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 May 18
| Committee | Contributor | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iha, PAC | Christopher Mitchell | $15,733 | 5/14/2024 |
| Sarah Trone Garriott for Iowa | Fred Hubbell | $10,000 | 5/13/2024 |
| Sires for Senate | Lisa Sires | $7,000 | 5/13/2024 |
| Iha, PAC | Clare Kelly | $5,697 | 5/14/2024 |
| Iha, PAC | Christopher Mitchell | $5,500 | 5/14/2024 |
| Young for Iowa House | Diane Young | $5,000 | 5/13/2024 |
| Zabner For Iowa | Joyce Summerwill | $5,000 | 5/18/2024 |
| Young for Iowa House | Stephen Sandquist | $5,000 | 5/14/2024 |
| Jennifer Smith for Iowa | Michael McCoy | $5,000 | 5/17/2024 |
| Iowa Health, PAC | Jason Tjaden | $5,000 | 5/13/2024 |
| Elizabeth Wilson for Iowa | Elizabeth Wilson | $4,000 | 5/14/2024 |
| Lawler for Iowa | Judd Lawler | $3,262 | 5/14/2024 |
| Prim Care Policital Action Committee | Sonia Bell | $3,075 | 5/14/2024 |
| John Rosenfeld Candidate Committee | Brenda Kelly | $3,000 | 5/17/2024 |
| National Federation of Independent Business Iowa Political A | Lana Pol | $2,500 | 5/14/2024 |
| Randy Hutchinson for Warren County Sheriff | Sharon Schernberg | $2,500 | 5/13/2024 |
| Young for Iowa House | David Young | $2,500 | 5/14/2024 |
| Randy Hutchinson for Warren County Sheriff | Lorne Scharnberg | $2,500 | 5/13/2024 |
| Team Lofgren | Chris Ales | $2,500 | 5/16/2024 |
| Iowa Providers, PAC | Nina Brickman | $2,500 | 5/13/2024 |
| Henderson for House | Robert Henderson | $2,500 | 5/13/2024 |
| Iowans for Health Liberty PAC | Cyril Ann Mandelbaum | $2,000 | 5/13/2024 |
| Associated Builders & Contractors of Iowa Political Action C | Bruce Bowman | $2,000 | 5/13/2024 |
| Matthew Blake for Iowa | Matthew Blake | $2,000 | 5/14/2024 |
| Berkshire Hathaway Energy, PAC | Paul Edward Ruppert | $1,923 | 5/14/2024 |
| Berkshire Hathaway Energy, PAC | Brian Mundt | $1,923 | 5/14/2024 |
| Wellmark PAC or WellPAC, Inc. | Sean McTaggart | $1,923 | 5/14/2024 |
| Berkshire Hathaway Energy, PAC | Laura Demman | $1,923 | 5/14/2024 |
| Berkshire Hathaway Energy, PAC | Thomas Halpin | $1,923 | 5/14/2024 |
| Berkshire Hathaway Energy, PAC | Mark Hewett | $1,923 | 5/14/2024 |
| Wellmark PAC or WellPAC, Inc. | John Clendenin | $1,923 | 5/14/2024 |
| Berkshire Hathaway Energy, PAC | Matt Finnegan | $1,923 | 5/14/2024 |
| Wellmark PAC or WellPAC, Inc. | Marcelle Chickering | $1,923 | 5/14/2024 |
| Wellmark PAC or WellPAC, Inc. | Paul Eddy | $1,923 | 5/14/2024 |
| Wellmark PAC or WellPAC, Inc. | Jared Landin | $1,923 | 5/14/2024 |
| Berkshire Hathaway Energy, PAC | Megan Vetula | $1,920 | 5/14/2024 |
| Berkshire Hathaway Energy, PAC | Sara Athen | $1,920 | 5/14/2024 |
| Berkshire Hathaway Energy, PAC | Shelby Louise Provencher | $1,797 | 5/14/2024 |
| Berkshire Hathaway Energy, PAC | Cristie Darlene Neller | $1,608 | 5/14/2024 |
| Berkshire Hathaway Energy, PAC | Roger Williams | $1,500 | 5/14/2024 |
| Berkshire Hathaway Energy, PAC | Natalie Hocken | $1,500 | 5/14/2024 |
| Berkshire Hathaway Energy, PAC | Michael Stage | $1,500 | 5/14/2024 |
| MidAmerican Energy Company, PAC | Kelcey Brown | $1,475 | 5/14/2024 |
| Berkshire Hathaway Energy, PAC | Larry Leonard | $1,350 | 5/14/2024 |
| Wellmark PAC or WellPAC, Inc. | Naim Munir | $1,320 | 5/14/2024 |
| Berkshire Hathaway Energy, PAC | Vickie Wonder | $1,250 | 5/14/2024 |
| Bergan for Iowa House | Michael Bergan | $1,200 | 5/14/2024 |
| Zabner For Iowa | Kineret Zabner | $1,200 | 5/18/2024 |
| Detrick For Supervisor | Steven Detrick | $1,200 | 5/13/2024 |
| Berkshire Hathaway Energy, PAC | Brian Lewis Garcia | $1,170 | 5/14/2024 |
| Kara Warme for Iowa | Shandra Hill | $1,041 | 5/13/2024 |
| Citizens for Mark Hanson | Myron Stine | $1,000 | 5/15/2024 |
| Sarah Trone Garriott for Iowa | Harvey Harrison | $1,000 | 5/13/2024 |
| Zabner For Iowa | Beverly Eick | $1,000 | 5/14/2024 |
| Iowa Medical Political Action Committee | Keith Vollstedt | $1,000 | 5/13/2024 |
| Iowans for Health Liberty PAC | Cyril Ann Mandelbaum | $1,000 | 5/13/2024 |
| Julie Lasche Brown for Iowa State Senate | Rocky Sposato | $1,000 | 5/16/2024 |
| Young for Iowa House | Jay Anderson | $1,000 | 5/14/2024 |
| Grocers Political Action Committee | David W. Ring | $1,000 | 5/13/2024 |
| John Cochrane for Webster 5 | Dianne Cochrane | $1,000 | 5/14/2024 |
| Iowans for Health Liberty PAC | William Newland | $1,000 | 5/13/2024 |
| Samy El-Baroudi for Iowa House | Madeline Burgess | $1,000 | 5/13/2024 |
| Zabner For Iowa | Claire Chapnick | $1,000 | 5/18/2024 |
| Krystal Lloyd for Auditor | Cheryl Rasmussen | $1,000 | 5/14/2024 |
| Kilburg for Jackson County Sheriff | Bob Winegar | $1,000 | 5/13/2024 |
| Wendy Larson for Iowa House | Wanda Larson | $1,000 | 5/13/2024 |
| Associated Builders & Contractors of Iowa Political Action C | John Baker | $1,000 | 5/13/2024 |
| Sarah Trone Garriott for Iowa | Ned Burmeister | $1,000 | 5/14/2024 |
| Krystal Lloyd for Auditor | Cheryl Rasmussen | $1,000 | 5/14/2024 |
| Committee to Elect Craig Schmidt Supervisor | Craig Schmidt | $1,000 | 5/14/2024 |
| Wellmark PAC or WellPAC, Inc. | Scott Sundstrom | $1,000 | 5/14/2024 |
| Kilburg for Jackson County Sheriff | Jon Thoms | $1,000 | 5/13/2024 |
| Iowans for Health Liberty PAC | Susan Scharnberg | $1,000 | 5/13/2024 |
| Jennifer Konfrst for Iowa | Stevenson Weitz | $1,000 | 5/12/2024 |
| Linn Eagles | Robert Latham | $1,000 | 5/13/2024 |
| Gulick for Good Governance | Dina Dusek | $1,000 | 5/18/2024 |
| Berkshire Hathaway Energy, PAC | Melissa Burnison | $1,000 | 5/14/2024 |
| Berkshire Hathaway Energy, PAC | Dennis Lane | $1,000 | 5/14/2024 |
| Sarah Trone Garriott for Iowa | Warren Stine | $1,000 | 5/15/2024 |
| Montgomery for Iowa | Sue Montgomery | $1,000 | 5/14/2024 |
| National Federation of Independent Business Iowa Political A | Bill Keck | $1,000 | 5/13/2024 |
| Wendy Larson for Iowa House | Clayton Larson | $1,000 | 5/14/2024 |
| Friends and Supporters of Pat Gill | John Gleeson | $1,000 | 5/14/2024 |
| Berkshire Hathaway Energy, PAC | Brian Charles Sheppard | $1,000 | 5/14/2024 |
| Gulick for Good Governance | Kyle Skogman | $1,000 | 5/17/2024 |
| Sarah Trone Garriott for Iowa | Michelle Burmeister | $1,000 | 5/14/2024 |
| Julie Lasche Brown for Iowa State Senate | Gary Dickey | $1,000 | 5/17/2024 |
| Berkshire Hathaway Energy, PAC | Brian Wilson | $985 | 5/14/2024 |
| Berkshire Hathaway Energy, PAC | Frank Brayton | $932 | 5/14/2024 |
| MidAmerican Energy Company, PAC | Roger Hemminghaus | $920 | 5/14/2024 |
| MidAmerican Energy Company, PAC | Michael A. Gehringer | $900 | 5/14/2024 |
| MidAmerican Energy Company, PAC | Jennifer McIvor | $900 | 5/14/2024 |
| Berkshire Hathaway Energy, PAC | Jennifer McIvor | $900 | 5/14/2024 |
| MidAmerican Energy Company, PAC | Michael Hindman | $875 | 5/14/2024 |
| Wagner For Sheriff | Paul Wagner | $853 | 5/14/2024 |
| Berkshire Hathaway Energy, PAC | Alicia Knapp | $846 | 5/14/2024 |
| Berkshire Hathaway Energy, PAC | William P. Sonnleitner | $808 | 5/14/2024 |
| Berkshire Hathaway Energy, PAC | Frank Rozmus | $800 | 5/14/2024 |
| Montgomery for Iowa | Nancy Schulemberger | $800 | 5/14/2024 |
| Berkshire Hathaway Energy, PAC | Christopher Perry | $770 | 5/14/2024 |
ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY
Wilz for Iowa• Mckean for Iowa House• Sarah Trone Garriott for Iowa• Heather Matson for Iowa House• Poweshiek County Democratic Central Committee• Jasper County Democratic Central Committee• Taxpayers for Collins• Iha, PAC• Iowa Friends of Rural Electrification-Iaec, PAC• Cedar County Democratic Central Committee• Mary Madison for Iowa• Kilburg for Jackson County Sheriff• Scheetz for Iowa• Friends and Supporters of Pat Gill• Scholten for Iowa• Gulick for Good Governance• Scott County Republican Women• Credit Union, PAC• Dubuque County Democratic Central Committee• Woodbury County Republican Central Committee• Gehlbach for Iowa House• Des Moines County Democratic Central Committee• Eric Giddens for Iowa• Sioux City Professional Firefighters Association Local #7• Abatepac• Sue Cahill for Iowa House• Allamakee County Democratic Central Committee• Elizabeth Wilson for Iowa• Young for Iowa House• Iowa Medical Political Action Committee• Polk County Republican Central Committee• Floyd County Democratic Central Committee• Iowa Realtors, PAC• Berkshire Hathaway Energy PAC• Royceann Porter for Supervisor• Gustoff for Iowa• MollyBuckForAnkeny• Grocers Political Action Committee• Bankers Unite in Legislative Decisions• Mitchell County Democratic Central Committee• Penny Vossler for Iowa• Iowa Lawpac• Iowa Association of Nurse Anesthetists, PAC• Iowa State Education Association or ISEA PAC, PAC• Prim Care Policital Action Committee• Clarke County Democratic Central Committee• Schwartz for Supervisor• Iowa Professional Fire Fighters, PAC• Iowans for Cooling• Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee• Bergan for Iowa House• Cerro Gordo County Democratic Central Committee• Henderson for House• Kossuth County Democratic Central Committee• Iowa Health, PAC• Zabner for Iowa• Team Lofgren• Muscatine County Democratic Central Committee• Chickasaw County Republican Central Committee• Cass County Democratic Central Committee• Claire Celsi for Iowa• Megan Srinivas for Iowa• Home Builders Association of Greater Des Moines, PAC• Black Hawk County Democratic Central Committee• Iowans for Mike Vondran• LS2group, PAC• Iowa Federation of Young Republicans• Green Douglass for Supervisor• Boulton for Senate• Jones County Republican Central Committee• Vote Bloomingdale• Story County Democratic Central Committee• Loew for Iowa• Linn County Democratic Central Committee• Educational Opportunities, PAC• Midamerican Energy Company PAC• Iowa Chiropractic Society, PAC• Jefferson County Republican Central Committee• Linn Eagles• Scott County Democratic Central Committee• Jennifer Smith for Iowa• Committee To Elect Art Staed• Dallas County Republican Central Committee• Citizens for Sexton• Kay Pence for Iowa• Fink for Auditor• Iowa People's, PAC• Joe Carico for Warren County Sheriff• Ty Rosburg for Crawford County Supervisor• Butler County Democratic Central Committee• East Polk Democratic Committee• Urbandale AREA Democrats• Delaware County Democratic Central Committee• Madison County Democratic Central Committee• Wills for Iowa• Iowa Unity Coalition• Wellmark PAC or WellPAC, Inc.• I Support Keith Radig• National Federation of Independent Business Iowa Political A• Associated Builders & Contractors of Iowa Political Action C• Iowa Providers, PAC• Benton County Republican Central Committee• Jennifer Konfrst for Iowa• Kenan Judge for Iowans• Adair County Democratic Central Committee• Alliant Energy Employees' Iowa, PAC
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