | $1,300 | 5/29/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Emily Schmitt | $1,241 | 6/3/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Erick and Chelsy Anderson | $1,115 | 6/3/2022 |
| Citizens for Campbell 2022 | Douglass Campbell | $1,100 | 6/4/2022 |
| Suresh Reddy For Iowa | Suresh Reddy | $1,071 | 6/1/2022 |
| De La Cerda for Iowa house district 36 | Nathan Johnson | $1,001 | 6/2/2022 |
| Dan Kelley for Iowa | Dianna Kelley | $1,000 | 6/1/2022 |
| Jennifer Konfrst for Iowa | Renewable Energy Group Political Action Committee (REG, Inc. | $1,000 | 6/1/2022 |
| Taxpayers for Mitchell | Iha, PAC | $1,000 | 6/1/2022 |
| DeJear for Iowa | Ken Birt | $1,000 | 5/29/2022 |
| Wulf For Iowa | Brad Stroh | $1,000 | 5/30/2022 |
| Tiara Mays for Iowa | The Collective, PAC | $1,000 | 6/2/2022 |
| Friends of Lindsay James | Emily Liggett | $1,000 | 6/4/2022 |
| Chris Cutler for Polk County Treasurer | Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union #33 | $1,000 | 6/2/2022 |
| Jackie Smith for Iowa senate | H. Allan Sturgeon | $1,000 | 6/2/2022 |
| Dunn For Iowa Committee | Cathy Beaty | $1,000 | 5/31/2022 |
| Sean Bagniewski for Iowa | Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union #33 | $1,000 | 6/2/2022 |
| McCarthy for County Attorney | Central Iowa Building and Construction Trades CouncilPAC | $1,000 | 6/4/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Terry Lillis | $1,000 | 6/2/2022 |
| Mike Naig for Iowa Agriculture | William and Diane Brown | $1,000 | 6/1/2022 |
| Iowa Committee of Automotive Retailers | Ken Kemna | $1,000 | 5/31/2022 |
| Scott County Democratic Central Committee | Winckler for State House | $1,000 | 6/1/2022 |
| Friends of Karl Drapeaux for Scott County Supervisor | Great Plains Laborers' District Council Iowa, PAC | $1,000 | 6/1/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Douglas Rozendaal | $1,000 | 6/3/2022 |
| Mike Naig for Iowa Agriculture | Renewable Energy Group Political Action Committee (REG, Inc. | $1,000 | 6/1/2022 |
| Iowa Industry Political Action Committee or IIPAC | Kirk Tyler | $1,000 | 5/31/2022 |
| Sean Bagniewski for Iowa | Central Iowa Building and Construction Trades CouncilPAC | $1,000 | 6/2/2022 |
| Iowa Realtors, PAC | Charles Winkleblack | $1,000 | 6/3/2022 |
| Iowa Industry Political Action Committee or IIPAC | Tim Bianco | $1,000 | 5/31/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Jeffrey Helms | $1,000 | 5/31/2022 |
| Zahorik For Iowa | North Central States Carpenter, PAC | $1,000 | 6/4/2022 |
| Izaah Knox for Iowa Senate | Cory Harris | $1,000 | 6/1/2022 |
| Sarah Trone Garriott for Iowa | William Jacobs | $1,000 | 6/2/2022 |
| Hite for State House | Master Builders of Iowa, P.A.C. | $1,000 | 6/3/2022 |
| Megan Srinivas for Iowa | Hemant Goradia | $1,000 | 6/2/2022 |
| McCarthy for County Attorney | Marc Harding | $1,000 | 5/31/2022 |
| Zahorik For Iowa | Central Iowa Building and Construction Trades CouncilPAC | $1,000 | 6/2/2022 |
| Izaah Knox for Iowa Senate | Wellmark PAC or WellPAC, Inc. | $1,000 | 6/1/2022 |
| Joel Phillips for Sheriff | Joel Phillips | $1,000 | 6/2/2022 |
| Currin to the Capitol | Iowa Committee on Political Education - AFL-CIO | $1,000 | 5/31/2022 |
| Friends of Jazmin Newton | Great Plains Laborers' District Council Iowa, PAC | $1,000 | 6/2/2022 |
| DeJear for Iowa | Harriet Hubbell | $1,000 | 5/31/2022 |
| Ann McLaughlin for Treasurer | Judith McLaughlin | $1,000 | 6/1/2022 |
| Iowa Committee of Automotive Retailers | Ken Kemna | $1,000 | 5/31/2022 |
| Kathleen Figaro for Senate | Plumbers & Pipefitters Local Union #25, PAC | $1,000 | 5/29/2022 |
| Iowans For Cooling | Plumbers and Pipe Fitters Local 125 Political Education Fund | $1,000 | 5/31/2022 |
| Barb Kniff McCulla for Iowa | Iha, PAC | $1,000 | 6/2/2022 |
ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY
Wilz for Iowa• Clinton County Democratic Central Committee• 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• Boone County Democratic Central Committee• Rebecca Bowker for Iowa• Dow for Iowa• Iha, PAC• Steve Avis for Urbandale School Board• Iowans for Miller• Dejear for Iowa• Mary Madison for Iowa• Vanessa Strazdas for County Attorney• Re Elect Duncan for Recorder• Wahl for Statehouse• Iowa Optometric Association• Austin Baeth for Iowa• Joel Phillips for Sheriff• Mike Naig for Iowa Agriculture• Esperance Hope Ikora• Green for Johnson County• Waylon Brown for State Senate• Sherman for Freedom Committee• Mauro Campaign Team• Committee To Elect Walter Utman Harrison County Supervisor• Stiffler for Iowa• Thomas Brolsma for Supervisor• Vargas for Recorder• Mark Weatherly State Representative 39• Committee To Elect Susan Miller• Heddens for Supervisor• Credit Union, PAC• Dubuque County Democratic Central Committee• Joshua Meggers for Iowa House• Hite for State House• Gary Mohr for State House• Iowa Right to Life State, PAC• Charley Thomson for House• Westrich for Iowa• Hayes4IASenate• Jordyn Hill for Warren County Recorder• Iowans for Liz Bennett• Sue Cahill for Iowa House• Suresh Reddy for Iowa• C. J. May III for County Attorney• Arzani for Madison County• Committee for Cathy Voith for Calhoun County Recorder• Jed Ganzer for Iowa• Rozenboom for Senate• Matt Pries for Iowa• Friends of Ann McDonough• Ann McLaughlin for Treasurer• McCarthy for County Attorney• Young for Iowa House• Sean Bagniewski for Iowa• Polk County Republican Central Committee• Iowa Realtors, PAC• Gustoff for Iowa• Dallas County Democratic Central Committee• MollyBuckForAnkeny• Story County Republican Central Committee• Friends for Brian Lohse• Sarah Smith for HD76• Citizens for Sharon Steckman• Winneshiek County Republican Central Committee• Taylor County Democratic Central Committee• Bankers Unite in Legislative Decisions• Jefferson County Democratic Central Committee• Joe Pinter for Supervisor• Paustian for Supervisor• Hayes for House• Bird for Iowa• Wasson for Iowa• Kyle Stecker for Supervisor• Eddie Andrews for Iowa• 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• Cindy Golding for Iowa House• Scott County Republican Central Committee• Iowans for Cooling• Vote Jorgensen• Barb Kniff McCulla for Iowa• Loomis for County Attorney• Quirmbach for Senate• Todd Brady for Iowa Senate• Shelby County Republican Central Committee• Howard County Democratic Central Committee• Bergan for Iowa House• Tomlinson for Treasurer• Iowa CCI, PAC• Ray Lough Election Committee• Local #4 Fire, PAC• Iowa Health, PAC• Friends of Karl Drapeaux for Scott County Supervisor• Buchanan County Republican Central Committee• Rose Funaro Houston for Recorder• Weets for Iowa• Zabner for Iowa• Team Lofgren• Committee to Elect Kirkendall• Claire Celsi for Iowa• Frerick for Iowa• Megan Srinivas for Iowa• Local Union No 347 IBEW Fund, PAC• Price for Iowa• Hoffman for Bremer County Treasurer• Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Political Action Committee• Deb VanderGaast for Iowa Senate• Eric Gjerde for Iowa• Cundiff for Supervisor• Maxwell for State House• Boulton for Senate• Jones County Republican Central Committee• Chelgren for Iowa Senate• Friends of Lindsay James• Friends of Jazmin Newton• Cournoyer for Senate• Iowa Democratic Party• Grundy County Republican Central Committee• Isenhart Campaign for the Common Good• Vote Bloomingdale• Izaah Knox for Iowa Senate• Story County Democratic Central Committee• Dan Kelley for Iowa• Friends of Whitver• Truck Iowa, PAC• Bridget Carberry Montgomery for Iowa• Committee to Elect Allen Batschelet• Taxpayers for Mitchell• Kerry Gruenhagen for Iowa Senate• Parker for Supervisor• Laborers' Local 43, PAC• Hy-Vee Employees' Political Action Committee, Inc.• Committee to Elect Angela Connolly for Supervisor• Iowa Chiropractic Society, PAC• Iowa Committee of Automotive Retailers• Erick Zehr for Iowa• Bousselot for Iowa• Hodgeman Family Election Committee• Grace Van Cleave for Iowa• Wheeler for Representative• Iowans for A Skilled Workforce• Warren County Republican Central Committee• Nazario for Iowa• Scott County Democratic Central Committee• Iowans for Fitzgerald• Iowa Certified Public Accountants, PAC• Iowans for Kirsten Running Marquardt• South Central Iowa Federation of Labor AFL-CIO Citizenship• Citizens for Joe Gatto• Citizens for Wessel Kroeschell• Austin V Hayek for Webster County Board of Supervisors• WDM Professional Fire Fighters L3586, PAC• Kay Pence for Iowa• Chris Cutler for Polk County Treasurer• Tim Lecander for Iowa• Kevin Kinney for State Senate• Tiara Mays for Iowa• Zahorik for Iowa• Committee to Elect Laura Roan• Freeman for Iowa• Citizens for Jesse Green• Kimberly Graham for Iowa• Dan Dawson for State Senate• Central Iowa Building and Construction Trades CouncilPAC• Maher for Supervisor• Dunn for Iowa Committee• Iowans for Responsible Gun Laws, PAC• Kathleen Figaro for Senate• Friends of Jon Dunwell• Kurt Kirchner for supervisor 2022• Currin to the Capitol• Wulf for Iowa• Education Harvey for Jefferson County Attorney• Kim Reynolds for Iowa• Associated Builders & Contractors of Iowa Political Action C• Iowa Voters for Van Lancker• Iowa Industry Political Action Committee or IIPAC• Colman Silbernagel for Iowa• Dickinson County Republican Central Committee• Justice for All Political Action Committee• MacKenzie Bills for Iowa• Citizens for Campbell 2022• Kelly Cunningham Haan Committee for Scott County Attorney• Iowa Rural Water State, PAC• Jennifer Konfrst for Iowa• Ankeny Area Democrats• Kenan Judge for Iowans• Kris Oswald for Recorder• Thede for Iowa• Jammie Bradshaw for Johnson County Supervisor• Reierson for Recorder• Sweeney for State House• Hawkeye Area Labor Council AFL-CIO Political Action Committe
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