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DES MOINES, IA

FEC.gov itemizations listing contributor city DES MOINES, IA sum to $56,663,095 across 164,668 contributions. Des Moines is Iowa’s capital city string; it is not a statewide book. The table is a contributor-city aggregate from FEC.gov, not a unique-donor census. Original reports remain on FEC.gov.

Key figures

  • Des Moines’s federal itemized city book is $56,663,095 across 164,668 contributions.
  • Cite contributor city, dollars, and line count together.
  • This page is not an Iowa statewide total.
  • Source: FEC.gov aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

Capital city string, federal receipts

Divide $56,663,095 by 164,668 and the average itemized line is about $344. That mean is arithmetic. This packet has no median. $344 is not a typical Des Moines household gift.

West Des Moines, Ames, Cedar Rapids, and Iowa City are other Iowa city strings. They are not inside $56,663,095 unless the filer typed DES MOINES. Polk County is orientation, not an FEC dimension.

A state-capital office address can share the city field with household streets, including a PAC or joint-fundraising listing. LobbyVault does not split those rows. The 164,668 lines are receipts, not unique persons.

Des Moines is not Iowa

State IA on the key identifies the city string. It does not convert $56,663,095 into a statewide total. Other Iowa cities keep their own hubs.

Keep DES MOINES, IA as the citation. Recheck $56,663,095 and 164,668 on the live hub after a later extract.

Full analysis: DES MOINES, IA: $56.7M on 164,668 FEC receipts

Questions

What does LobbyVault show for Des Moines federal contributions?
FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor city DES MOINES, IA total $56,663,095 across 164,668 contributions. That pair is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of Des Moines residents. Unitemized gifts sit outside it.
Is 164,668 the number of Des Moines donors?
No. LobbyVault counts 164,668 itemized contribution lines for DES MOINES, IA. Repeat gifts and memo entries can add rows without adding people. This packet publishes no unique-donor figure. The matching dollar total is $56,663,095. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure, so 164,668 should not be quoted as a Des Moines population of donors.
Does Des Moines’s total include West Des Moines or all of Iowa?
No. West Des Moines is a separate city string when filers typed that name. $56,663,095 is the DES MOINES, IA match. The 164,668 lines follow the same rule. Statewide labels are not an FEC dimension on this hub. West Des Moines is a separate city string; statewide labels are not an FEC dimension on this hub.
How current is Des Moines’s $56,663,095 figure?
The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $56,663,095 and 164,668 lines. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Iowa non-federal filings are outside the pair. If a later extract disagrees, the Commission’s filing controls. The mean of about $344 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.

City is the contributor city on FEC itemizations. Totals can include PAC and joint-fundraising addresses, not only residents.

City ties

All data ties →

Total Donations

$56,663,095

Contributions

164,668

Top Industry

REQUESTED

Top Industries

REQUESTED
$13K
RETIRED
$11K
ATTORNEY
$5K
GEN GROWTH CORP
$5K
RON DANIELS INVESTMENT CO
$4K
DIAL FINANCE CO
$4K
FARMERS MUTUAL HAIL INS CO OF IA
$4K
DANIELS INVESTMENT CO
$4K
PHYSICIAN
$3K
KIRKE-VANORSDAHL INC
$3K

Donation Trend by Cycle

1980
$167K
1982
$49K
1984
$90K
1986
$41K
1988
$88K
1990
$147K
1992
$189K
1994
$151K
1996
$218K
1998
$137K
2000
$189K
2002
$171K
2004
$238K
2006
$310K
2008
$403K
2010
$829K
2012
$380K
2014
$405K

Top Donors

Top individual donors in DES MOINES, IA, ranked by total donated.
#NameTotalContributionsEmployerCycles
1GLAZER, EDWARD$4,4505DIAL FINANCE CO1980
2BUCKSBAUM, MARTIN$4,0506GEN GROWTH CORP1980
3MEREDITH, ANNA K$4,0004RETIRED1980
4DANIELS, RONALD L$4,0004DANIELS INVESTMENT CO1980
5ANDERSON, EDWARD C$3,4506FARMERS MUTUAL HAIL INS CO OF IA1980
6KIRKE, GERALD M$3,2505KIRKE-VANORSDAHL INC1980
7KELLEY, ROBB B$2,9004MUTUAL CONSULTING CO1980
8BUCKSBAUM, MATTHEW$2,8006GENERAL GROWTH DEVELOPMENT COR1980
9AUSTIN, KENNETH R$2,6004EQUITABLE OF IOWA1980
10DAVIS, A MR$2,5001ATTORNEY1980
11DUNN, JAMES E$2,50031980
12GOODWIN, ROBERT K$2,4506RETIRED1980
13DUCHEN, CHARLES$2,4005YOUNKERS1980
14KENYON, RONALD D$2,4003RONALD KENYON CONSTRUCTION CO1980
15DANIELS, JUNE$2,3254RON DANIELS INVESTMENT CO1980
16EVANS, JOHN E$2,2503AID INSURANCE COMPANY1980
17DANIELS, RON$2,1503RON DANIELS INVESTMENT CO1980
18MEREDITH, ANNA$2,0002RETIRED1980
19BRENTON, WILLIAM H$2,0005NAT BANK OF DES MOINES1980
20BELIN, DAVID W$2,0003REQUESTED1980
21DEE, ROBERT A$2,0003HOLMES, MURPHY & ASSOC1980
22DUNLAP, PAUL D$1,94231980
23CASH, PAUL T$1,80041980
24DANIELS, RONALD$1,75031980
25DEE, ROBERT$1,5002INSURANCE AGENT1980
26MITCHELL, JAMES$1,5003US POST OFFICE1980
27GOLIEB, ARNOLD$1,5003PEAT, MARWICK & MITCHELL1980
28MILLER, LARRY$1,50031980
29BETTS, CHARLES H JR$1,5003BETTS CADILIAC1980
30CARPENTER, HAROLD S$1,5002CARPENTER ENT LTD1980
31MACOMBER, J LOCKE$1,4504VALLEY BANK1980
32DAVIS, A A MR$1,2502THOMAS SCHOENTHAL DAVIS ET AL1980
33GORDON, BENNETT$1,2504GORDONS WHOLESALE INC1980
34FULTZ, WILLIAM J$1,2503FULTZ LACASSE & ASSOC1980
35KENYON, RONALD$1,2002R KENYON CONSTRUCTION CO1980
36BENWARE, VIRGINIA$1,19021980
37BROOKS, ROGER K$1,0003CENTRAL LIFE ASSURANCE CO1980
38BROWN, WILLIAM T MR$1,0001REQUESTED1980
39EASTER, LYNN W MR$1,0001ACE LINES INC1980
40DICKSON, ARTHUR D$1,00011980
41BIBER, SHELDON S$1,0001PDM1980
42BELL, GLENN K$1,0001STONER BROADCASTING SYSTEM INC1980
43CASPE, LEWIS$1,0001NATIONAL SHEET METAL1980
44BUMP, WILBUR N$1,0001SELF EMPLOYED1980
45DOLAN, NORMA DR$1,0001PHYSICIAN & SURGEON1980
46DORWEILER, PHILIP J$1,0002ATTORNEY1980
47CONWAY, CLAIR V MRS$1,0001CONWAY BUICK1980
48FLETCHER, GARY S MR$1,0001REQUESTED1980
49FULTON, CHARLES L$1,0001NAEGELA OUTDOOR ADVT1980
50EAGLE, C A$1,0002BUDGET MARKETING1980

Top Recipients

Top political committees that received donations from DES MOINES, IA.
#CommitteeTotal Received
1ACTBLUEC00401224$695,248
2ROXANNE CONLIN FOR SENATEC00470153$578,109
3IOWA DEMOCRATIC PARTYC00035600$422,336
4WINREDC00694323$386,907
5TRUMP VICTORYC00618389$340,750
6REPUBLICAN PARTY OF IOWAC00014498$234,795
7HARRIS VICTORY FUNDC00744946$173,433
8DSCCC00042366$114,334
9DNC SERVICES CORP / DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEEC00010603$113,642
10GRASSLEY COMMITTEE, INC.C00230482$94,150
11HILLARY VICTORY FUNDC00586537$86,747
12IOWA VALUESC00565846$80,000
13NRSCC00027466$75,087
14BOSWELL FOR CONGRESSC00316661$74,290
15OBAMA VICTORY FUNDC00451393$63,350