Numbers on the first line with donors’ names and place of residence are total donations to federal and state candidates, parties, PACs, super PACs, and 527 campaigns. Numbers on the second line below the donors’ names break down the total between giving to federal and to state candidates, parties, PACs, super PACs, and 527 campaigns.
WILLIAM C. KNAPP, West Des Moines – $199,600, favoring Democrats
Federal: $42,500 State: $157,100
BRUCE L. RASTETTER, Iowa Falls – $173,300, favoring Republicans
Federal: $93,300 State: $80,000
JAMES S. COWNIE, Des Moines – $117,565, favoring Republicans
Federal: $80,000 State: $37,565
FRED S. HUBBELL, Des Moines – $114,275, favoring Democrats
Federal: $64,500 State: $49,775
GREGORY E. ABEL, West Des Moines – $97,738, favoring Republicans but also giving to some Democrats
Federal: $76,500 State: $21,238
GERALD M. KIRKE, West Des Moines – $92,850, favoring Republicans
Federal: $36,500 State: $56,350
VAN G. MILLER, Waterloo – $78,900, favoring Republicans but also giving to some Democrats
Federal: $77,800 State: $1,100
FREDERICK W. WEITZ, West Des Moines – $77,810, favoring Democrats
Federal: $64,210 State: $13,600
DENNY ELWELL, Ankeny – $71,000, favoring Republicans
Federal: $23,500 State: $47,500
JOHN M. SMITH, Cedar Rapids – $70,600, favoring Republicans
Federal: $42,750 State: $27,850
DONALD F. LAMBERTI, Ankeny – $68,750, favoring Republicans
Federal: $19,500 State: $49,250
BRENT RASTETTER, Ames – $66,500, favoring Republicans
Federal: $63,500 State: $3,000
JAMES DAVIS, Fairfield – $61,250. favoring Democrats
Federal: $60,950 State: $300
HARRY BOOKEY, Des Moines – $60,300, favoring Democrats
Federal: $52,500 State: $7,800
TOM MORELAND, Urbandale – $57,500, favoring Republicans
Federal: $56,500 State: $1,000
OWEN NEWLIN, Des Moines – $57,000, favoring Democrats
Federal: $26,000 State: $31,000
FRANK BROWNELL III, Montezuma – $53,800, favoring Republicans
Federal: $9,800 State: $44,000
KURT F. RASMUSSEN, Johnston – $52,650, evenly split between Democrats and Republicans
Federal: $17,000 State: $35,650
GERALD DAVID HURD, Des Moines – $42,427, favoring Democrats
Federal: $35,527 State: $11,900
CARL F. DALLMEYER, Washington – $47,150, favoring Republicans
Federal: $44,500 State: $2,650
PETER R. BROWNELL, Grinnell – $42,000, favoring Republicans
Federal: $15,000 State: $27,000
MICHAEL G. GARTNER, Des Moines – $41,500, favoring Democrats
Federal: $28,500 State: $13,000
RICHARD A. ALLBEE, Hampton – $40,775, favoring Republicans but also giving to Democrats
Federal: $6,500 State: $34,275
ROBERT FRAMPTON, Urbandale – $38,500, favoring Republicans
Federal: $38,500 State: $0
NICK T. RYAN, Des Moines – $35,801, favoring Republicans
Federal: $35,801 State: $0
LEE CHRISTIANSEN, Royal – $35,800, favoring Democrats
Federal: $35,800 State: $0
RICH EYCHANER, Des Moines – $35,125, favoring Democrats
Federal: $27,000 State: $8,125
CHARLENE LAMBERTI, Ankeny – $34,900, favoring Republicans
Federal: $4,900 State: $30,000
GEORGE H. FRAMPTON, Johnston – $34,900, favoring Republicans
Federal: $34,900 State: $0
JOHN PAPPAJOHN, Des Moines – $32,700, favoring Republicans
Federal: $32,700 State: $0
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HOW WE DID IT
The Center for Responsive Politics analyzed donations to candidates, parties, PACs, super PACs, and 527 organizations in selected states based on data released electronically by the Federal Election Commission and the Internal Revenue Service. The National Institute on Money in State Politics analyzed donations to candidates, parties and ballot measure committees in the same states based on data reported to state disclosure agencies.
The organizations merged their data to come up with the major campaign finance players in California, Colorado, Iowa, Massachusetts, Missouri, Pennsylvania and Vermont.
Individual federal donors do not include contributions from family members and exclude contributions from candidates to themselves.
Reporters supplemented the data with other contributions, such as those to state PACs, in some instances. The Iowa data here were collected by IowaWatch and include money given to state PACs, but do not include donations to local elections.
Federal data is current as of July 2012. State data is current as of July 14, 2012.