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 Nov. 12, 2022
| Committee | Contributor | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Republican Party of Iowa | Win With Windschitl | $160,000 | 11/10/2022 |
| Rinker for Iowa House | Republican Party of Iowa | $103,090 | 11/7/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Kim Reynolds for Iowa | $100,000 | 11/7/2022 |
| Iowa Democratic Party | Iowa State Education Association or ISEA PAC, PAC | $50,000 | 11/10/2022 |
| Smith for Treasurer | Republican Party of Iowa | $50,000 | 11/7/2022 |
| Bird for Iowa | Republican Party of Iowa | $50,000 | 11/7/2022 |
| Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Political Action Committee | -- | $26,131 | 11/8/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Andrea Abel | $25,000 | 11/7/2022 |
| Iowa Democratic Party | Cohoon for Representative | $22,000 | 11/7/2022 |
| Iowa Democratic Party | MacKenzie Bills for Iowa | $17,000 | 11/7/2022 |
| Rinker for Iowa House | Republican Party of Iowa | $13,090 | 11/7/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Sweeney for Senate | $12,500 | 11/8/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Friends of Sandy Salmon | $12,000 | 11/8/2022 |
| Iowa Democratic Party | Jackie Smith for Iowa senate | $10,493 | 11/7/2022 |
| Pate for Iowa | RPAC Iowa - REALTORS Political Action Committee | $10,000 | 11/8/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Kraayenbrink for Iowa Senate | $10,000 | 11/8/2022 |
| Associated General Contractors of Iowa, PAC | Sonny Hall | $8,000 | 11/9/2022 |
| Bousselot for Iowa | Republican Party of Iowa | $7,500 | 11/7/2022 |
| Iowa Democratic Party | Committee to Elect Rick Olson To House of Representatives | $6,500 | 11/7/2022 |
| Iowa Democratic Party | Elizabeth Wilson for Iowa | $6,000 | 11/7/2022 |
| Iowa Democratic Party | Todd Brady for Iowa Senate | $6,000 | 11/10/2022 |
| Rob Sand for Iowa | Rob Sand | $6,000 | 11/7/2022 |
| Rinker for Iowa House | Republican Party of Iowa | $5,376 | 11/7/2022 |
| Iowa Democratic Party | DRIVE | $5,000 | 11/8/2022 |
| Iowa Democratic Party | Donahue for State Senate | $5,000 | 11/10/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Phil Thompson for Iowa | $5,000 | 11/10/2022 |
| Wills for Iowa | The Hawkeye, PAC | $5,000 | 11/8/2022 |
| Jennifer Konfrst for Iowa | Kum & Go, Inc., PAC | $5,000 | 11/7/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | The Political Action Committee of American Staffing Associat | $5,000 | 11/8/2022 |
| DeJear for Iowa | International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150 Local A | $5,000 | 11/6/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Ann Meyer for Statehouse | $5,000 | 11/10/2022 |
| Iowa Democratic Party | Tim Lecander for Iowa | $5,000 | 11/7/2022 |
| Dickey for Iowa | FUELIowa, PAC | $5,000 | 11/8/2022 |
| Sue Cahill for Iowa House | Progressive Turnout Project | $5,000 | 11/8/2022 |
| Sarah Smith for HD76 | Progressive Turnout Project | $5,000 | 11/8/2022 |
| Johnson County Democratic Central Committee | Currin to the Capitol | $4,950 | 11/9/2022 |
| Black Hawk County Democratic Central Committee | Iowa State Uaw, PAC | $4,000 | 11/7/2022 |
| Win With Windschitl | Manufactured Housing Political Action Committee #6096 | $4,000 | 11/7/2022 |
| Rick Stewart | Wendi Wang | $4,000 | 11/7/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Friends of Jacob Bossman | $4,000 | 11/7/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Webster for Iowa | $4,000 | 11/8/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Martin Graber for Iowa House | $4,000 | 11/7/2022 |
| Rinker for Iowa House | Republican Party of Iowa | $3,987 | 11/7/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Mark Weatherly State Representative 39 | $3,900 | 11/10/2022 |
| Susie Weinacht for Iowa | Republican Party of Iowa | $3,700 | 11/7/2022 |
| Eddie Andrews For Iowa | Republican Party of Iowa | $3,700 | 11/7/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Wheeler for Representative | $3,675 | 11/7/2022 |
| Gustoff for Iowa | Republican Party of Iowa | $3,600 | 11/10/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Republican National Committee | $3,500 | 11/8/2022 |
| Dawn Driscoll for State Senate | Republican Party of Iowa | $3,500 | 11/7/2022 |
| Smith for Treasurer | David Barker | $3,427 | 11/7/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | David Barker | $3,427 | 11/7/2022 |
| Bird for Iowa | David Barker | $3,427 | 11/7/2022 |
| Mike Naig for Iowa Agriculture | David Barker | $3,426 | 11/7/2022 |
| Chapman For Senate | Republican Party of Iowa | $3,250 | 11/9/2022 |
| Friends of Whitver | Republican Party of Iowa | $3,032 | 11/8/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Brian Best for House | $3,000 | 11/7/2022 |
| Abdouch for House | Republican Party of Iowa | $3,000 | 11/7/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Citizens for Mommsen | $3,000 | 11/10/2022 |
| Iowa Democratic Party | Tracy Ehlert for Iowa House | $3,000 | 11/7/2022 |
| Chapman For Senate | Republican Party of Iowa | $2,649 | 11/8/2022 |
| Bousselot for Iowa | Republican Party of Iowa | $2,603 | 11/8/2022 |
| Iowa Democratic Party | Erick Zehr for Iowa | $2,600 | 11/10/2022 |
| Steve Hansen for Iowa House | Progressive Turnout Project | $2,500 | 11/8/2022 |
| Gary Mohr for State House | The Hawkeye, PAC | $2,500 | 11/7/2022 |
| Iowans For Miller | Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders, LLP | $2,500 | 11/8/2022 |
| Lucy For Recorder | Matt Tompkins | $2,500 | 11/7/2022 |
| Smith for Treasurer | Todd Johnson | $2,500 | 11/8/2022 |
| Associated General Contractors of Iowa, PAC | Brian Manatt | $2,500 | 11/9/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Lundgren For Office | $2,500 | 11/10/2022 |
| Committee- Elect Matt Matteson for Hamilton County Treasurer | Matt Matteson | $2,419 | 11/11/2022 |
| Webster for Iowa | Republican Party of Iowa | $2,345 | 11/8/2022 |
| Dawn Driscoll for State Senate | Republican Party of Iowa | $2,086 | 11/8/2022 |
| Iowans for Mike Vondran | Liberty Bell Communications, LLC | $2,000 | 11/7/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Sorensen For Iowa | $2,000 | 11/7/2022 |
| DeJear for Iowa | Hasoni Pratts | $2,000 | 11/6/2022 |
| Johnson County Democratic Central Committee | International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers IBEW, PAC | $2,000 | 11/8/2022 |
| Win With Windschitl | Josh Lederman | $2,000 | 11/7/2022 |
| Gary Mohr for State House | The Hawkeye, PAC | $2,000 | 11/9/2022 |
| Win With Windschitl | Koch Industries Political Action Committee, Inc. | $2,000 | 11/7/2022 |
| Iowans For Miller | Ida Skikos | $2,000 | 11/6/2022 |
| Wills for Iowa | Manufactured Housing Political Action Committee #6096 | $2,000 | 11/6/2022 |
| Iowa Democratic Party | Forbes for Iowa House | $2,000 | 11/10/2022 |
| Lundgren for House | The Hawkeye, PAC | $2,000 | 11/9/2022 |
| Waylon Brown for State Senate | Republican Party of Iowa | $1,809 | 11/8/2022 |
| Associated General Contractors of Iowa, PAC | Smokey Doyle | $1,800 | 11/10/2022 |
| Kerry Gruenhagen for Iowa Senate | Republican Party of Iowa | $1,793 | 11/8/2022 |
| De Witt for Iowa Senate | Republican Party of Iowa | $1,755 | 11/8/2022 |
| Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Political Action Committee | -- | $1,697 | 11/7/2022 |
| Committee- Elect Matt Matteson for Hamilton County Treasurer | Hamilton County Republican Central Committee | $1,600 | 11/10/2022 |
| Kenan Judge for Iowans | Kum & Go, Inc., PAC | $1,500 | 11/10/2022 |
| Iowans For Miller | Aaron's | $1,500 | 11/9/2022 |
| Master Builders of Iowa, P.A.C. | Donald Woodruff | $1,500 | 11/7/2022 |
| Gary Mohr for State House | Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Political Action Committee | $1,500 | 11/7/2022 |
| Steve Hansen for Iowa House | Kum & Go, Inc., PAC | $1,500 | 11/12/2022 |
| Master Builders of Iowa, P.A.C. | Marvin Schumacher | $1,500 | 11/7/2022 |
| People for Pam Jochum | Kum & Go, Inc., PAC | $1,500 | 11/11/2022 |
| Mark Thompson for Iowa House | -- | $1,483 | 11/7/2022 |
| Mack4Supervisor | Josh Mack | $1,304 | 11/7/2022 |
ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY
Clinton County Democratic Central Committee• Todd Halbur for State Auditor• J Wright for County Supervisor• Sarah Trone Garriott for Iowa• Darland for Scott County Recorder• Mark Banowetz for Supervisor• Sam Cox for Iowa• Heather Matson for Iowa House• Sarah Tupper for Marshall County Attorney• Jackie Smith for Iowa Senate• Lee County Democratic Central Committee• O'connor for Supervisor• Dickson for Supervisor• Mary Wells for Polk County Treasurer• Iha, PAC• Adams County Republican Central Committee• Dawn Driscoll for State Senate• Tyler Stewart for Iowa• Iowans for Miller• Dejear for Iowa• Brett Mason for Supervisor• Austin Baeth for Iowa• Laborers', PAC• Scheetz for Iowa• Mike Naig for Iowa Agriculture• Jacoby for House• Waylon Brown for State Senate• Scholten for Iowa• Lundgren for House• Democratic Women of Buchanan County• Mark Weatherly State Representative 39• Kraayenbrink for Iowa Senate• Credit Union, PAC• Johnson for Iowa• Woodbury County Republican Central Committee• Gary Mohr for State House• Gehlbach for Iowa House• Charley Thomson for House• Tracy Ehlert for Iowa House• Sinclair for Iowa• Westrich for Iowa• Dave Muhlbauer for Supervisor• Iowans for Liz Bennett• Sue Cahill for Iowa House• Citizens To Elect Bill Dotzler• Brian Best for House• Holt for House• Maybanks for County Attorney• Buena Vista County Republican Central Committee• Jed Ganzer for Iowa• Rozenboom for Senate• Matt Pries for Iowa• Jasper County Republican Central Committee• Ann McLaughlin for Treasurer• Becky Gaylord for Lee County Treasurer• Rinker for Iowa House• Webster for Iowa• Citizens for Sieck• Abdouch for House• Latham for Iowa• Gustoff for Iowa• MollyBuckForAnkeny• Friends for Brian Lohse• Sarah Smith for HD76• Wolff 4 Senate• Taylor County Democratic Central Committee• People for Pam Jochum• Iowa Lawpac• ReNae Arnold for Recorder• Bird for Iowa• Iowa Association of Nurse Anesthetists, PAC• Audubon County Democratic Central Committee• Fry for Iowa House• Prim Care Policital Action Committee• Eddie Andrews for Iowa• Clarke County Democratic Central Committee• Rob Sand for Iowa• Rachel Zimmermann Smith for County Attorney• Rowley for Iowa Senate• Loomis for County Attorney• Quirmbach for Senate• Taylor for Representative• Todd Brady for Iowa Senate• Iowa Auto Recyclers, PAC• Kurt Bendixen for Iowa• Bergan for Iowa House• Henderson for House• Kossuth County Democratic Central Committee• Friends of Jason Schultz• Friends of Schimanski• Friends of Jacob Bossman• Win With Windschitl• Hockensmith for Supervisor• Team Lofgren• Steve Hansen for Iowa House• Committee to Elect Kirkendall• Linda Murken for Supervisor• Susie Weinacht for Iowa• Megan Srinivas for Iowa• Faldet for Supervisor• Black Hawk County Democratic Central Committee• Kelsay for Supervisor• Ingels for Iowa House• Dan Bittinger for Woodbury County Supervisor• Mack4Supervisor• Iowans for Mike Vondran• Forbes for Iowa House• LS2group, PAC• Iowa Federation of Young Republicans• Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Political Action Committee• Winckler for State House• Iowa Dental Political Action Committee• TechPAC• Bisignano for Senate Account• De Witt for Iowa Senate• Boulton for Senate• Jeneary for House District 5 Committee• Dickey for Iowa• Cournoyer for Senate• Iowa Democratic Party• Talsma for Jasper County Supervisor• Dené Lundberg for Iowa House• Polk County Democratic Central Committee• Isenhart Campaign for the Common Good• Izaah Knox for Iowa Senate• Chapman for Senate• Pate for Iowa• Johnson County Democratic Central Committee• Friends of Whitver• Committee- Elect Matt Matteson for Hamilton County Treasurer• Lee County Republican Central Committee• Fessler for Cerro Gordo Treasurer• Iowa Funeral Directors Association, PAC• Committee to re-elect Patrick PJ Jennings• Citizens for Elinor A. Levin• Koelker for Iowa Senate• Kerry Gruenhagen for Iowa Senate• Master Builders of Iowa, P.A.C.• Ann Meyer for Statehouse• Appanoose County Republican Central Committee• Cerro Gordo County Republican Central Committee• Hamilton County Republican Central Committee• Sara Yedlik for Iowa• Erick Zehr for Iowa• Bousselot for Iowa• Wheeler for Representative• Ashley Herrig for Clay County Attorney• Iowans for A Skilled Workforce• Scott County Democratic Central Committee• Cisneros for Iowa• Iowans for Fitzgerald• Iowans for Kirsten Running Marquardt• Poweshiek County Republican Central Committee• Clinton County Republican Central Committee• Kaufmann for State House• Citizens for Joe Gatto• Ossian Election Team• Moore for State Representative• Osmundson for Iowa• Johnson County Republican Central Committee• Smith for Treasurer• Committee for Diana Broderson• Dumkrieger for Iowa• Citizens for Sexton• Citizens for Brian Meyer• Kay Pence for Iowa• Friends of Sandy Salmon• Iowa People's, PAC• Kevin Kinney for State Senate• Henry County Republican Central Committee• Friends of Ken Croken• Kara Warme for Story• Lucy for Recorder• Republican Party Of Iowa• Wills for Iowa• Iowa Cable, PAC• Wyatt for Iowa• Wellmark PAC or WellPAC, Inc.• I-Vet or Iowa Veterinary Political Action Committee Inc., PAC• Sara Davenport for County Attorney• Kim Reynolds for Iowa• Jones for Iowa• Iowa Telecommunications Association, PAC• Rick Stewart• Peggy Meany for Cerro Gordo County Treasurer• Mark Thompson for Iowa House• Associated General Contractors of Iowa, PAC• Mutual Insurance Association of Iowa, PAC• 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• Kenan Judge for Iowans• NAIFA-Iowa IFAPAC• Alliant Energy Employees' Iowa, PAC• Thede for Iowa• Sweeney for State House
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