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Money
$213.4K raised, $205.3K spent, $8.1K cash on hand (through Dec 31, 2025). Where it comes from
Who gives
38% of individual money from donors at $200 or less · 22% from Iowa · largest committee giver THERESA GREENFIELD FOR IOWA, $2K
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MoneyWho pays for the campaign, and where does it go?
Raised
$213.4K
$213,415
Spent
$205.3K
$205,271
Cash on hand
$8.1K
$8,144
FEC filings, Apr 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025 · Official FEC bulk data · committee C00907170 ↗
Raised, spent and cash over time by FEC report
96¢ of every dollar raised has been spent across 3 reports ($205.3K of $213.4K). Cash on hand went from $156.6K on Jun 30, 2025 to $8.1K on Dec 31, 2025.
Raised in the period
Spent in the period
Cash on hand at its close
$100K$200K
Jun ’25
Sep ’25
Dec ’25
Raised, spent and cash on hand by FEC report
Report
Raised in the period
Spent in the period
Cash on hand at its close
JULY QUARTERLY 2025 through Jun 30, 2025
$175,622
$19,021
$156,602
OCTOBER QUARTERLY 2025 through Sep 30, 2025
$34,793
$176,161
$15,234
YEAR-END 2025 through Dec 31, 2025
$3,000
$10,089
$8,144
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 $213,415 reported receipts
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Itemized (over $200)Donors who have given more than $200 this cycle, so the FEC itemizes (names) them.$123,94858%
Largest donors
Steve Berman2 contributions, latest Jun 25, 2025 · LAWYER · HAGENS BERMAN · MERCER ISLAND, WA$7,000
Rachel B. Tiven2 contributions, latest Jun 26, 2025 · ATTORNEY · COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL · NEW YORK, NY$7,000
Tomas Manuel Torres2 contributions, latest Jun 4, 2025 · NOT EMPLOYED · HOUSTON, TX$6,600
Margaret Hosel3 contributions, latest Jun 6, 2025 · ATTORNEY · STATE OF CALIFORNIA · SAN FRANCISCO, CA$3,510
Jeff Atwood3 contributions, latest Jun 30, 2025 · NOT EMPLOYED · EL CERRITO, CA$3,500
Donald FeinbergOne contribution on Jun 28, 2025 · NOT EMPLOYED · CHICAGO, IL$3,500
Michael FlemingOne contribution on Jun 6, 2025 · SOFTWARE ENGINEER · GOOGLE · SAN FRANCISCO, CA$3,500
Wendy LittlefieldOne contribution on Jun 28, 2025 · NOT EMPLOYED · CHICAGO, IL$3,500
Carlos OleaOne contribution on Jun 26, 2025 · ACCOUNTANT · THE HOWARD HUGHES CORPORATION · TOMBALL, TX$3,500
Dawn DaleOne contribution on Jun 22, 2025 · VETERINARIAN · SELF · SIOUX FALLS, SD$2,500
Martin McLeanOne contribution on Jun 17, 2025 · ATTORNEY · HAGENS BERMAN · SEATTLE, WA$2,500
Steve Edward AveryOne contribution on Jun 26, 2025 · OWNER · AVERY BROS SIGN COMPANY · SIOUX CITY, IA$2,000
A donor who gave several times appears once. The 12 largest donors by total given are listed. In all, 183 itemized contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $122.9K.
Unitemized ($200 or less)Donors who have given $200 or less this cycle, so the FEC does not itemize (name) them.$75,46235%
PACs and other committeesPolitical action committees and other candidates' committees. Corporations and unions cannot give directly.$11,0055.2%
The 6 largest committees by total given are listed. In all, 6 committee contributions were filed this cycle, totaling $6.5K. Counted from the givers' own filings, which can run above the total the campaign itself reports.
Other receiptsInterest, dividends and other income the committee files on a line of its own.$3,0001.4%
Total reported receipts $213,415
Every dollar the committee reported receiving this cycle, split by the source the FEC filing attributes it to. FEC filings through Dec 31, 2025.
Who donated: where they live, their employers and jobs
Where the donors live $123,152 placed by state
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under $1.1K
$1.1K+
$4.4K+
$9.8K+
$17.5K+
none
Outlined: Iowa, home state
Home state and away
Iowa 22%IA 22%Elsewhere 78%
22% of the money placed by state came from inside Iowa: $27.3K of $123.2K.
Top states
Top donor states
Name
Amount
Iowa home60 contributions · 22%
$27,292
California25 contributions · 14%
$17,710
Texas11 contributions · 10%
$12,700
Money from groups, by interest $6,500
What the committees giving to Scholten’s campaign or spending on ads about Scholten are: a company or industry, a union, a cause, a party or politician. Money from individual donors is not included.
For Scholten $6,500
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PACs a politician sponsors or runs: a leadership PAC (the FEC’s designation D), a committee the FEC lists as sponsored by a candidate, or a super PAC the politician’s own team runs and press reports tie to them. One that exists only for that politician’s own race is under Groups spending on one race.$3K46%
Another candidate’s own campaign committee, or a joint fundraising committee. Money one campaign gives another counts here.$2K31%
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.$1K15%
Farm, food and ranching companies and commodity groups, such as cattle, pork, cotton and sugar associations.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.$5007.7%
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.
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 $204,603 itemized
The campaign also refunded $250 in contributions, which the categories below do not include.
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Consulting and strategyStrategic, political, legal, and compliance consulting, and campaign management.$116,18757%
Filed as
CONSULTANT$38,000
COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTING$27,000
FIELD CONSULTING$18,000
DIGITAL CONSULTING$14,305
CAMPAIGN CONSULTING$10,000
DIGITAL CONSULTING SERVICES$8,882
Paid to
Feinberg, Claire$30,000
LIN, Irene$27,000
Schantz, Adam$18,000
Saling, Maranda$18,000
Mandate Media$14,961
Authentic Campaigns$8,226
Largest vendors
Largest vendors
Name
Amount
Feinberg, Claire3 payments · 15% of all spending
$30,000
LIN, Irene3 payments · 13% of all spending
$27,000
Saling, Maranda3 payments · 13% of all spending
$27,000
Cohen, Lewis6 payments · 12% of all spending
$24,400
Authentic Campaigns4 payments · 11% of all spending
$23,326
Schantz, Adam2 payments · 8.8% of all spending
$18,000
Mandate Media3 payments · 7.3% of all spending
$14,961
NGP VAN Inc4 payments · 6.2% of all spending
$12,716
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 Scholten’s campaign say backs them?
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BallotWhen is Scholten on the ballot?
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Official FEC filing record for the current cycle. The priorities they publish are quoted from their own site, in their order.
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Washington12 contributions · 10%
$12,400
New York16 contributions · 9.9%
$12,200
Illinois6 contributions · 7.3%
$9,000
Maryland7 contributions · 3.3%
$4,050
District of Columbia10 contributions · 3%
$3,750
By the state each donor wrote on the filing, across 27 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
Not employedWritten instead of an employer · 53 contributions · 31% of ranked
$38,251
Self-employedWritten instead of an employer · 22 contributions · 9.6% of ranked
$11,700
Hagens Berman3 contributions · 7.8% of ranked
$9,500
Columbia LAW School2 contributions · 5.7% of ranked
$7,000
RetiredWritten instead of an employer · 5 contributions · 3.9% of ranked
$4,750
Google3 contributions · 3.3% of ranked
$4,000
State Of California3 contributions · 2.9% of ranked
$3,510
The Howard Hughes Corporation1 contribution · 2.9% of ranked
$3,500
A further $750 came from donors whose answer names no employer (None, blank), 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 ($75,462) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
Donors’ occupations as filed
Donors’ occupations
Occupation as filed
Amount
Not employedWritten instead of an occupation · 51 contributions · 31% of ranked
$37,501
Attorney22 contributions · 19% of ranked
$22,710
Lawyer10 contributions · 7.7% of ranked
$9,500
RetiredWritten instead of an occupation · 9 contributions · 4.9% of ranked
$6,050
Software Engineer4 contributions · 3.7% of ranked
$4,500
Accountant3 contributions · 3.1% of ranked
$3,800
Veterinarian1 contribution · 2% of ranked
$2,500
Owner1 contribution · 1.6% of ranked
$2,000
A further $500 came from donors whose answer names no occupation (blank), 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 ($75,462) are not itemized, so no employer or occupation is filed for them.
“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. Every interest · How groups are placed
SLF PAC▼ Opposes85 records, latest Nov 2, 2026$48,667,978
Lower Costs NOW▲ Supports34 records, latest Oct 28, 2026$18,326,345
Fight on Iowa▼ Opposes50 records, latest Oct 27, 2026$10,100,473
Votevets▲ Supports43 records, latest Nov 1, 2026$9,758,642
Winsenate▲ Supports18 records, latest Oct 30, 2026$5,233,665
Support and oppose are each group’s own labels, not a judgment made here.
$207,584,667 of the race total was filed about other candidates, so it would not show on Scholten’s own record.
Independent expenditures (Schedule E) only. Electioneering communications and corporate or union member communications file separately; they are counted for Scholtenunder “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.
Fundraising and eventsThe cost of raising money: finance consultants, donor list rental and acquisition, event venues, catering, and donor processing.
$47,29823%
Filed as
FUNDRAISING CONSULTING$22,664
DIGITAL/ACQUISITION$15,100
FUNDRAISING CONSULTANT$8,000
DATA ACQUISITION$1,267
EVENT SPACE RENTAL$268
Paid to
Authentic Campaigns$15,100
Cohen, Lewis$14,400
Markowitz, Nathaniel$8,764
Lafave and Associates$5,000
RT Advisors$2,500
L2 Data$1,267
Taxes, fees, and bank chargesPayroll and income taxes, filing fees, bank and merchant processing charges.$25,02212%
Filed as
FUNDRAISING CONSULTING FEE$10,000
FIELD CONSULTING FEE$9,000
PROCESSING FEE$5,760
BANK FEE$262
Paid to
Cohen, Lewis$10,000
Saling, Maranda$9,000
ActBlue$5,760
Amalgamated Bank$262
Digital and technologyWebsites, hosting, software subscriptions, databases, email, and texting platforms.$13,6966.7%
Filed as
CAMPAIGN SOFTWARE$6,358
SOFTWARE$6,358
TEXTING SERVICES$981
Paid to
NGP VAN Inc$12,716
Scale to Win$981
Card paymentsPaid to a card processor with no itemisation filed beneath it, so the purchases behind it are not on the record.$1,2600.6%
Filed as
CREDIT CARD FEE$1,260
Paid to
ActBlue$1,260
Printing, mail, and shippingPrinted literature, direct mail, postage, design, and delivery.$7890.4%
Filed as
CAMPAIGN LITERATURE$789
Paid to
GO Union Printing$789
Advertising and mediaBroadcast, digital, and print advertising, and the media buying behind it.$3500.2%
Filed as
VIDEOGRAPHER$350
Paid to
Telsrow, Dana$350
Total itemized disbursements $204,603
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 Dec 31, 2025.
All 56 itemized payments filed this cycle. Spending below the itemization threshold is not filed line by line.