It spent $4,865,684 on 68 vendors during the time period.
The largest expense was to Republican Party of Iowa, which is based in ZIP Code 50309.
The second largest political spend from a committee operating in a city within Polk County during the fourth quarter of 2024 came from Republican Party of Iowa. It spent $4,219,777 during the time period on 25 different vendors.
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.
Political campaign financial data is often updated, leading to a sometimes incomplete picture of a committee or candidate's finances.
Top Expenditures from Iowa Political Committees based in Polk County During Q4 2024
| Committee | Expenditures | Paid Vendors |
|---|---|---|
| Iowa Democratic Party | $4,865,684 | 68 |
| Republican Party of Iowa | $4,219,777 | 25 |
| Friends of Whitver | $1,000,197 | 2 |
| Sarah Trone Garriott for Iowa | $640,561 | 13 |
| Boulton for Senate | $461,987 | 7 |
| Jennifer Konfrst for Iowa | $323,260 | 10 |
| Rob Sand for Iowa | $288,887 | 28 |
| Zaun for Iowa Senate | $182,860 | 10 |
| Elite, PAC | $169,062 | 75 |
| Iowa Realtors, PAC | $147,181 | 95 |
| Manufactured Housing Political Action Committee #6096 | $121,500 | 45 |
| Polk County Democratic Central Committee | $89,807 | 29 |
| Justice For All Political Action Committee | $87,000 | 14 |
| Heather Matson for Iowa House | $74,070 | 6 |
| Adam Gregg for Iowa | $68,467 | 1 |
| Bousselot for Iowa | $67,554 | 3 |
| Iowa Lawpac | $51,993 | 51 |
| Better Democracy, PAC | $50,023 | 2 |
| Laborers', PAC | $46,610 | 12 |
| Iowa Health, PAC | $45,456 | 23 |
| Friends For Brian Lohse | $42,678 | 11 |
| Bankers Unite in Legislative Decisions | $37,053 | 19 |
| Eddie Andrews For Iowa | $35,481 | 19 |
| Polk County Republican Central Committee | $32,006 | 30 |
| MollyBuckForAnkeny | $27,418 | 5 |
| Iowa Providers, PAC | $26,854 | 28 |
| Gustoff for Iowa | $26,533 | 19 |
| Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Political Action Committee | $25,000 | 7 |
| Hockensmith for Supervisor | $23,872 | 5 |
| Bisignano for Senate Account | $20,500 | 2 |
| Committee to Elect Rick Olson To House of Representatives | $20,358 | 5 |
| Iowa Industry Political Action Committee or IIPAC | $20,250 | 15 |
| Iowa Staff Union-National Staff Organization, PAC | $20,000 | 10 |
| Claire Celsi for Iowa | $17,798 | 14 |
| Gehlbach for Iowa House | $17,747 | 6 |
| Sean Bagniewski for Iowa | $17,494 | 13 |
| Great Plains Laborers' District Council Iowa, PAC | $16,500 | 11 |
| Alliant Energy Employees' Iowa, PAC | $16,000 | 12 |
| Izaah Knox for Iowa Senate | $15,758 | 6 |
| Master Builders of Iowa, P.A.C. | $13,201 | 11 |
| Iowa Optometric Association | $13,103 | 28 |
| Austin Baeth for Iowa | $13,044 | 6 |
| Iowa Opportunities, PAC | $12,496 | 14 |
| Abatepac | $12,244 | 42 |
| Federation of Iowa Insurers, PAC | $11,000 | 17 |
| East Polk Democratic Committee | $10,863 | 9 |
| Citizens For Brian Meyer | $10,500 | 2 |
| Local #4 Fire, PAC | $10,500 | 12 |
| Mike Naig for Iowa Agriculture | $10,355 | 4 |
| Educational Opportunities, PAC | $10,152 | 20 |
| Committee to Elect Angela Connolly for Supervisor | $10,022 | 3 |
| Ankeny Area Democrats | $9,457 | 23 |
| Mary Madison For Iowa | $9,281 | 9 |
| Delta Dental of Iowa, PAC | $8,750 | 11 |
| Local Union No 347 IBEW Fund, PAC | $8,000 | 5 |
| Petersen for State Senate | $7,987 | 5 |
| Iowa Dental Political Action Committee | $7,871 | 7 |
| Cedar Rapids Trades Council CR IC Building Trades, PAC | $7,250 | 7 |
| Iowa Federation of Young Republicans | $7,201 | 19 |
| Citizens for Preservation of Racing | $6,000 | 2 |
| Community Bankers of Iowa Political Action Committee | $6,000 | 3 |
| Kevin J. Schneider for Sheriff | $5,293 | 4 |
| PACEG Committee | $5,000 | 1 |
| Iowa Telecommunications Association, PAC | $4,644 | 5 |
| Johnston Area Democrats | $4,512 | 8 |
| West Des Moines Democrats | $4,433 | 9 |
| ToyA Johnson 4 Iowa | $4,400 | 1 |
| Iowa Pharmacy, PAC | $4,288 | 8 |
| TechPAC | $4,100 | 3 |
| Carroll County Republican Central Committee | $3,875 | 5 |
| WDM Professional Fire Fighters L3586, PAC | $3,692 | 9 |
| Home Builders Association of Greater Des Moines, PAC | $3,100 | 3 |
| Iowa Unity Coalition | $2,918 | 9 |
| Marshall County Republican Central Committee | $2,736 | 6 |
| Iowa Letter Carriers Committee on Political Educational | $2,700 | 6 |
| Iowa Political Action for Candidate Election | $2,700 | 9 |
| Kossuth County Democratic Central Committee | $2,392 | 10 |
| Homebuilders Association, PAC | $2,250 | 5 |
| Women for a Stronger America | $2,239 | 5 |
| Citizens for Joe Gatto | $2,006 | 2 |
| Sonya Heitshusen For Iowa | $2,000 | 2 |
| Ironworkers Local #89 Political Education Fund | $2,000 | 2 |
| Voss for City Council | $1,817 | 5 |
| The Family Leader, PAC | $1,750 | 3 |
| Iron Workers Local 67, PAC | $1,570 | 4 |
| Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union #33 | $1,500 | 2 |
| Iowa Insurance Institute, PAC | $1,500 | 2 |
| Iowa Beverage Association, PAC | $1,259 | 5 |
| Ruth Ann Gaines for State Representative | $1,072 | 3 |
| Miller for Iowa | $1,047 | 3 |
| JGPFF Local 4835 Fund, PAC | $1,039 | 4 |
| Teamsters Local 90 D. R. I. V. E. | $1,000 | 1 |
| Iowa NECA, PAC | $1,000 | 2 |
| United Steelworkers of America Local 310 Cope Account | $1,000 | 2 |
| Iowa Friends of Rural Electrification-IAEC, PAC | $920 | 3 |
| Urbandale AREA Democrats | $913 | 6 |
| Lawrence McBurney for Urbandale City Council | $822 | 1 |
| Committee to Elect Matt McCoy | $790 | 2 |
| Indo American -Iowa, PAC | $670 | 2 |
| Iowa Lumbermens, PAC | $600 | 4 |
| Momentum Des Moines | $597 | 3 |
| Political Action - Iowa Dealers #6116 | $503 | 2 |
| Employers Mutual Casualty County. For Responsible St. Government, PAC | $500 | 1 |
| Iowa State Building & Trades Council PEC | $500 | 1 |
| Communications Workers of America Local 7102 Political | $500 | 1 |
| Iowa Land Title Association or ILTA PAC, PAC | $500 | 1 |
| Truck Iowa, PAC | $475 | 2 |
| Frank Cownie for Mayor | $460 | 1 |
| Adams County Democratic Central Committee | $448 | 4 |
| Iowa Chiropractic Society, PAC | $355 | 2 |
| Klein for Clive City Council | $341 | 3 |
| Hudson for WDM | $320 | 1 |
| Iowa Democratic Party Third District Endowment Fund | $310 | 1 |
| Clive Democrats | $308 | 3 |
| Suresh Reddy For Iowa | $295 | 2 |
| Iowa State Education Association or ISEA PAC, PAC | $290 | 3 |
| Grimes Area Democrats | $284 | 2 |
| Mary Wells For Polk County Treasurer | $278 | 3 |
| Committee to Re-Elect Julie M. Haggerty | $250 | 1 |
| Casey's, PAC | $232 | 3 |
| Northwest Des Moines Democrats | $225 | 2 |
| Ankeny Republicans | $221 | 2 |
| Bridget Carberry Montgomery for Urbandale | $165 | 2 |
| People for Kim Martorano | $150 | 1 |
| Chris Cutler for Polk County Treasurer | $141 | 1 |
| Starr for West Des Moines Schools | $123 | 1 |
| Neighbors for Coleman | $114 | 2 |
| Citizens for Mandelbaum | $114 | 1 |
| Friends of Cally Edelen | $108 | 1 |
| New Iowa Project | $103 | 1 |
| Mechanical Contractors Association of Iowa, PAC | $87 | 1 |
| Sherrod for Iowa | $85 | 1 |
| Grace Van Cleave for Iowa | $84 | 1 |
| Iowa Physical Therapy, PAC | $81 | 1 |
| Grocers Political Action Committee | $81 | 1 |
| Citizens for Ako Abdul-Samad | $72 | 2 |
| Iowa CCI, PAC | $68 | 2 |
| Central Iowa Young Republicans | $63 | 1 |
| Webster County Democratic Central Committee | $54 | 1 |
| National Federation of Independent Business Iowa Political A | $46 | 2 |
| Jess for West Des Moines School Board | $39 | 1 |
| MuniPAC | $37 | 1 |
| Linda Westergaard for City Council | $27 | 1 |
| Brown for West Des Moines School Board | $25 | 1 |
| Kimberly Graham for Iowa | $23 | 2 |
| Van Oort for Supervisor | $20 | 1 |
| Coenen for Council | $19 | 1 |
| Iowa Propane Gas Political Action Committee | $15 | 1 |
| McKinney For Council | $9 | 1 |
| Croll for Council | $9 | 1 |
| Dierenfeld for Johnston | $5 | 1 |
| Ross Grooters for Pleasant Hill | $3 | 1 |
ORGANIZATIONS IN THIS STORY
McKinney for Council• Iowa Physical Therapy, PAC• Heather Matson for Iowa House• Committee To Re-Elect Julie M. Haggerty• Manufactured Housing Political Action Committee #6096• Cedar Rapids Trades Council CR Ic Building Trades, PAC• Iowa Friends of Rural Electrification-Iaec, PAC• Iowa Neca, PAC• Iowa Optometric Association• Bridget Carberry Montgomery for Urbandale• Mechanical Contractors Association of Iowa, PAC• Casey's, PAC• Iowa Political Action for Candidate Election• West Des Moines Democrats• Committee To Elect Matt Mccoy• Federation of Iowa Insurers, PAC• Abatepac• Adams County Democratic Central Committee• Zaun for Iowa Senate• Elite, PAC• Women for a Stronger America• Neighbors for Coleman• Employers Mutual Casualty County. for Responsible St. Government, PAC• People for Kim Martorano• Berkshire Hathaway Energy PAC• Friends for Brian Lohse• Committee to Elect Rick Olson to House of Representatives• Citizens for Preservation of Racing• Bankers Unite in Legislative Decisions• Iowa Lawpac• Peninsula Gaming Employee, PAC• Iowa State Education Association or ISEA PAC, PAC• Communications Workers of America Local 7102 Political• Rob Sand for Iowa• Adam Gregg for Iowa• Sherrod for Iowa• Hudson for WDM• Petersen for State Senate• Iowa State Building & Trades Council PEC• Local #4 Fire, PAC• Kossuth County Democratic Central Committee• Iowa Health, PAC• Frank Cownie for Mayor• Iowa Propane Gas Political Action Committee• Kevin J. Schneider for Sheriff• Citizens for Ako Abdul Samad• Better Democracy, PAC• Webster County Democratic Central Committee• Iowa Beverage Association, PAC• Hockensmith for Supervisor• Van Oort for Supervisor• Dierenfeld for Johnston• Claire Celsi for Iowa• Home Builders Association of Greater Des Moines, PAC• Local Union No 347 IBEW Fund, PAC• Iowa Letter Carriers Committee on Political Educational• Ruth Ann Gaines for State Representative• Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Political Action Committee• Iowa Dental Political Action Committee• TechPAC• Bisignano for Senate Account• Boulton for Senate• Iowa Democratic Party• United Steelworkers of America Local 310 Cope Account• Polk County Democratic Central Committee• Friends of Whitver• Paceg Committee• Truck Iowa, PAC• Educational Opportunities, PAC• Iron Workers Local 67, PAC• Linda Westergaard for City Council• Master Builders of Iowa, P.A.C.• Lawrence McBurney for Urbandale City Council• Committee to Elect Angela Connolly for Supervisor• Iowa Chiropractic Society, PAC• Iowa Committee of Automotive Retailers• Delta Dental of Iowa, PAC• Citizens for Joe Gatto• Iowa Lumbermens, PAC• Carroll County Republican Central Committee• Citizens for Brian Meyer• Iowa Pharmacy, PAC• MuniPAC• Northwest Des Moines Democrats• Homebuilders Association, PAC• Iowa Insurance Institute, PAC• Republican Party Of Iowa• Trimble for City Council• Ironworkers Local #89 Political Education Fund• National Federation of Independent Business Iowa Political A• Iowa Telecommunications Association, PAC• Klein for Clive City Council• Iowa Providers, PAC• Marshall County Republican Central Committee• Justice for All Political Action Committee• Jennifer Konfrst for Iowa• Iowa Staff Union-National Staff Organization, PAC• Great Plains Laborers' District Council Iowa, PAC• Central Iowa Young Republicans• Alliant Energy Employees' Iowa, PAC• Iowa Land Title Association or ILTA PAC, PAC
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