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Money
$61.1K raised, $66.7K spent, $9K cash on hand (through Oct 14, 2026). Where it comes from
Who gives
19% of individual money from donors at $200 or less · 38% from Iowa
Outside groups
$962.9K supporting, $101.1K opposing Laehn
Their wordsWhat does Laehn say they will do?
Thomas Laehn’s words are not shown
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MoneyWho pays for the campaign, and where does it go?
Raised
$61.1K
$61,146
Spent
$66.7K
$66,668
Cash on hand
$9K
$9,035
FEC filings, Jan 1, 2025 to Oct 14, 2026 · Official FEC bulk data · committee C00872903 ↗
Raised, spent and cash over time by FEC report
$1.09 has been spent for every dollar raised across 8 reports ($66.7K of $61.1K). Cash on hand went from $16.9K on Mar 31, 2025 to $9K on Oct 14, 2026.
Raised in the period
Spent in the period
Cash on hand at its close
$10K$20K$30K
Mar ’25
Jun ’25
Sep ’25
Dec ’25
Mar ’26
Jun ’26
Sep ’26
Oct ’26
Raised, spent and cash on hand by FEC report
Report
Raised in the period
Spent in the period
Cash on hand at its close
APRIL QUARTERLY 2025 through Mar 31, 2025
$2,375
$0
$16,932
JULY QUARTERLY 2025 through Jun 30, 2025
$2,684
$2,224
$17,393
OCTOBER QUARTERLY 2025 through Sep 30, 2025
$1,703
$16,721
$2,375
YEAR-END 2025 through Dec 31, 2025
$9,590
$6,460
$5,505
APRIL QUARTERLY 2026 through Mar 31, 2026
$4,070
$4,061
$5,514
JULY QUARTERLY 2026 through Jun 30, 2026
$28,985
$26,164
$8,334
OCTOBER QUARTERLY 2026 through Sep 30, 2026
$11,033
$9,806
$9,561
PRE-GENERAL 2026 through Oct 14, 2026
$705
$1,231
$9,035
Each report’s own period, as filed with the FEC; a report filed again counts once, as its latest copy.
Where the money came from $61,146 reported receipts
Tap a row with to see who gave.
Itemized (over $200)Donors who have given more than $200 this cycle, so the FEC itemizes (names) them.$49,43581%
Largest donors
Debra EfroymsonOne contribution on Jun 1, 2026 · NA · SELF · SANTE FE, NM$3,500
Lawrence HessOne contribution on May 14, 2026 · RETIRED · SAN DIEGO, CA$3,500
James JampelOne contribution on Jun 1, 2026 · RETIRED · NEWTON, MA$3,500
Luis ` LainerOne contribution on May 26, 2026 · REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT · LAINER DEVELOPMENT, INC · LOS ANGELES, CA$3,500
Gideon SteinOne contribution on May 29, 2026 · PRESIDENT · MORIAH FUND · NEW YORK, NY$3,500
Nancey TsaiOne contribution on Jun 12, 2026 · MEDICAL DIRECTOR · KANDU MEDICAL SERVICES · HANAHAN, SC$3,500
Anatoly YakovenkoOne contribution on Jun 29, 2026 · CEO & CO- FOUNDER · SOLANA LABS, INC. · BOULDER, CO$3,500
Eric KieslerOne contribution on Nov 25, 2025 · RETIRED · MONTEZUMA, IA$3,400
Gary HybergerOne contribution on Feb 19, 2025 · DEV. MANAGER · COMPLIANCEMETRIX · LOUISVILLE, KY$1,000
A donor who gave several times appears once. The 12 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 81 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $49.3K.
Unitemized ($200 or less)Donors who have given $200 or less this cycle, so the FEC does not itemize (name) them.$11,51419%
The candidateMoney the candidate gave their own campaign.$1960.3%
Total reported receipts $61,146
Every dollar the committee reported receiving this cycle, split by the source the FEC filing attributes it to. FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026.
Who donated: where they live, their employers and jobs
Where the donors live $49,342 placed by state
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under $755
$755+
$3K+
$6.8K+
$12.1K+
none
Outlined: Iowa, home state
Home state and away
Iowa 38%IA 38%Elsewhere 62%
38% of the money placed by state came from inside Iowa: $18.9K of $49.3K.
Top states
Top donor states
Name
Amount
Iowa home56 contributions · 38%
$18,881
California9 contributions · 17%
$8,600
Colorado3 contributions · 8.3%
$4,100
Massachusetts1 contribution · 7.1%
$3,500
New Mexico1 contribution · 7.1%
Money from groups, by interest $1,064,024
What the committees giving to Laehn’s campaign or spending on ads about Laehn are: a company or industry, a union, a cause, a party or politician. Money from individual donors is not included.
For Laehn $962,904
Tap a slice or a name to open it.
$962.9KTap a slice
Clearly political, but nothing yet shows a cause or a side: not their own words, their funders or a published source.Placed by our rules or a model’s suggestion, and not yet checked by a person. The money still counts here; a person may move it.$715.8K74%
Groups set up for one candidate or one race: no parent organization, and 80% or more of their spending on that race, for a candidate, against their rival, or both. A group that is part of an older organization (a trade, union or caucus PAC, or a party leaders’ super PAC shell) stays in its own place even when it spends on one race, and one that has spread across races is filed by its side.$227.3K24%
Nothing yet says what these committees are: no statement, site, government record or funder we can use. Their money counts here until a source turns up. We do not guess.$19.8K2.1%
Against Laehn $101,120
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$101.1KTap a slice
Groups that state a purpose of protecting abortion rights, including the political arms of abortion providers.$101.1K100%
“Proposed” marks money from groups whose place is not yet reviewed by a person. Each group is placed by its filings and its own words, never by which party it backs. ·
Outside spending $207,584,667 across this race
Money groups spent on their own, not through a campaign. Each ad is filed against the candidate it names, so money attacking an opponent shows on the opponent’s row. Open a candidate to see who spent it.
LThomas Raymond Laehnthis candidate5 groups▲Supporting $962.9K▼Opposing $101.1KTotal $1.1M
Who stands behind the outside spending: the people and organizations its money traces to
Who stands behind the outside spending $200.2M traced back through the groups that spent it
Each group that spent in this race is followed to where its own money came from, and what it spent is split by those shares: a group whose money was 60% one person's counts as 60% of its spending theirs. Of what traced, 30% to named individuals, 42% to organizations, 17% to tax-exempt organizations that need not name their donors, 9.7% not itemized in the filings.
People and organizations the race's outside spending traces to
Name
Amount
SMPOrganization · behind Winsenate
$29.4M
Elon MuskPerson · CEO, Space Exploration Technologies Corp. · behind SLF PAC and America PAC and 2 more
$19.8M
One NationOrganization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind SLF PAC and Plains PAC
$13M
Majority ForwardOrganization · behind Winsenate and Lower Costs NOW
$8.7M
American Advancement Inc.Organization · behind Fight on Iowa
$8.6M
Opportunity Action FundOrganization · tax-exempt: need not name its donors · behind Cffe PAC and Winsenate and 1 more
What the payments were for $60,628 itemized
Tap a row with to see what was paid for.
Field and canvassingDoor-to-door canvassing, phone banks and calls to voters, petition and signature gathering, and get-out-the-vote work.$17,52129%
Filed as
IN-KIND - TO FLRD, LLC FOR SIGNATURE GATHERING$17,500
GAS FOR AMES/OGDEN/ BOONE SIGNATURE COLLECTING$21
Paid to
Stein, Gideon$3,500
Efroymson, Debra$3,500
Hess, Lawrence$3,500
Jampel, James$3,500
Lainer, Luis `$3,500
Casey's Store # 1617
Largest vendors
Largest vendors
Name
Amount
Smartpress7 payments · 17% of all spending
$11,148
Heistad, Isaak20 payments · 10% of all spending
$6,655
Laehn, Sara5 payments · 8.9% of all spending
$5,927
Stein, Gideon1 payment · 5.2% of all spending
$3,500
Efroymson, Debra1 payment · 5.2% of all spending
$3,500
Hess, Lawrence1 payment · 5.2% of all spending
$3,500
Jampel, James1 payment · 5.2% of all spending
$3,500
Lainer, Luis `1 payment · 5.2% of all spending
$3,500
The people, firms and committees paid the most, across every kind of payment. Each share is of everything the committee reported spending this cycle, not only the itemized payments above. A payee that is itself a committee links to its own profile.
EndorsementsWho does Laehn’s campaign say backs them?
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$3,500
New York1 contribution · 7.1%
$3,500
South Carolina1 contribution · 7.1%
$3,500
Kentucky2 contributions · 3%
$1,500
By the state each donor wrote on the filing, across 12 states and territories. Donors who have given $200 or less this cycle are not itemized, so they cannot be placed on a map. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total.
Donors’ employers as filed
Donors’ employers
Employer as filed
Amount
RetiredWritten instead of an employer · 41 contributions · 45% of ranked
$21,995
Self-employedWritten instead of an employer · 5 contributions · 9.7% of ranked
$4,764
Kandu Medical Services1 contribution · 7.1% of ranked
$3,500
Lainer Development INC1 contribution · 7.1% of ranked
$3,500
Moriah Fund1 contribution · 7.1% of ranked
$3,500
Solana Labs INC1 contribution · 7.1% of ranked
$3,500
Compliancemetrix1 contribution · 2% of ranked
$1,000
Jefferson Dental Care1 contribution · 2% of ranked
$1,000
Itemized gifts over $200, grouped by the words donors filed: not an industry classification, and a gift from an employee is not a gift from the employer. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($11,514) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Donors’ occupations as filed
Donors’ occupations
Occupation as filed
Amount
RetiredWritten instead of an occupation · 41 contributions · 48% of ranked
$21,995
CEO & CO- Founder1 contribution · 7.6% of ranked
$3,500
Medical Director1 contribution · 7.6% of ranked
$3,500
President1 contribution · 7.6% of ranked
$3,500
Real Estate Management1 contribution · 7.6% of ranked
$3,500
CEO3 contributions · 3.3% of ranked
$1,500
Dentist1 contribution · 2.2% of ranked
$1,000
DEV Manager1 contribution · 2.2% of ranked
$1,000
A further $3,500 came from donors whose answer names no occupation (N/A), so it is not ranked. Itemized gifts over $200, grouped by the words donors filed: not an industry classification, and a gift from an employee is not a gift from the employer. The FEC’s grouping also counts joint-fundraising memo lines, so these rows can add up to more than the itemized total. Gifts of $200 or less ($11,514) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Support and oppose are each group’s own labels, not a judgment made here.
$206,520,643 of the race total was filed about other candidates, so it would not show on Laehn’s own record.
Independent expenditures (Schedule E) only. Electioneering communications and corporate or union member communications file separately; they are counted for Laehnunder “Other outside spending” in the full finance detail, but not for the rest of the field, so every other row is a floor.
$3.4M
Oak Creek Action IncOrganization · behind Lower Costs NOW
$3.1M
Miriam AdelsonPerson · Physician, Adelson Drug Clinic · behind SLF PAC and Plains PAC and 1 more
$3M
Kenneth C. GriffinPerson · CEO, Citadel Investment Group · behind Fight on Iowa and SLF PAC and 1 more
$3M
Koch Inc.Organization · behind Americans for Prosperity Action, Inc. DBA CVA Action & DBA Libre Action
$2.7M
American Meat Producers AssociationOrganization · behind American Meat Producers PAC
$2.4M
Stand Together Inc.Organization · behind Americans for Prosperity Action, Inc. DBA CVA Action & DBA Libre Action
$2.3M
Read for the 19 largest groups of 80, 96% of the $207.6M spent. Shares are of what each group received, not a record of which dollar went where; an organization that need not name its donors ends the trail; a person who gave by more than one route is counted once here. It shows who stood behind the money, not what it was for.
$21
OtherPayments whose filed description does not match any category above. Every one is listed so it can be read directly.$11,61219%
Filed as
POSTCARD INVITATIONS$2,017
POSTCARD LEAVE BEHINDS$1,288
ISSUE STATEMENT FILMING$1,193
SCHEDULING SERVICES$1,185
INVITATIONS FOR INDEPENDENCE/WILLAIMSBURG EVENTS$914
STATE FAIR BOOTH$800
T-SHIRTS$705
LETTERHEAD, CARD AND ENVELOPES$667
CAR RENTAL FOR IOWA CAMNPAIGN EVENTS$531
CAMPAGIN MANAGEMENT$369
CAMPAIGN FILMING AND EDITING$361
POST CARD LEAVE BEHINDS$326
Paid to
Smartpress$5,227
Art of Aries Studios$1,554
Funston, Grant$1,185
Iowa State Fair$800
Heistad, Isaak$794
Broken Arrow Wear$705
Printing, mail, and shippingPrinted literature, direct mail, postage, design, and delivery.$11,20018%
Filed as
POSTCARD POSTAGE$6,835
YARD SIGNS$2,472
BARN SIGNS$782
POSTAGE STAMPS$420
HOTEL FOR ANKENY PARADE & SIGN DELIVERIES$155
POSTAGE FOR POST CARDS$122
GRAPHIC DESIGN WORK - LETTERHEAD$100
POSTAGE STAMPS AND POSTAGE$87
STAMPS AND POSTAGE$80
GAS FOR DES MOINES REGISTER INTERVIEW AND SIGN DELIVERIES$26
GAS FOR IOWA PODCAST AND SIGN DELIVERIES$21
GAS FOR IPR INTERVIEW AND SIGN DELIVERY$20
Paid to
Smartpress$6,835
Signs on the Cheap$2,472
Allegra Marketing, Print, Mail, Signs$782
US Postal Service$708
Americinn Ankeny$155
Casey's Store # 1617$149
Consulting and strategyStrategic, political, legal, and compliance consulting, and campaign management.$4,8027.9%
Filed as
CAMPAIGN MANAGEMENT$4,802
Paid to
Heistad, Isaak$4,802
Fundraising and eventsThe cost of raising money: finance consultants, donor list rental and acquisition, event venues, catering, and donor processing.$4,2136.9%
Filed as
INVITATIONS FOR CLERMONT EVENT$2,377
USE OF EVENT CENTER$500
CAR FOR DAVENPROT EVENT$421
CAR RENTAL FOR KICKOFF EVENT$279
HOTEL FOR WILLIAMSBURG EVENT$239
HOTEL FOR CAMPAIGN MANAGER/DECORAH EVENT$178
IN-KIND - FOOD AND DRINKS FOR CAMPAIGN EVENT$42
GAS FOR FAYEETE EVENT$29
GAS FOR DES MOINES MEETING AND EVENT$24
GAS FOR AMANA EVENT$17
GAS FOR MUSCATINE EVENT$15
GAS FOR CLERMONT EVENT$15
Paid to
Smartpress$2,377
Morrison, Donald$500
Enterprise Rent-a-Car$421
Budget$279
Americinn by Wyndham Williamsburg$239
Hotel Winneshiek$178
TravelAirfare, lodging, mileage, and ground transport.$3,0705.1%
Filed as
TWO HOTEL ROOMS FOR NATIONAL CONVENTION$1,951
HOTEL FOR STATE FAIR$433
HOTEL FOR ANKENY AND OSKALOOSA EVENTS$222
GAS FOR DECORAH/INDEPENDENCE EVENTS & DES MOINES INTERVIEWS$44
GAS FOR STATE FAIR$41
GAS FOR GRINNELL AND OSKALOOSA EVENTS$38
GAS FOR STATE FAIR: 2 ROUND TRIPS$36
GAS FOR COLELCTING SIGNATURES$35
GAS FOR COLLECTING SIGNATURES$35
GAS FOR MEETING IN ROWLEY$33
GAS FOR NATIONAL LIBERTERIAN CONVENTION$31
GAS FOR OTTUMWA/DAVENPORT EVENTS$29
Paid to
Homewood Suites by Hilton Grand Rapids$1,951
Casey's Store # 1617$464
Americinn Ankeny$433
Americinn Pella$222
Taxes, fees, and bank chargesPayroll and income taxes, filing fees, bank and merchant processing charges.$2,8574.7%
Filed as
PROCESSING FEE$1,089
LIBERTERIAN NATIONAL CONVENTION REGISTRATION FEE$749
EMPLOYEE TAX WITHHOLDINGS$428
EMPLOYEE TAX WITHHOLDING$390
PO BOX FEE$112
REIMBURSEMENT FOR BRIAN NICHOLS PODCAST APPEARANCE FEE$75
FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT TAX$8
PRECESSING FEE$6
Paid to
Squarespace$1,095
Liberterian National Committee, Inc.$749
United States Treasury$569
United State Treasury$257
US Postal Service$112
Heistad, Isaak$75
Advertising and mediaBroadcast, digital, and print advertising, and the media buying behind it.$2,5114.1%
Filed as
ANNOUCEMENT VIDEO FILMING$1,193
SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGEMENT$709
IN-KIND - FACEBOOK ADVERTISING$277
IN-KIND - NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING$258
IN KIND - FACEBOOK ADVERTISING$74
Paid to
Art of Aries Studios$1,193
Heistad, Isaak$709
Laehn, Thomas$277
Greiner, Danielle$258
Meta Platforms Inc.$74
Office and administrativeRent, utilities, phones, supplies, equipment, security, food, and campaign merchandise.$1,0651.8%
Filed as
FACILITY RENTAL$1,000
IN-KIND - NOISE CANCELING HEAD PHONES$65
Paid to
State Historical Society of Iowa$1,000
Heistad, Isaak$65
Payroll and staffSalaries, wages, benefits, and payroll services.$9501.6%
Filed as
PAYROLL SERVICES$950
Paid to
Hoyt, Morain & Hommer, PC$950
Digital and technologyWebsites, hosting, software subscriptions, databases, email, and texting platforms.$8261.4%
Filed as
WEBSITE SUBSCRIPTION RENEWAL$295
SQUARESPACE WEBSITE$295
WEBSITE EDITS$145
EMAIL ADDRESS FOR WEBSITE$90
Paid to
Squarespace$681
Glenn, Kara$145
Total itemized disbursements $60,628
Every itemized payment the committee reported this cycle, sorted by what it said each one was for. The categories are ours; the wording they are matched against is the committee’s own. Open a category to read the filed descriptions and who was paid. FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026.
All 208 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.
7 payments were reported as a lump sum, such as a card or payroll bill, with the detail filed underneath as memo entries. Those entries, $9,767 in all, are counted under the payee and purpose they name rather than under the processor that was paid. The total is the same either way.
November 3, 2026 · Result (unofficial, 99% reporting) · Each pollster's last poll ending in the 21 days before the vote, read for the two leading finishers; the median leaves out polls a side paid for