By DI Staff
From everyday Iowans to U.S. senators to Super PACs, the U.S. candidates running for Congress are trying to raise enough funds for the primary and general elections.
Here are the first quarter filings for candidates running for Congress in Iowa, along with their top 5 donors. The totals are the funds raised between Jan. 1 to March 31. Cash on hand is the amount the candidate currently has.
District 1
Pat Murphy: Total Receipts: $55,782 Cash on Hand, $88,477
1) Carpenter’s Legislature Improvement Committee United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, $2,500
2) American Congress of OB, GYN PAC, $2,000
3) American Dental Association, $1,500
4) Kay Brigid, Cedar Rapids $1,000
5) Thomas Patterson, Des Moines, $700
Monica Vernon Total Receipts: $335,052 Cash on Hand: $774,631
1) Emily’s List, $16,681.05
2) Poloma Partners (Donald Sussman), $10,800
3) Int’l Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental & Reinforcing Iron Workers, $10,000
4) International Brotherhood of Electrical Works PAC, $10,000
5) Richard D. Holland (Retired, Omaha) $5,400
Rod Blum Total Receipts: $291,173 Cash on Hand: $1,273,400
1) Elloine Clark (Dallas), $13,500
2) House Freedom Fund, $5,620
3) Rusmira Blum (Unity Point Health), $5,400
4) Conceptual Design Solutions (Tanner Blum), $2,700
5) McCoy Group, $2,700
District 2
Dave Loebsack Total Receipts: $151,743 Cash on Hand: $640,794
1) Jay Pritzker, $5,400
2) Emily Weitz $5,400
3) American Federations of Teachers COPE $5,000
4) American Optometric Association PAC $5,000
5) SHORE PAC $5,000
Christopher Peters
Peters did not have having any filings for the first quarter
District 3
Desmund Adams Total Receipts: $23,540 Cash on Hand: $2,644
1) Tim Urban, president of the Urban Development Corporation in Des Moines, $2,500
2) Fred Hubbell, Owner of Hubbell Properties in Des Moines, $1700
3) Brian Erickson, senior vice president of Brokerage Services with Knapp Properties Inc. in West Des Moines, $1,500
4) Valeska Buie, vice president of Keystone Electrical Manufacturing Company in Des Moines, $1,000
5) Phillip Hall, senior vice president of human resources at Wells Fargo, $1,000
Jim Mowrer Total Receipts: $291,911 Cash on Hand: $437,635
1) William and Emily Weitz of Des Moines, $8,100
2) Joshua Bekenstein, managing director at Bain Capital, and Anita Bekenstein, $5,400
3) Christopher Carrera, partner at Carrera, Willowbridge Capital LLC., and Emily Chen, $5,400
4) American Association for Justice PAC, $5,000
5) Midwest Region Laborers Political League PAC, $5,000
Mike Sherzan Total Receipts: $122,921 Cash on Hand: $205,861
1) Kyle Selberg, senior vice president of business development at Cambridge Investment Research, $2,700
2) James Ruff of West Des Moines, $2,000
3) William Reynolds, national campaign director for the Service Employees International Union, $1,700
4) Robert Thomas of Scott, Arkansas, $1,000
5) Mary O’Keefe, retired senior vice president and chief marketing officer at Principal Financial Group, $1,000
David Young Total Receipts: $224,440 Cash on Hand, $956,096
1) Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of America, Inc. PAC, $6,000
2) Doug Bruce, president of Osmundson Mfg. Co. in Perry, Iowa, $5,400 (max)
3) National Automobile Dealers Association PAC, $5,000
4) Union Pacific Corporation Fund for Effective Government, $5,000
5) Speaker Paul Ryan, R, Ohio, (through leadership PAC), $5,000
Joe Grandanette
Has not filed with the FEC, meaning he has not raised or spent in excess of $5,000
District 4
Rick Bertrand
Bertrand did not have having any filings for the first quarter
Kim Weaver Total Receipts: $14,753 Cash on Hand: $15,345
1) Jean Lloyd, Jones, $1,750
2) Charlotte Hubbell, $1,000
3) Grundy County Democratic Central Committee, $300
4) Mary Louise Petersen, $250
5) Richard Lloyd Jones, $250
Steve King Total Receipts: $149,043 Cash on Hand: $172,781
1) Michael and Cheryl Wells, $10,800 for total household
2) American Bankers Association, $6,000
3) Peter Ricketts, $5,400
4) Build PAC of National Associations of Home Builders, $5,000
5) National Association of Convenience Stores, $5,000
Senate
Chuck Grassley Total Reciepts: $992,040 Cash on Hands: $4,974,854
1) Good Neighbor Committee $34,876.46
2) Grassley Hawkeye Fund $27,254.31
3) The Richard Norman Company $21,295.61
4) Michael and Cheryl Wells $10,800
5) Maxwell & Associations $10,000
Patty Judge Total Receipts: $213,802 Cash on Hand: $209,946
1) James Shaw, San Antonio Attorney and wife Anna: $10,800 (max)
2) David Stern, former commissioner of the NBA, and wife Dianne: $10,800 (max)
3) Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., $10,000 (through leadership PAC) (max)
4) Jill June, former CEO of Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, $5,400 (max)
5) Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., through leadership PAC), $5,000
Rob Hogg Total Receipts: $58,858 Cash on Hand: $40,647
1) Edward Chrabaszcz, $2,700
2) Lin Hongshan, $2,700
3) James P Hayes, $1,000
4) Trudy Holman Hurd, $1,000
5) Donald Marquardt, $1,000
Bob Krauss
Has not filed with the FEC meaning he has not raised or spent in excess of $5,000
Tom Fiegen Total Receipts: $10,095 Cash on Hand: $26,117
1) Peter Travers, $500
2) Dennis Smith, $250
