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 July 16, 2022
| Committee | Contributor | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citizens for Pat Grassley | Associated Builders & Contractors of Iowa Political Action C | $30,000 | 7/14/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Jim Balloun | $25,000 | 7/14/2022 |
| Citizens for Pat Grassley | David Barker | $15,000 | 7/14/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | David Spalding | $15,000 | 7/11/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Bob Sturgeon | $10,000 | 7/12/2022 |
| Bird for Iowa | Republican Party of Iowa | $10,000 | 7/11/2022 |
| Smith for Treasurer | RPAC Iowa - REALTORS Political Action Committee | $10,000 | 7/12/2022 |
| Truck Iowa, PAC | Greg McCoy | $10,000 | 7/13/2022 |
| Citizens for Pat Grassley | Donald Lamberti | $10,000 | 7/14/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | John Hanson | $10,000 | 7/15/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Kent Pilcher | $10,000 | 7/13/2022 |
| Iowans For Miller | Big Sky Values | $10,000 | 7/11/2022 |
| Smith for Treasurer | Republican Party of Iowa | $10,000 | 7/13/2022 |
| Iowans For Miller | North Central States Carpenter, PAC | $10,000 | 7/12/2022 |
| Buchanan County Republican Central Committee | -- | $9,100 | 7/13/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Gregory Brown | $7,500 | 7/16/2022 |
| Bird for Iowa | Craig Breitbach | $7,000 | 7/15/2022 |
| Great Plains Laborers' District Council Iowa, PAC | Great Plains Laborers District Council | $6,832 | 7/13/2022 |
| Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Political Action Committee | -- | $5,097 | 7/15/2022 |
| Bird for Iowa | Michael and Cheryl Wells | $5,000 | 7/12/2022 |
| Marvis Landon for Iowa | RPAC Iowa - REALTORS Political Action Committee | $5,000 | 7/12/2022 |
| Iowa Democratic Party | Story County Democratic Central Committee | $5,000 | 7/11/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Iowa Telecommunications Association, PAC | $5,000 | 7/12/2022 |
| Rob Sand for Iowa | Joshua Koplewicz | $5,000 | 7/15/2022 |
| Citizens for Pat Grassley | The Home Depot Political Action Committee, Inc. | $5,000 | 7/14/2022 |
| Iowa Democratic Party | Story County Democratic Central Committee | $5,000 | 7/15/2022 |
| Iowans For Miller | Eliot Spitzer | $5,000 | 7/14/2022 |
| Iowans For Miller | Meyer Koplow | $5,000 | 7/14/2022 |
| Kimberly Graham for Iowa | Walter Lauridsen | $5,000 | 7/12/2022 |
| Bird for Iowa | Duane Smith | $5,000 | 7/11/2022 |
| Mike Naig for Iowa Agriculture | Roger Underwood | $5,000 | 7/15/2022 |
| Chapman For Senate | Copper Creek Club, LLC | $5,000 | 7/13/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | John W. Grubb Revocable Trust | $5,000 | 7/14/2022 |
| Rob Sand for Iowa | Great Plains Laborers' District Council Iowa, PAC | $5,000 | 7/14/2022 |
| Bird for Iowa | James Tyler | $5,000 | 7/13/2022 |
| Planned Parenthood Advocates of Iowa, PAC | Deborah Gitchell | $5,000 | 7/13/2022 |
| Associated Builders & Contractors of Iowa Political Action C | Loren Fields | $5,000 | 7/15/2022 |
| Paul Talley LCT Campaign | Paul Talley | $4,675 | 7/14/2022 |
| Plumbers and Pipe Fitters Local 125 Political Education Fund | -- | $4,431 | 7/14/2022 |
| Bousselot for Iowa | Associated General Contractors of Iowa, PAC | $4,000 | 7/14/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Republican National Committee | $3,500 | 7/11/2022 |
| Winneshiek County Democratic Central Committee | Tapscott for Iowa Senate | $3,500 | 7/11/2022 |
| Associated Builders & Contractors of Iowa Political Action C | Shane Kline | $3,000 | 7/11/2022 |
| IFC, PAC | Hagenow Gustoff and Karas | $3,000 | 7/11/2022 |
| Kevin Kinney for State Senate | Heavy Highway Political Action Committee | $3,000 | 7/14/2022 |
| Scholten for Iowa | Sean McCloskey | $2,900 | 7/12/2022 |
| Iowa Committee on Political Education - AFL-CIO | IFL Funds | $2,772 | 7/12/2022 |
| Bird for Iowa | Cameron Sutton | $2,603 | 7/13/2022 |
| Iowans For Miller | Wayne Reames | $2,550 | 7/14/2022 |
| Rob Sand for Iowa | Adam Feiges | $2,500 | 7/14/2022 |
| Rob Sand for Iowa | Robert Moray | $2,500 | 7/14/2022 |
| Smith for Treasurer | Master Builders of Iowa, P.A.C. | $2,500 | 7/13/2022 |
| Iowa Democratic Party | Heavy Highway Political Action Committee | $2,500 | 7/15/2022 |
| Bousselot for Iowa | Bankers Unite in Legislative Decisions | $2,500 | 7/14/2022 |
| Sinclair for Iowa | National Federation of Independent Business Iowa Political A | $2,500 | 7/12/2022 |
| Jones for Iowa | Justice For All Political Action Committee | $2,500 | 7/11/2022 |
| Iowans For Miller | Tom Miller | $2,500 | 7/14/2022 |
| Hy-Vee Employees' Political Action Committee, Inc. | Karl Kruse | $2,500 | 7/15/2022 |
| DeJear for Iowa | Cynthia Thorland | $2,500 | 7/14/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | J & M Nelson Investment, LLC | $2,500 | 7/11/2022 |
| Iowans For Miller | Krista Tanner | $2,500 | 7/10/2022 |
| Iowans For Miller | Alliant Energy Employees' Iowa, PAC | $2,500 | 7/11/2022 |
| Young for Iowa House | The Hawkeye, PAC | $2,500 | 7/14/2022 |
| MollyBuckForAnkeny | Harry Bookey | $2,500 | 7/14/2022 |
| Heather Matson for Iowa House | Harry Bookey | $2,500 | 7/14/2022 |
| Smith for Treasurer | Bankers Unite in Legislative Decisions | $2,500 | 7/12/2022 |
| Dan Dawson for State Senate | MidAmerican Energy Company, PAC | $2,500 | 7/11/2022 |
| Citizens for Joe Gatto | Iron Workers Local 67, PAC | $2,500 | 7/14/2022 |
| Committee to Elect Zach Wahls | Carlton McCord | $2,500 | 7/12/2022 |
| Friends To Elect Brinson Kinzer for Scott County Supervisor | Plumbers & Pipefitters Local Union #25, PAC | $2,500 | 7/15/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Iowa Committee of Automotive Retailers | $2,500 | 7/12/2022 |
| Rob Sand for Iowa | David Bernstein | $2,500 | 7/14/2022 |
| Rob Sand for Iowa | Scott Dunn | $2,500 | 7/14/2022 |
| Bird for Iowa | Dave and Cindy Brown | $2,500 | 7/12/2022 |
| Rob Sand for Iowa | Warren Stine | $2,500 | 7/13/2022 |
| Iha, PAC | Joyce McDanel | $2,500 | 7/13/2022 |
| Friends of Caleb Copley | International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers IBEW, PAC | $2,500 | 7/14/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Iowa Industry Political Action Committee or IIPAC | $2,500 | 7/12/2022 |
| Taylor for Representative | Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen Fund, PAC | $2,500 | 7/14/2022 |
| Iowans For Miller | Cheryl Healton | $2,500 | 7/10/2022 |
| Iha, PAC | Rebecca Anthony | $2,026 | 7/14/2022 |
| Rob Sand for Iowa | Local Union No 347 IBEW Fund, PAC | $2,000 | 7/14/2022 |
| Dené Lundberg for Iowa House | Kurt Herbrechtsmeyer | $2,000 | 7/12/2022 |
| Iowans For Miller | Jonathan Fielding | $2,000 | 7/14/2022 |
| DeJear for Iowa | Elizabeth Howard | $2,000 | 7/10/2022 |
| Mike Naig for Iowa Agriculture | Iowa Quarter Horse Racing, PAC | $2,000 | 7/15/2022 |
| Rob Sand for Iowa | Joe Riley | $2,000 | 7/14/2022 |
| Friends of Ann McDonough | Chris Healey | $2,000 | 7/16/2022 |
| DeJear for Iowa | Greene County Democratic Central Committee | $2,000 | 7/14/2022 |
| Friends of Whitver | Iowa Quarter Horse Racing, PAC | $2,000 | 7/16/2022 |
| Young for Iowa House | Sheri Avis Horner Revocable Trust | $2,000 | 7/15/2022 |
| Ann Meyer for Statehouse | Mark and Shelly Hartman | $2,000 | 7/10/2022 |
| Suresh Reddy For Iowa | Suresh Reddy | $2,000 | 7/14/2022 |
| Iowans For Miller | James Carney | $2,000 | 7/13/2022 |
| Gustoff for Iowa | Matthew Edwards | $2,000 | 7/15/2022 |
| Iowa State Council of Machinist Political Fund | Iowa State Council of Machinists | $1,999 | 7/15/2022 |
| Eichmeier for Treasurer | MacHel Eichmeier | $1,928 | 7/14/2022 |
| Master Builders of Iowa, P.A.C. | James Sparks | $1,800 | 7/11/2022 |
| Master Builders of Iowa, P.A.C. | Jason Pitts | $1,800 | 7/11/2022 |
ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY
Todd Halbur for State Auditor• Committee To Elect Zach Wahls• J Wright for County Supervisor• Sarah Trone Garriott for Iowa• Darland for Scott County Recorder• Mark Banowetz for Supervisor• Ken Carlson for Iowa House• Heather Matson for Iowa House• Citizens for Mindy Fitzgibbon• Johnson for Clay County Attorney• Jackie Smith for Iowa Senate• Operating Engineers Local 234 Political Fund• Taxpayers for Collins• O'Connor for Supervisor• Mary Wells for Polk County Treasurer• Iha, PAC• Dawn Driscoll for State Senate• Iowans for Miller• Dejear for Iowa• Mary Madison for Iowa• Iowa State Council of Machinist Political Fund• Wahl for Statehouse• Iowa Optometric Association• Austin Baeth for Iowa• Iowa Committee On Political Education - Afl-Cio• Mike Naig for Iowa Agriculture• Kossuth County Republican Central Committee• Waylon Brown for State Senate• Eide Walton, PAC• Scholten for Iowa• Mixdorf for Iowa• Stiffler for Iowa• Vargas for Recorder• Mark Weatherly State Representative 39• Gulick for Good Governance• Community Bankers of Iowa Political Action Committee• Scott County Republican Women• Janice Weiner for State Senate• Onken for 89• West Des Moines Democrats• Dubuque County Democratic Central Committee• Woodbury County Republican Central Committee• Robinson for Bremer County Attorney• Henry County Democratic Central Committee• Des Moines County Democratic Central Committee• Sinclair for Iowa• Westrich for Iowa• Hayes4IASenate• Jenny Hansen for Iowa House• Abatepac• Monica Kurth for Iowa House• Gary Overla for District 47• Jessica Wiskus for Iowa• Sue Cahill for Iowa House• Wright County Republican Central Committee• Suresh Reddy for Iowa• Friends of Ann McDonough• Young for Iowa House• Calhoun County Republican Central Committee• Linn Phoenix Club• Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union #33• Gustoff for Iowa• Dallas County Democratic Central Committee• MollyBuckForAnkeny• Citizens for Pat Grassley• Committee to Elect Rick Olson to House of Representatives• Citizens for Sharon Steckman• Wolff 4 Senate• Winneshiek County Republican Central Committee• People for Pam Jochum• Paustian for Supervisor• Bird for Iowa• Prim Care Policital Action Committee• Citizens for John Norwood• Rob Sand for Iowa• Dubuque County Republican Central Committee• Scott County Republican Central Committee• New Iowa Project• V Fixmer-Oraiz for Johnson County Supervisor• Barb Kniff McCulla for Iowa• Matt Greiner for Senate• Taylor for Representative• Todd Brady for Iowa Senate• Iowans for Ross Wilburn• Bergan for Iowa House• Friends of Caleb Copley• Cerro Gordo County Democratic Central Committee• Citizens for Mommsen• Sonya Heitshusen for Iowa• Heaton for Rural Iowa• Tompkins for Auditor• Iowa State Building & Trades Council PEC• Iowa Health, PAC• Buchanan County Republican Central Committee• Eichmeier for Treasurer• Friends of Jacob Bossman• Win With Windschitl• Steve Hansen for Iowa House• Committee to Elect Jeff Shudak• Cass County Democratic Central Committee• Claire Celsi for Iowa• Susie Weinacht for Iowa• Iowans for Mike Vondran• Turek4Iowa• Amy Nielsen for Iowa• Johnston Area Democrats• Determann for Iowa House• Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Political Action Committee• Winckler for State House• Deb VanderGaast for Iowa Senate• Eric Gjerde for Iowa• Iowa Dental Political Action Committee• Clayton County Republican Central Committee• Boulton for Senate• Cournoyer for Senate• Iowa Democratic Party• Marvis Landon for Iowa• Dené Lundberg for Iowa House• Isenhart Campaign for the Common Good• Izaah Knox for Iowa Senate• Chapman for Senate• Story County Democratic Central Committee• Pate for Iowa• Dan Kelley for Iowa• Johnson County Democratic Central Committee• Friends of Whitver• Truck Iowa, PAC• Committee to re-elect Patrick PJ Jennings• Kerry Gruenhagen for Iowa Senate• Conrad for County• Master Builders of Iowa, P.A.C.• Hy-Vee Employees' Political Action Committee, Inc.• Ann Meyer for Statehouse• Erick Zehr for Iowa• Bousselot for Iowa• Hemingway for Supervisor• Matt Robinson for Iowa• Scott County Democratic Central Committee• Iowans for Fitzgerald• Pottawattamie Cnty. Democratic Central Committee• Nelson for County Attorney• Citizens for Joe Gatto• Citizens for Wessel Kroeschell• Winneshiek County Democratic Central Committee• Johnson County Republican Central Committee• Smith for Treasurer• Maxwell for Supervisor• Dumkrieger for Iowa• Committee To Elect Art Staed• Citizens for Sexton• Emmet County Republican Central Committee• Kay Pence for Iowa• Iowa Pharmacy, PAC• Friends of Sandy Salmon• Watts for Supervisor• Froyum for House• Tim Lecander for Iowa• Planned Parenthood Advocates of Iowa, PAC• Kevin Kinney for State Senate• Dean Fisher for House• Kara Warme for Story• Urbandale AREA Democrats• Wapello County Republican Central Committee• Carter Nordman for Iowa• Miller for Secretary of State• Friends To Elect Brinson Kinzer for Scott County Supervisor• Kimberly Graham for Iowa• Robert A Gertsen• Dan Dawson for State Senate• Austin Harris for Iowa• Wills for Iowa• FUELIowa, PAC• Ifc, PAC• Kathleen Figaro for Senate• Wyatt for Iowa• Wellmark PAC or WellPAC, Inc.• I-Vet or Iowa Veterinary Political Action Committee Inc., PAC• Kim Reynolds for Iowa• Trelka for Sheriff• David M. Davis for State Senate• Jones for Iowa• Associated Builders & Contractors of Iowa Political Action C• Iowa Voters for Van Lancker• Peggy Meany for Cerro Gordo County Treasurer• Paul Talley LCT Campaign• Iowa Industry Political Action Committee or IIPAC• Justice for All Political Action Committee• MacKenzie Bills for Iowa• Citizens for Campbell 2022• Kelly Cunningham Haan Committee for Scott County Attorney• Donahue for Statehouse• Jennifer Konfrst for Iowa• Ankeny Area Democrats• Kenan Judge for Iowans• NAIFA-Iowa IFAPAC• Kris Oswald for Recorder• Great Plains Laborers' District Council Iowa, PAC• Donna Amandus for Lee County• DeVries for Supervisor
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