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 Aug. 20, 2022
| Committee | Contributor | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa Democratic Party | Iowa State Education Association or ISEA PAC, PAC | $300,000 | 8/19/2022 |
| Iowa Democratic Party | Iowa State Education Association or ISEA PAC, PAC | $150,000 | 8/17/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Kaufmann for State House | $95,000 | 8/15/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Dan Kehl | $25,000 | 8/20/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | James S. Cownie, Trustee | $25,000 | 8/19/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | The James & Leslie Belardi Family Trust | $25,000 | 8/17/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Robert Kehl | $25,000 | 8/20/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Wills for Iowa | $20,000 | 8/16/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Lundgren For Office | $20,000 | 8/15/2022 |
| JONI Iowa, PAC | ERNST Victory Iowa | $18,892 | 8/15/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Brian Best for House | $18,000 | 8/15/2022 |
| Friends of Whitver | Jeff and Tammie Broin | $15,000 | 8/16/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Fry for Iowa House | $15,000 | 8/18/2022 |
| Win With Windschitl | Iowa Health, PAC | $15,000 | 8/17/2022 |
| Friends of Whitver | Hy-Vee Employees' Political Action Committee, Inc. | $15,000 | 8/16/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Friends of Jon Dunwell | $15,000 | 8/17/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Thiru Thangarathinam | $15,000 | 8/16/2022 |
| Sarah Trone Garriott for Iowa | Iowa Democratic Party | $11,120 | 8/17/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Mark Falb | $10,000 | 8/15/2022 |
| Mike Naig for Iowa Agriculture | Gage Kent | $10,000 | 8/15/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Citizens for Sexton | $10,000 | 8/18/2022 |
| Gulick for Good Governance | Stephen Gray | $10,000 | 8/18/2022 |
| Gustoff for Iowa | Gary and Barbara Ruebel | $10,000 | 8/15/2022 |
| Jennifer Konfrst for Iowa | Jeff or Tammie Broin | $10,000 | 8/16/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Adam Beren | $10,000 | 8/18/2022 |
| Friends of Whitver | James S. Cownie | $10,000 | 8/16/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Gerhold for Iowa | $9,000 | 8/15/2022 |
| Iowa Democratic Party | Citizens for Wessel-Kroeschell | $9,000 | 8/19/2022 |
| Jennifer Smith for Iowa | Brett Crosby | $9,000 | 8/15/2022 |
| Iowa Democratic Party | Elite, PAC | $9,000 | 8/17/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Citizens for Mommsen | $8,000 | 8/17/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Iowans for Mike Vondran | $7,500 | 8/18/2022 |
| Friends of Whitver | MidAmerican Energy Company, PAC | $7,500 | 8/16/2022 |
| Manufactured Housing Political Action Committee #6096 | Mike Flummerfelt | $7,500 | 8/17/2022 |
| Fry for Iowa House | Iowa Health, PAC | $7,500 | 8/17/2022 |
| Ann Meyer for Statehouse | Iowa Health, PAC | $7,500 | 8/17/2022 |
| Todd Brady for Iowa Senate | Ankeny Area Democrats | $6,864 | 8/15/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Bergan for Iowa House | $6,000 | 8/15/2022 |
| Friends of Whitver | Iowa Dental Political Action Committee | $6,000 | 8/19/2022 |
| Iowa Democratic Party | Warren Stine | $5,163 | 8/16/2022 |
| Great Plains Laborers' District Council Iowa, PAC | Great Plains Laborers District Council | $5,097 | 8/17/2022 |
| Friends of Whitver | Iowa Health, PAC | $5,000 | 8/17/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Nick Ryan | $5,000 | 8/17/2022 |
| Medical Cannabis, PAC | Christopher Nelson | $5,000 | 8/15/2022 |
| Iowans For A Skilled Workforce | Rob Denson | $5,000 | 8/17/2022 |
| Lundgren for House | Alliant Energy Employees' Iowa, PAC | $5,000 | 8/17/2022 |
| Lundgren for House | MidAmerican Energy Company, PAC | $5,000 | 8/17/2022 |
| Polk County Democratic Central Committee | Timothy Urban | $5,000 | 8/15/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Bankers Unite in Legislative Decisions | $5,000 | 8/16/2022 |
| Win With Windschitl | James Belardi | $5,000 | 8/18/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Debi Butler | $5,000 | 8/15/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | RPAC Iowa - REALTORS Political Action Committee | $5,000 | 8/16/2022 |
| Committee to Elect Zach Wahls | Elite, PAC | $5,000 | 8/19/2022 |
| Win With Windschitl | Kurt Rasmussen | $5,000 | 8/19/2022 |
| Friends of Whitver | Wells Fargo and Company Employee, PAC | $5,000 | 8/19/2022 |
| Win With Windschitl | Hy-Vee Employees' Political Action Committee, Inc. | $4,500 | 8/18/2022 |
| Iowa Committee on Political Education - AFL-CIO | IFL Funds | $4,170 | 8/18/2022 |
| Wills for Iowa | Associated General Contractors of Iowa, PAC | $4,000 | 8/14/2022 |
| Iowa Restaurant Association Political Action Committee | Mellisa Reynolds | $4,000 | 8/17/2022 |
| Friends of Jason Schultz | Associated General Contractors of Iowa, PAC | $4,000 | 8/15/2022 |
| Sweeney for State House | Associated General Contractors of Iowa, PAC | $4,000 | 8/17/2022 |
| Ann Meyer for Statehouse | Iha, PAC | $4,000 | 8/17/2022 |
| Fry for Iowa House | Iha, PAC | $4,000 | 8/17/2022 |
| Friends of Jason Schultz | James Belardi | $3,500 | 8/17/2022 |
| Rebecca Bowker for Iowa | United Food & Commercial Workers - Local 150A | $3,500 | 8/18/2022 |
| Heather Matson for Iowa House | Ankeny Area Democrats | $3,432 | 8/16/2022 |
| MollyBuckForAnkeny | Ankeny Area Democrats | $3,432 | 8/19/2022 |
| Dan Zumbach for Senate | Associated General Contractors of Iowa, PAC | $3,000 | 8/15/2022 |
| Stone for House | Associated General Contractors of Iowa, PAC | $3,000 | 8/15/2022 |
| Committee to Elect Rick Olson To House of Representatives | Associated General Contractors of Iowa, PAC | $3,000 | 8/16/2022 |
| Kaufmann for State House | Credit Union, PAC | $3,000 | 8/17/2022 |
| Candy Bradley | Associated General Contractors of Iowa, PAC | $3,000 | 8/15/2022 |
| Lundgren for House | Credit Union, PAC | $3,000 | 8/17/2022 |
| Webster for Iowa | Associated General Contractors of Iowa, PAC | $3,000 | 8/17/2022 |
| Lundgren for House | Wellmark PAC or WellPAC, Inc. | $3,000 | 8/17/2022 |
| Win With Windschitl | Credit Union, PAC | $3,000 | 8/18/2022 |
| McClintock for Iowa | Associated General Contractors of Iowa, PAC | $3,000 | 8/16/2022 |
| Vote Bloomingdale | JONI Iowa, PAC | $3,000 | 8/18/2022 |
| Deyoe for House | Associated General Contractors of Iowa, PAC | $3,000 | 8/17/2022 |
| Taylor for Representative | Associated General Contractors of Iowa, PAC | $3,000 | 8/15/2022 |
| Kurt Bendixen for Iowa | Republican Party of Iowa | $2,570 | 8/19/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Mike Finnin | $2,500 | 8/20/2022 |
| Mike Naig for Iowa Agriculture | Syngenta Corporation Employee, PAC | $2,500 | 8/17/2022 |
| Chapman For Senate | National Federation of Independent Business Iowa Political A | $2,500 | 8/17/2022 |
| Jennifer Konfrst for Iowa | Elite, PAC | $2,500 | 8/17/2022 |
| Friends of Schimanski | International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers IBEW, PAC | $2,500 | 8/15/2022 |
| Gulick for Good Governance | Frederick Timko | $2,500 | 8/18/2022 |
| Webster for Iowa | Gurpreet Gill | $2,500 | 8/15/2022 |
| Citizens to Elect Bill Dotzler | Associated General Contractors of Iowa, PAC | $2,500 | 8/15/2022 |
| Kressig for Iowa House 59 | Iowa Friends of Rural Electrification-IAEC, PAC | $2,500 | 8/19/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | FASPAC - Fareway Stores PAC, Inc. | $2,500 | 8/16/2022 |
| Federation of Iowa Insurers, PAC | UnitedHealth Group, PAC, Inc. | $2,500 | 8/16/2022 |
| Bird for Iowa | David Nelson | $2,500 | 8/16/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Master Builders of Iowa, P.A.C. | $2,500 | 8/16/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Truck Iowa, PAC | $2,500 | 8/16/2022 |
| Jennifer Konfrst for Iowa | Iowa Dental Political Action Committee | $2,500 | 8/19/2022 |
| Friends of Jazmin Newton | International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers IBEW, PAC | $2,500 | 8/15/2022 |
| Friends of Jason Schultz | Iowa Friends of Rural Electrification-IAEC, PAC | $2,500 | 8/19/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Ronald Kirchhoff | $2,500 | 8/19/2022 |
ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY
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• Manufactured Housing Political Action Committee #6096• Jackie Smith for Iowa Senate• Kressig for Iowa House 59• Taxpayers for Collins• Dickson for Supervisor• Rebecca Bowker for Iowa• Deyoe for House• Iha, PAC• Dawn Driscoll for State Senate• Iowans for Miller• Dejear for Iowa• Mary Madison for Iowa• Brett Mason for Supervisor• Re Elect Duncan for Recorder• Iowa Committee On Political Education - Afl-Cio• Mike Naig for Iowa Agriculture• Jacoby for House• Cwa Council of the State of Iowa Cope Fund• Green for Johnson County• Waylon Brown for State Senate• Eide Walton, PAC• Scholten for Iowa• Lundgren for House• Vargas for Recorder• Gulick for Good Governance• Iowa Political Action for Candidate Election• Community Bankers of Iowa Political Action Committee• Tom Shipley for Iowa• Credit Union, PAC• Johnson for Iowa• Gehlbach for Iowa House• Federation of Iowa Insurers, PAC• Eric Giddens for Iowa• Tracy Ehlert for Iowa House• Sinclair for Iowa• Jenny Hansen for Iowa House• Monica Kurth for Iowa House• Dave Muhlbauer for Supervisor• Gary Overla for District 47• Sue Cahill for Iowa House• Suresh Reddy for Iowa• Timi Brown Powers for Iowa• Citizens To Elect Bill Dotzler• Jed Ganzer for Iowa• Rozenboom for Senate• Elizabeth Wilson for Iowa• Matt Pries for Iowa• Siegrist for Iowa House• Young for Iowa House• Adair County Republican Central Committee• Dan Zumbach for Senate• Becky Gaylord for Lee County Treasurer• Polk County Republican Central Committee• Webster for Iowa• Citizens for Sieck• Latham for Iowa• Friends for Klimesh• Iowa Realtors, PAC• Gustoff for Iowa• Cass County Republican Central Committee• Benton County Democratic Central Committee• MollyBuckForAnkeny• Citizens for Pat Grassley• Story County Republican Central Committee• Friends for Brian Lohse• Committee to Elect Rick Olson to House of Representatives• Sarah Smith for HD76• Citizens for Sharon Steckman• Wolff 4 Senate• Bankers Unite in Legislative Decisions• Bird for Iowa• Phil Thompson for Iowa• Fry for Iowa House• Prim Care Policital Action Committee• Eddie Andrews for Iowa• Citizens for John Norwood• Rob Sand for Iowa• Committee to Elect Tommy Coleman• Rowley for Iowa Senate• Dubuque County Republican Central Committee• Cindy Golding for Iowa House• Scott County Republican Central Committee• Gustafson for Iowa House• Barb Kniff McCulla for Iowa• Loomis for County Attorney• Quirmbach for Senate• Candy Bradley• Matt Greiner for Senate• Linn County Republican Central Committee• Taylor for Representative• Todd Brady for Iowa Senate• Iowans for Ross Wilburn• Medical Cannabis, PAC• Gobble for Iowa House• Kurt Bendixen for Iowa• Friends of Caleb Copley• Cerro Gordo County Democratic Central Committee• Sonya Heitshusen for Iowa• Ray Lough Election Committee• Petersen for State Senate• Sheila Shekleton for County Auditor• Local #4 Fire, PAC• Friends of Jason Schultz• Iowa Health, PAC• Friends of Schimanski• Jeff Shipley's Committee for Peace and Prosperity• Win With Windschitl• Team Lofgren• Steve Hansen for Iowa House• Committee to Elect Kirkendall• Osceola County Republican Central Committee• 17 Davenport Association of Professional Fire Fighters, PAC• Ingels for Iowa House• Turek4Iowa• Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Political Action Committee• Iowa Dental Political Action Committee• De Witt for Iowa Senate• Hubbard 2020• Friends of Jazmin Newton• Dickey for Iowa• S. Cerwinskefordistrict2• Iowa Democratic Party• Talsma for Jasper County Supervisor• Grundy County Republican Central Committee• Polk County Democratic Central Committee• Vote Bloomingdale• Chapman for Senate• Pate for Iowa• Pat Shipley HD 17• Johnson County Democratic Central Committee• Friends of Whitver• Truck Iowa, PAC• Bridget Carberry Montgomery for Iowa• Iowa Funeral Directors Association, PAC• Citizens for Elinor A. Levin• Bruening for Iowa House• Koelker for Iowa Senate• Keokuk County Republican Central Committee• Ann Meyer for Statehouse• Matthew Ysbrand for County Treasurer• Committee to Elect Angela Connolly for Supervisor• Iowa Committee of Automotive Retailers• Bousselot for Iowa• Iowa American Water Company Politcal Action Committee• Anne Fairchild for Iowa• Iowans for A Skilled Workforce• Scott County Democratic Central Committee• Cisneros for Iowa• Kaufmann for State House• Citizens for Wessel Kroeschell• Osmundson for Iowa• Austin V Hayek for Webster County Board of Supervisors• Jennifer Smith for Iowa• Smith for Treasurer• Kay Pence for Iowa• Iowa Pharmacy, PAC• Friends of Sandy Salmon• Watts for Supervisor• Froyum for House• Tim Lecander for Iowa• Kara Warme for Story• Tripp Narup for Iowa• Carter Nordman for Iowa• Delaware County Democratic Central Committee• Friends To Elect Brinson Kinzer for Scott County Supervisor• Stone for House• Kimberly Graham for Iowa• Dan Dawson for State Senate• Republican Party Of Iowa• Wills for Iowa• DVogel for Supervisor• Ifc, PAC• Kathleen Figaro for Senate• Friends of Jon Dunwell• LisaFleishman4Iowa• Kim Reynolds for Iowa• Indo American -Iowa, PAC• Associated Builders & Contractors of Iowa Political Action C• Iowa Voters for Van Lancker• Rick Stewart• Iowa Providers, PAC• Dickinson County Republican Central Committee• David Thompson for County Attorney• Justice for All Political Action Committee• MacKenzie Bills for Iowa• JONI Iowa, PAC• Donahue for Statehouse• Jennifer Konfrst for Iowa• Iowa Restaurant Association Political Action Committee• Mary Ann Hanusa for Auditor• Kenan Judge for Iowans• Great Plains Laborers' District Council Iowa, PAC• McClintock for Iowa• Amanda Ragan for County Supervisor• Sweeney for State House
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