It spent $6,486,219 on 17 vendors during the time period.
The largest expense was to Fidi Media LLC, which is based in ZIP Code 10272.
The second largest political spend from a committee operating in a city within Polk County during the fourth quarter of 2022 came from Iowa Democratic Party. It spent $4,400,868 during the time period on 67 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 2022
| Committee | Expenditures | Paid Vendors |
|---|---|---|
| Republican Party of Iowa | $6,486,219 | 17 |
| Iowa Democratic Party | $4,400,868 | 67 |
| Rob Sand for Iowa | $1,292,619 | 21 |
| Iowans For Miller | $1,247,598 | 15 |
| DeJear for Iowa | $914,424 | 125 |
| Berkshire Hathaway Energy, PAC | $461,850 | 163 |
| Mike Naig for Iowa Agriculture | $461,383 | 12 |
| Friends of Whitver | $321,345 | 5 |
| Jennifer Konfrst for Iowa | $257,947 | 13 |
| Iowa State Education Association or ISEA PAC, PAC | $185,141 | 3 |
| Bousselot for Iowa | $136,822 | 12 |
| Sarah Trone Garriott for Iowa | $124,325 | 8 |
| Manufactured Housing Political Action Committee #6096 | $98,750 | 37 |
| Justice For All Political Action Committee | $72,123 | 19 |
| Bisignano for Senate Account | $70,308 | 3 |
| Committee to Elect Rick Olson To House of Representatives | $68,174 | 10 |
| Truck Iowa, PAC | $65,866 | 77 |
| Sonya Heitshusen For Iowa | $65,520 | 8 |
| Bankers Unite in Legislative Decisions | $58,586 | 39 |
| Casey's, PAC | $55,500 | 50 |
| Polk County Democratic Central Committee | $55,127 | 23 |
| Eddie Andrews For Iowa | $54,692 | 28 |
| Suresh Reddy For Iowa | $53,402 | 13 |
| Friends For Brian Lohse | $51,414 | 8 |
| Bridget Carberry Montgomery for Iowa | $50,310 | 28 |
| Iowa Industry Political Action Committee or IIPAC | $44,154 | 28 |
| Todd Brady for Iowa Senate | $43,749 | 13 |
| Iowa Farm Bureau Federation Political Action Committee | $40,000 | 23 |
| Master Builders of Iowa, P.A.C. | $39,810 | 16 |
| MollyBuckForAnkeny | $39,374 | 7 |
| Iowa State Building & Trades Council PEC | $39,000 | 2 |
| Claire Celsi for Iowa | $34,735 | 13 |
| Elite, PAC | $30,842 | 15 |
| Heather Matson for Iowa House | $30,030 | 7 |
| Sarcone for County Attorney | $29,434 | 11 |
| Todd Halbur For State Auditor | $29,262 | 11 |
| Citizens for John Norwood | $28,283 | 7 |
| Izaah Knox for Iowa Senate | $27,824 | 8 |
| MacKenzie Bills for Iowa | $26,813 | 11 |
| Gustoff for Iowa | $25,853 | 18 |
| Iowans for Responsible Gun Laws, PAC | $25,640 | 8 |
| Price for Iowa | $25,332 | 1 |
| Zaun for Iowa Senate | $24,819 | 11 |
| Iowa Optometric Association | $24,109 | 17 |
| Austin Baeth for Iowa | $23,294 | 11 |
| Grocers Political Action Committee | $22,931 | 28 |
| Federation of Iowa Insurers, PAC | $21,750 | 23 |
| Alliant Energy Employees' Iowa, PAC | $21,500 | 12 |
| Sean Bagniewski for Iowa | $20,514 | 10 |
| Better Democracy, PAC | $20,433 | 3 |
| Marvis Landon for Iowa | $19,474 | 6 |
| John Mickelson for City Council | $16,080 | 1 |
| Iowa Lawpac | $15,800 | 38 |
| Iowa Health, PAC | $15,566 | 11 |
| Great Plains Laborers' District Council Iowa, PAC | $15,500 | 4 |
| Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union #33 | $15,500 | 2 |
| Iowa Staff Union-National Staff Organization, PAC | $15,370 | 13 |
| Forbes for Iowa House | $15,054 | 3 |
| Matt Pries for Iowa | $14,267 | 7 |
| Kimberly Graham for Iowa | $14,159 | 27 |
| Cedar Rapids Trades Council CR IC Building Trades, PAC | $13,843 | 10 |
| Petersen for State Senate | $13,754 | 6 |
| Polk County Republican Central Committee | $13,201 | 22 |
| Mark Weatherly State Representative 39 | $12,295 | 15 |
| Educational Opportunities, PAC | $12,052 | 33 |
| PACEG Committee | $12,000 | 3 |
| Iron Workers Local 67, PAC | $11,559 | 6 |
| Gehlbach for Iowa House | $11,421 | 9 |
| Oldson for State Representative | $10,599 | 1 |
| Local Union No 347 IBEW Fund, PAC | $10,500 | 3 |
| Central Iowa Building and Construction Trades CouncilPAC | $10,500 | 2 |
| Mary Wells For Polk County Treasurer | $10,309 | 4 |
| Mary Madison For Iowa | $10,177 | 4 |
| Gobble for Iowa House | $9,114 | 6 |
| Teamsters Local 90 D. R. I. V. E. | $8,921 | 5 |
| Local #4 Fire, PAC | $8,825 | 7 |
| Iowa Physical Therapy, PAC | $8,706 | 18 |
| Kevin J. Schneider for Sheriff | $8,638 | 3 |
| Delta Dental of Iowa, PAC | $8,500 | 20 |
| United Steelworkers of America Local 310 Cope Account | $8,400 | 39 |
| Stiffler for Iowa | $7,446 | 5 |
| Iowa Committee of Automotive Retailers | $6,851 | 16 |
| Iowa Telecommunications Association, PAC | $6,572 | 9 |
| Citizens for Preservation of Racing | $6,000 | 2 |
| Bill Gray for City Council | $5,993 | 6 |
| CWA Council of the State of Iowa COPE Fund | $5,250 | 9 |
| Johnston Area Democrats | $4,987 | 6 |
| Ruth Ann Gaines for State Representative | $4,579 | 5 |
| Iowa Unity Coalition | $4,483 | 17 |
| Marshall County Republican Central Committee | $4,390 | 8 |
| Alejandro Murguia-Ortiz for Iowa Senate | $4,270 | 25 |
| Iowa Federation of Young Republicans | $4,154 | 12 |
| Citizens for Ako Abdul-Samad | $4,130 | 13 |
| Boulton for Senate | $4,054 | 2 |
| WDM Professional Fire Fighters L3586, PAC | $4,050 | 6 |
| Political Action - Iowa Dealers #6116 | $4,000 | 6 |
| LisaFleishman4Iowa | $3,851 | 10 |
| Elect Richards Committee | $3,800 | 2 |
| Iowa Pharmacy, PAC | $3,524 | 7 |
| The Family Leader, PAC | $3,350 | 1 |
| Ankeny Area Democrats | $3,093 | 10 |
| Litton for Recorder | $2,490 | 8 |
| Kerner Committee for Election | $2,374 | 8 |
| Voss for City Council | $2,281 | 4 |
| Indo American -Iowa, PAC | $2,278 | 8 |
| Brown for Iowa HD32 | $2,273 | 1 |
| Iowa Opportunities, PAC | $2,250 | 4 |
| Iowa Chiropractic Society, PAC | $2,126 | 6 |
| Carroll County Republican Central Committee | $2,124 | 7 |
| West Des Moines Democrats | $2,098 | 6 |
| Citizens For Brian Meyer | $2,070 | 2 |
| Kossuth County Democratic Central Committee | $2,020 | 6 |
| Iowa Letter Carriers Committee on Political Educational | $2,000 | 1 |
| Police Officers For Good Government | $2,000 | 1 |
| Operating Engineers Local 234 Political Fund | $2,000 | 1 |
| Iowa Providers, PAC | $1,879 | 3 |
| Abatepac | $1,728 | 7 |
| Webster County Democratic Central Committee | $1,687 | 9 |
| Kristin Sunde for Iowa House | $1,565 | 1 |
| Mechanical Contractors Association of Iowa, PAC | $1,554 | 3 |
| Iowa Friends of Rural Electrification-IAEC, PAC | $1,454 | 2 |
| Committee to Elect Bruce Hunter | $1,449 | 1 |
| Clive Democrats | $1,300 | 14 |
| Northwest Des Moines Democrats | $1,097 | 3 |
| Urbandale AREA Democrats | $1,076 | 5 |
| Committee to Elect Angela Connolly for Supervisor | $1,018 | 4 |
| Home Builders Association of Greater Des Moines, PAC | $1,015 | 2 |
| Iowa Beverage Association, PAC | $1,009 | 4 |
| Lovstad for Ankeny | $1,008 | 1 |
| Iowa Right to Life State, PAC | $891 | 6 |
| Nathan Willard For Ankeny City Council | $884 | 1 |
| Ankeny Republicans | $860 | 4 |
| Committee to Elect Matt McCoy | $732 | 3 |
| Citizens for Joe Gatto | $700 | 1 |
| Adams County Democratic Central Committee | $640 | 4 |
| Good Government For Pleasant Hill | $622 | 2 |
| Linda Westergaard for City Council | $616 | 3 |
| Iowa CCI, PAC | $596 | 3 |
| Gutmann for Urbandale School Board | $542 | 1 |
| Iowa Insurance Institute, PAC | $524 | 1 |
| Dana Minteer for Guthrie County Attorney | $353 | 1 |
| Women for a Stronger America | $334 | 4 |
| Hockensmith for Supervisor | $286 | 4 |
| Indira Sheumaker for the People | $279 | 1 |
| American Federation of State County Municipal Emp 1868 Polk County. | $250 | 1 |
| Iowa Political Action for Candidate Election | $250 | 1 |
| Iowa Dental Political Action Committee | $250 | 1 |
| Friends for Zach Nunn | $231 | 1 |
| Cory McAnelly for Council | $227 | 1 |
| Grace Van Cleave for Iowa | $225 | 2 |
| Campbell for Council | $220 | 1 |
| Kadel 4 Iowa | $198 | 3 |
| Momentum Des Moines | $187 | 1 |
| Chris Cutler for Polk County Treasurer | $161 | 2 |
| Iowa Latino, PAC | $150 | 1 |
| TechPAC | $142 | 2 |
| Sinnard For Dallas County Attorney | $142 | 2 |
| 20/20 Vision, PAC | $135 | 1 |
| Frank Cownie for Mayor | $128 | 1 |
| Van Oort for Supervisor | $120 | 1 |
| New Iowa Project | $102 | 2 |
| Coenen for Council | $92 | 2 |
| Citizens for Mandelbaum | $73 | 1 |
| Laborers', PAC | $68 | 1 |
| Shelly Northway for Ankeny School Board | $50 | 1 |
| Iowans for Rock | $48 | 3 |
| JGPFF Local 4835 Fund, PAC | $42 | 1 |
| Croll for Council | $39 | 1 |
| DePhillips for Grimes | $39 | 1 |
| National Federation of Independent Business Iowa Political A | $36 | 1 |
| Esse for Des Moines | $34 | 1 |
| Lawrence McBurney for Urbandale City Council | $33 | 1 |
| Blake for Urbandale City Council | $33 | 1 |
| Miller for Iowa | $26 | 1 |
| Grimes Area Democrats | $21 | 1 |
| Cownie for Statehouse | $18 | 2 |
| Friends of Derek Tidball | $18 | 1 |
| MuniPAC | $15 | 1 |
| Brandi Webber for City Council | $15 | 1 |
| Neighbors for Enos | $15 | 1 |
| Barron for School Board | $15 | 1 |
| Connie Boesen for City Council | $15 | 1 |
| Moore For Ankeny | $14 | 1 |
| Bridget Carberry Montgomery for Urbandale | $12 | 1 |
| McKinney For Council | $9 | 1 |
| Jess for West Des Moines School Board | $9 | 1 |
| Citizens for Threase Harms | $6 | 1 |
| Iowa Propane Gas Political Action Committee | $5 | 1 |
| Joe Henry for City Council | $3 | 1 |
| Ross Grooters for Pleasant Hill | $3 | 1 |
| East Polk Democratic Committee | $2 | 1 |
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