WEST DES MOINES, IA
FEC.gov itemizations listing contributor city WEST DES MOINES, IA sum to $17.7M across 52,827 contributions. WEST DES MOINES is the three-word suburban spelling as stored. DES MOINES without WEST is a different city key. Clive and Urbandale are neighboring Polk strings, not subsets of this $17.7M book. The table is a contributor-city aggregate, not a unique-donor census and not a party score. Original reports remain on FEC.gov.
Key figures
- $17,726,058 and 52,827 lines are the WEST DES MOINES, IA packet facts.
- Mean near $336 is arithmetic, not a median resident.
- Keep the stored spelling WEST DES MOINES; do not assume a merge with Des Moines.
- If the live hub disagrees, the newer FEC extract controls.
52,827 lines carrying $17,726,058
The headline pair is $17,726,058 and 52,827 lines. The implied average is about $336. Cite both numbers. Quoting only the dollars drops the line-count shape of the WEST DES MOINES book. Polk County filers typed WEST DES MOINES with state IA.
WEST DES MOINES is the three-word suburban spelling as stored. DES MOINES without WEST is a different city key. Clive and Urbandale are neighboring Polk strings, not subsets of this $17.7M book. The city total can include a PAC or joint-fundraising committee address when that is the city filers typed. LobbyVault does not recode those rows out of the city string. Read $17,726,058 as tagged federal receipts, not as what residents of WEST DES MOINES gave. The 52,827 lines are disclosed transactions, not unique persons.
If a newsroom map paints WEST DES MOINES together with Des Moines, Clive, and Urbandale, the FEC file still splits them. This extract’s only city total is $17,726,058 on 52,827 WEST DES MOINES, IA rows, mean near $336. Keep the stored spelling WEST DES MOINES in the citation.
Why WEST DES MOINES on the receipt is not a census
Searchers often want “how much did people in West Des Moines give.” The honest citation on this page is narrower: itemized federal receipts with contributor city WEST DES MOINES, IA total $17,726,058 across 52,827 contributions. Dropping “itemized” and “contributor city” inflates the claim. No. Keep the WEST DES MOINES spelling. DES MOINES is a separate city string when filers typed it.
Party is not in this packet. Do not attach a partisan reading to $17,726,058. Occupation and employer may appear on named receipts on the city hub; they are not rolled up here. A mean near $336 is arithmetic from the two packet facts, not a typical household gift.
Full analysis: WEST DES MOINES, IA: $17.7M on 52,827 FEC receipts →
Questions
- How much is itemized from contributor city WEST DES MOINES, IA?
- FEC.gov itemized receipts listing contributor city WEST DES MOINES, IA total $17,726,058 across 52,827 contributions in the LobbyVault aggregate. That figure is a city-string roll-up of federal Schedule A rows, not a unique-donor count and not a census of people who live in West Des Moines. Unitemized gifts sit outside it. The mean near $336 is arithmetic from those two packet facts.
- Is West Des Moines the same FEC key as Des Moines?
- No. Keep the WEST DES MOINES spelling. DES MOINES is a separate city string when filers typed it. LobbyVault counts 52,827 itemized contributions for WEST DES MOINES, IA against $17,726,058. This packet does not publish a unique-donor figure, so 52,827 should not be quoted as a population. Original reports remain on FEC.gov.
- Does the West Des Moines total include only residents?
- No. The city is the contributor-city value on the FEC itemization. Filers typed WEST DES MOINES with state IA. Office addresses and mail that list West Des Moines can be part of $17,726,058 when that is the city string on the receipt. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book. The 52,827-line count follows the same rule.
- Are West Des Moines numbers from FEC.gov?
- The numbers come from FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates indexed on LobbyVault: $17,726,058 and 52,827 lines for WEST DES MOINES, IA. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. Unitemized federal gifts and non-federal filings from IA are outside both figures. If a later extract disagrees with this snapshot, the Commission’s filing controls.
City is the contributor city on FEC itemizations. Totals can include PAC and joint-fundraising addresses, not only residents.
Total Donations
$17,726,058
Contributions
52,827
Top Industry
JOHN CAREY INVESTMENT COMPANY
Top Industries
Donation Trend by Cycle
Top Donors
| # | Name | Total | Contributions | Employer | Cycles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KRACHIK, JOHN | $4,300 | 5 | JOHN CAREY INVESTMENT COMPANY | 1980 |
| 2 | LEWELLYN, GARY | $2,000 | 3 | E F HUTTON | 1980 |
| 3 | ANDERSON, ALBERT L MR | $1,000 | 1 | MID-AMERICA BODY | 1980 |
| 4 | MURRAY, ROBERT W | $1,000 | 1 | HAWKEYE BANCORPORATION | 1980 |
| 5 | KAGIN, ARTHUR M | $1,000 | 2 | KAGIN'S INC | 1980 |
| 6 | ELSON, CHESTER C | $900 | 2 | GENERAL AGENT | 1980 |
| 7 | BROWN, WALTER R | $680 | 1 | SWIFT, BROWN, WINICK & GRAVES | 1980 |
| 8 | BACKMAN, W K | $500 | 2 | BACKMAN SHEET METAL WORKS | 1980 |
| 9 | ESTELL, SANDRA S | $500 | 1 | LEGAL SECRETARY | 1980 |
| 10 | DONIELSON, SUSAN J | $500 | 2 | DES MOINES BOARD OF EDUCATION | 1980 |
| 11 | DAVIDSON, RICHARD R | $500 | 1 | KASER CORP | 1980 |
| 12 | COMBS, MIKE | $500 | 1 | INSURANCE BROKER | 1980 |
| 13 | BUNTEN, W D | $500 | 1 | — | 1980 |
| 14 | BARROWS, HARRY S | $500 | 1 | HOMES MURPHY ASSOCS | 1980 |
| 15 | BARROWS, H S | $500 | 1 | HOLMES MURPHY & ASSOC | 1980 |
| 16 | DONNELLY, JOHN V | $385 | 1 | SWIFT, BROWN, WIUICK & GRAVES | 1980 |
| 17 | MONSON, GINGER | $362 | 1 | ARTIST | 1980 |
| 18 | ELSON, CHET C | $300 | 1 | CHARTER LIFE UNDERWRITER | 1980 |
| 19 | GRANDQUIST, JOHN T | $300 | 1 | REALTOR BUILDER | 1980 |
| 20 | BARROWS, HARRY | $300 | 1 | HOLMES MURPHY & ASSOC | 1980 |
| 21 | CARPENTER, DOROTHY F MRS | $250 | 1 | VOLUNTEER & HSWF | 1980 |
| 22 | BROWN, STEPHEN N | $250 | 1 | WRITTEN INC | 1980 |
| 23 | GREENE, J P MR | $250 | 1 | IOWA REALTY | 1980 |
| 24 | BROWN, GEORGIANA S | $250 | 1 | HOUSE WIFE | 1980 |
| 25 | GLASNAPP, J G | $200 | 1 | ADVENTURELAND | 1980 |
| 26 | KOONS, CLAUDE H | $200 | 1 | PHYSICIAN | 1980 |
| 27 | MILLER, THOMAS G MR | $200 | 1 | REQUESTED | 1980 |
Top Recipients
| # | Committee | Total Received |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CITIZENS FOR THE REPUBLICC00075390 | $6,000 |
| 2 | TOBACCO INSTITUTE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEC00009761 | $5,360 |
| 3 | TOM DELAY CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEEC00170860 | $5,000 |
| 4 | GENE GREEN CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGNC00254185 | $4,750 |
| 5 | MUTUAL OF OMAHA COMPANIES' PAC (COMPAC)C00103572 | $4,200 |
| 6 | CULBERSON FOR CONGRESSC00343236 | $4,000 |
| 7 | REPUBLICAN PARTY OF IOWAC00014498 | $3,500 |
| 8 | STONER FOR SENATE COMMITTEEC00109645 | $3,065 |
| 9 | TEXANS FOR SENATOR JOHN CORNYN INC.C00369033 | $2,500 |
| 10 | GRASSLEY COMMITTEE, INCC00109223 | $2,500 |
| 11 | NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LETTER CARRIERS OF U.S.A. POLITICAL FUND (LETTER CARRIER POLITICAL FUND)C00023580 | $2,112 |
| 12 | WINREDC00694323 | $1,318 |
| 13 | REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE - CONTRIBUTIONS (AKA REPUBLICAN NATIONAL FINANCE COMMITTEEC00003376 | $1,300 |
| 14 | NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION AMERICA'S ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES PACC00002972 | $1,275 |
| 15 | CITIZENS FOR HARKINC00166827 | $1,250 |