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. 19, 2022
| Committee | Contributor | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Better Democracy, PAC | Afscme People | $25,000 | 11/14/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Kaufmann for State House | $19,500 | 11/18/2022 |
| Committee to Elect Kirkendall | Richard and Sandra Kirkendall | $17,338 | 11/16/2022 |
| Iowa Democratic Party | Iowa State Education Association or ISEA PAC, PAC | $15,000 | 11/14/2022 |
| Jennifer Konfrst for Iowa | Great Plains Laborers' District Council Iowa, PAC | $10,000 | 11/18/2022 |
| Citizens for Pat Grassley | Kyle Krause | $7,500 | 11/15/2022 |
| Iowa Democratic Party | Committee to Elect Rick Olson To House of Representatives | $7,000 | 11/14/2022 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | Republican Party of Iowa | $6,760 | 11/14/2022 |
| Committee to Elect Zach Wahls | Kum & Go, Inc., PAC | $6,500 | 11/16/2022 |
| Iowa Democratic Party | Heather Matson for Iowa House | $6,000 | 11/14/2022 |
| Friends of Lindsay James | Progressive Turnout Project | $5,000 | 11/14/2022 |
| Heather Matson for Iowa House | Progressive Turnout Project | $5,000 | 11/14/2022 |
| Rob Sand for Iowa | Fred Hubbell | $5,000 | 11/14/2022 |
| Rob Sand for Iowa | Kyle Krause | $5,000 | 11/14/2022 |
| Sarah Trone Garriott for Iowa | Progressive Turnout Project | $5,000 | 11/14/2022 |
| Rob Sand for Iowa | Sharon Krause | $5,000 | 11/14/2022 |
| Penny Vossler for Iowa | Progressive Turnout Project | $5,000 | 11/14/2022 |
| Local #4 Fire, PAC | Fire Fighters Interested in Registration & Education (FI, PAC | $4,149 | 11/17/2022 |
| Iowa Democratic Party | Elizabeth Wilson | $4,000 | 11/14/2022 |
| Iowa Friends of Rural Electrification-IAEC, PAC | The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association Action C | $3,083 | 11/18/2022 |
| Henderson for House | Republican Party of Iowa | $3,000 | 11/14/2022 |
| Iowa Democratic Party | DeJear for Iowa | $2,500 | 11/17/2022 |
| Citizens for Elinor A. Levin | Progressive Turnout Project | $2,500 | 11/18/2022 |
| FUELIowa, PAC | Larry Bentler | $2,500 | 11/16/2022 |
| Kenan Judge for Iowans | Progressive Turnout Project | $2,500 | 11/14/2022 |
| Win With Windschitl | Kyle Krause | $2,500 | 11/17/2022 |
| Rob Sand for Iowa | Rich Eychaner | $2,500 | 11/18/2022 |
| Bird for Iowa | Jon Bruning | $2,500 | 11/15/2022 |
| Kaufmann for State House | FUELIowa, PAC | $2,500 | 11/17/2022 |
| Rob Sand for Iowa | Gerald Crawford | $2,500 | 11/14/2022 |
| Sean Bagniewski for Iowa | Progressive Turnout Project | $2,500 | 11/19/2022 |
| Truck Iowa, PAC | UPS, PAC | $2,500 | 11/16/2022 |
| Bridget Carberry Montgomery for Iowa | Progressive Turnout Project | $2,500 | 11/15/2022 |
| Siegrist for Iowa House | Iowa Corn Growers Association State, PAC | $2,000 | 11/19/2022 |
| Todd Halbur For State Auditor | Todd Halbur | $2,000 | 11/18/2022 |
| Operating Engineers Local 234 Political Fund | International Union of Operating Engineers Local 234 | $1,966 | 11/14/2022 |
| Jon Zirkelbach for Supervisor | Jon Zirkelbach | $1,700 | 11/18/2022 |
| Cindy Golding for Iowa House | Republican Party of Iowa | $1,700 | 11/18/2022 |
| Young for Iowa House | Republican Party of Iowa | $1,700 | 11/14/2022 |
| Gehlbach for Iowa House | Republican Party of Iowa | $1,700 | 11/14/2022 |
| Hayes for House | Justice For All Political Action Committee | $1,500 | 11/14/2022 |
| Friends of Whitver | Union Pacific Fund for Effective Government | $1,500 | 11/17/2022 |
| Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Political Action Committee | -- | $1,105 | 11/14/2022 |
| Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Political Action Committee | -- | $1,065 | 11/17/2022 |
| Gustoff for Iowa | Randall Ruisch | $1,000 | 11/14/2022 |
| TechPAC | Laura Smith | $1,000 | 11/15/2022 |
| Kathleen Figaro for Senate | Great Plains Laborers' District Council Iowa, PAC | $1,000 | 11/15/2022 |
| Black Hawk County Republican Central Committee | American Pattern | $1,000 | 11/14/2022 |
| Izaah Knox for Iowa Senate | Kum & Go, Inc., PAC | $1,000 | 11/16/2022 |
| Citizens for Pat Grassley | Corteva Employees PAC, Inc. | $1,000 | 11/15/2022 |
| Citizens for Pat Grassley | General Motors Company Political Action Committee | $1,000 | 11/15/2022 |
| Citizens for Pat Grassley | Landus Cooperative, PAC | $1,000 | 11/15/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Gregory Kautz | $1,000 | 11/14/2022 |
| Iowa Realtors, PAC | Jon Niemeyer | $1,000 | 11/15/2022 |
| Committee to Elect Zach Wahls | NextEra Energy Political Action Committee, Inc. | $1,000 | 11/16/2022 |
| Sarah Trone Garriott for Iowa | Warren Stine | $1,000 | 11/15/2022 |
| Citizens for Mommsen | Union Pacific Fund for Effective Government | $1,000 | 11/17/2022 |
| Win With Windschitl | Iowa Turkey Federation, PAC | $1,000 | 11/18/2022 |
| Abatepac | Rick Tyler | $960 | 11/14/2022 |
| Abatepac | John Eimers | $830 | 11/14/2022 |
| DeJear for Iowa | Planned Parenthood Advocates of Iowa, PAC | $830 | 11/18/2022 |
| TechPAC | Joel Hergenreter | $800 | 11/14/2022 |
| Mark Weatherly State Representative 39 | ZigSwift | $750 | 11/16/2022 |
| Abatepac | John Major | $750 | 11/14/2022 |
| Master Builders of Iowa, P.A.C. | Christopher Wheeler | $750 | 11/17/2022 |
| Scott County Republican Women | -- | $740 | 11/14/2022 |
| Abatepac | Jeff Hoker | $740 | 11/14/2022 |
| Laborers', PAC | Laborers Local 177 | $659 | 11/18/2022 |
| Citizens for Campbell 2022 | Reagan Outdoor Advertising of Rochester, LLC | $643 | 11/14/2022 |
| Iowa Realtors, PAC | Jennifer Goerdt | $600 | 11/14/2022 |
| Johnson County Democratic Central Committee | Richard and Doris Myers | $500 | 11/18/2022 |
| Rick Stewart | David Davis | $500 | 11/14/2022 |
| Citizens for Pat Grassley | Iowa Professional Fire Fighters, PAC | $500 | 11/15/2022 |
| Dan Zumbach for Senate | Union Pacific Fund for Effective Government | $500 | 11/17/2022 |
| Jones for Iowa | Union Pacific Fund for Effective Government | $500 | 11/19/2022 |
| Dan Dawson for State Senate | Union Pacific Fund for Effective Government | $500 | 11/17/2022 |
| Kim Reynolds for Iowa | Mike Weis | $500 | 11/14/2022 |
| Sweeney for State House | State Police Officers Council- Fund, PAC | $500 | 11/15/2022 |
| Bousselot for Iowa | Union Pacific Fund for Effective Government | $500 | 11/17/2022 |
| Joe Bolkcom for Iowa Senate | Kum & Go, Inc., PAC | $500 | 11/14/2022 |
| Deyoe for House | Casey's, PAC | $500 | 11/17/2022 |
| Mike Naig for Iowa Agriculture | Union Pacific Fund for Effective Government | $500 | 11/17/2022 |
| Truck Iowa, PAC | Michael Ennis | $500 | 11/16/2022 |
| Van Buren County Democratic Central Committee | Drish for Supervisor | $500 | 11/18/2022 |
| Citizens for Ako Abdul-Samad | Trudy Holman Hurd | $500 | 11/15/2022 |
| Friends For Brian Lohse | Union Pacific Fund for Effective Government | $500 | 11/17/2022 |
| Amy Nielsen for Iowa | Union Pacific Fund for Effective Government | $500 | 11/17/2022 |
| Truck Iowa, PAC | Patrick Ennis | $500 | 11/16/2022 |
| Iowa Industry Political Action Committee or IIPAC | Chad Reece | $500 | 11/17/2022 |
| Jennifer Konfrst for Iowa | Bayer U. S. Political Action Committee, LLC | $500 | 11/18/2022 |
| Iowa Telecommunications Association, PAC | Dion Schminke | $500 | 11/17/2022 |
| Johnson County Democratic Central Committee | Dorothy Woods Whiston | $500 | 11/18/2022 |
| Committee to Elect Zach Wahls | Iowa Physical Therapy, PAC | $500 | 11/16/2022 |
| FUELIowa, PAC | Kyle Fencl | $500 | 11/16/2022 |
| Brooke Boden for Iowa House | Casey's, PAC | $500 | 11/14/2022 |
| Austin V Hayek for Webster County Board of Supervisors | Simmons for Supervisor | $500 | 11/14/2022 |
| Iowa Friends of Rural Electrification-IAEC, PAC | Mike Coleman | $500 | 11/18/2022 |
| Johnson County Democratic Central Committee | Norman Sherman | $500 | 11/18/2022 |
| Scott County Democratic Central Committee | Thede for Iowa | $500 | 11/16/2022 |
ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY
Hancock County Democratic Central Committee• Clinton County Democratic Central Committee• Todd Halbur for State Auditor• Committee To Elect Zach Wahls• Indira Sheumaker for the People• Des Moines County Republican Central Committee• Sarah Trone Garriott for Iowa• K Lynn Evans Campaign Committee• Sam Cox for Iowa• Heather Matson for Iowa House• Poweshiek County Democratic Central Committee• Manufactured Housing Political Action Committee #6096• Operating Engineers Local 234 Political Fund• Dickson for Supervisor• Boone County Democratic Central Committee• Deyoe for House• Iowans for Walton• Iowa Friends of Rural Electrification-Iaec, PAC• Iowans for Miller• John Kies for County Attorney• Dejear for Iowa• Mary Madison for Iowa• Laborers', PAC• Scheetz for Iowa• Mike Naig for Iowa Agriculture• Wood for Iowa• Green for Johnson County• Scholten for Iowa• Citizens of Greene County for Thomas Laehn• Humboldt County Democratic Central Committee• Democratic Women of Buchanan County• Mark Weatherly State Representative 39• Scott County Republican Women• Heddens for Supervisor• Dubuque County Democratic Central Committee• Kathy Holtz for Tama County Treasurer• Gehlbach for Iowa House• Sinclair for Iowa• Jenny Hansen for Iowa House• Abatepac• Jessica Wiskus for Iowa• Sue Cahill for Iowa House• Suresh Reddy for Iowa• Zaun for Iowa Senate• Jed Ganzer for Iowa• Women for a Stronger America• Siegrist for Iowa House• Young for Iowa House• Cohoon for Representative• Sean Bagniewski for Iowa• Dan Zumbach for Senate• Brooke Boden for Iowa House• Polk County Republican Central Committee• Iowa Realtors, PAC• Southeastern Iowa Building Trade Council, PAC• Palo Alto County Republican Central Committee• Clayton County Democratic Central Committee• DePhillips for Grimes• Gustoff for Iowa• Cass County Republican Central Committee• MollyBuckForAnkeny• Citizens for Pat Grassley• Story County Republican Central Committee• Friends for Brian Lohse• Sarah Smith for HD76• Winneshiek County Republican Central Committee• Bankers Unite in Legislative Decisions• Penny Vossler for Iowa• Iowa Lawpac• Hayes for House• Bird for Iowa• Iowa Association of Nurse Anesthetists, PAC• Marshall County Democratic Central Committee• Prim Care Policital Action Committee• Eddie Andrews for Iowa• Rob Sand for Iowa• Schwartz for Supervisor• Dubuque County Republican Central Committee• Cindy Golding for Iowa House• Scott County Republican Central Committee• Iowa County Republican Central Committee• V Fixmer-Oraiz for Johnson County Supervisor• Alejandro Murguia-Ortiz for Iowa Senate• Quirmbach for Senate• Linn County Republican Central Committee• Taylor for Representative• Todd Brady for Iowa Senate• Iowans for Ross Wilburn• Howard County Democratic Central Committee• Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee• Marquardt for Supervisor• Citizens for Mommsen• Ray Lough Election Committee• Henderson for House• Beran for Iowa• Local #4 Fire, PAC• Libertarian Party• Iowa Health, PAC• Sioux County Democratic Central Committee• Jeff Shipley's Committee for Peace and Prosperity• Citizens for Ako Abdul Samad• Better Democracy, PAC• Win With Windschitl• Zabner for Iowa• Committee to Elect Kirkendall• Muscatine County Democratic Central Committee• Committee to Elect Jeff Shudak• Susie Weinacht for Iowa• 17 Davenport Association of Professional Fire Fighters, PAC• Black Hawk County Democratic Central Committee• Ingels for Iowa House• Johnson for Supervisor• Amy Nielsen for Iowa• Johnston Area Democrats• Faisal for Story County• Iowa Federation of Young Republicans• Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Political Action Committee• Winckler for State House• Deb VanderGaast for Iowa Senate• Iowa Dental Political Action Committee• TechPAC• Boulton for Senate• Friends of Lindsay James• Iowa Democratic Party• Polk County Democratic Central Committee• Isenhart Campaign for the Common Good• Vote Bloomingdale• Izaah Knox for Iowa Senate• Story County Democratic Central Committee• Black Hawk County Republican Central Committee• Johnson County Democratic Central Committee• Friends of Whitver• Linn County Democratic Central Committee• Truck Iowa, PAC• Bridget Carberry Montgomery for Iowa• Iowa Funeral Directors Association, PAC• Citizens for Elinor A. Levin• Bruening for Iowa House• Master Builders of Iowa, P.A.C.• Iowa Chiropractic Society, PAC• Jefferson County Republican Central Committee• Erick Zehr for Iowa• Bousselot for Iowa• We Can Do Better CR• Scott County Democratic Central Committee• Garrett for Statehouse Committee• Pottawattamie Cnty. Democratic Central Committee• Poweshiek County Republican Central Committee• Kaufmann for State House• Moore for State Representative• Bremer County Republican Central Committee• Austin V Hayek for Webster County Board of Supervisors• Carroll County Republican Central Committee• Dumkrieger for Iowa• Committee To Elect Art Staed• Tama County Republican Central Committee• Mahaska County Democratic Central Committee• Emmet County Republican Central Committee• Kay Pence for Iowa• Iowa County Democratic Central Committee• Iowa People's, PAC• Iowa City FIRE, PAC• Froyum for House• Hardin County Democratic Central Committee• Butler County Democratic Central Committee• Planned Parenthood Advocates of Iowa, PAC• Kevin Kinney for State Senate• Hamilton County Democratic Central Committee• Heavy Highway Political Action Committee• Urbandale AREA Democrats• Calhoun County Democratic Central Committee• Wapello County Republican Central Committee• Miller for Secretary of State• Citizens for Jesse Green• Dan Dawson for State Senate• Williams for Iowa• Republican Party Of Iowa• FUELIowa, PAC• Kathleen Figaro for Senate• Iowa Unity Coalition• I-Vet or Iowa Veterinary Political Action Committee Inc., PAC• Eastvold for Winnebago County Recorder• Kim Reynolds for Iowa• National Federation of Independent Business Iowa Political A• Jones for Iowa• Iowa Telecommunications Association, PAC• Jon Zirkelbach for Supervisor• Joe Bolkcom for Iowa Senate• Rick Stewart• Mark Thompson for Iowa House• Iowa Providers, PAC• Iowa Industry Political Action Committee or IIPAC• Justice for All Political Action Committee• Citizens for Campbell 2022• Jennifer Konfrst for Iowa• Ankeny Area Democrats• Kenan Judge for Iowans• Van Buren County Democratic Central Committee• Michelle Servadio Elias for Iowa• Sweeney for State House
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