SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BEET SUGAR COOPERATIVE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE
PAC — Qualified
RENVILLE, MN · FEC ID: C00166348 · Treasurer: O'CONNELL, IAN
Total Receipts
$395,024
Total Disbursements
$466,525
Cash on Hand
$101,438
Connected Org
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BEET SUGAR COOPERATIVE
$2,593,579 in itemized individual contributions is the join between the Farming grouping and SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BEET SUGAR COOPERATIVE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (C00166348). That cell covers 22,207 contributions. The grouping totals $14,879,078; this committee is 17.4% of that labeled book. It is not a claim that Farming wrote the checks from a treasury, and it is not independent-expenditure spending.
Key figures
- So. MN Beet Sugar PAC received $2,593,579 from Farming-coded individual contributions across 22,207 itemized gifts.
- The Farming grouping totals $14,879,078, so this committee accounts for about 17.4% of that labeled money.
- 22,207 lines average about $117 each; that mean is arithmetic on the packet, not a typical small gift.
- FARMING is FEC stored text, not a certified NAICS sector or unique-donor census.
- Figures are FEC itemized individual contributions, not independent expenditures or USAspending awards.
22,207 itemized gifts totaling $2,593,579 into So. MN Beet Sugar PAC
Farming is the grouped employer or occupation key. SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BEET SUGAR COOPERATIVE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE is committee C00166348. This page is the overlap: itemized individual gifts whose field grouped to FARMING and whose recipient is that committee. The $2,593,579 figure is the intersection.
22,207 contributions averaging about $117 ($2,593,579 ÷ 22,207) describe a high-volume itemized book (typical of many small repeat receipts) with a $117 mean. The packet does not name the 22,207 filers or say whether they are one household repeating. A line count is a filing pattern, not a unique-donor census.
The join exists so the industry hub ($14,879,078) and the committee hub are not treated as the same list. C00166348 is the FEC committee ID on this URL. Independent expenditures stay outside $2,593,579.
Farming as stored FEC employer text
FARMING is filer-entered text. an occupation-as-industry string, not a USDA farm-program recipient list. FARMER, AGRICULTURE, and SUGAR BEET can sit on other keys. This page does not recode a corporate family or a NAICS sector into $14,879,078.
Occupation strings without this employer key sit on occupation hubs. This URL is Farming × So. MN Beet Sugar PAC, an industry-to-committee join, not an industry-to-cycle cell. Open the Farming industry hub for the $14,879,078 employer total and other committees.
Full analysis: Farming contributions received by Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative PAC →
Questions
- How much did Farming donors give So. MN Beet Sugar PAC?
- FEC.gov aggregates of itemized individual contributions show $2,593,579 coded to the Farming grouping and received by SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BEET SUGAR COOPERATIVE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (C00166348). That join covers 22,207 contributions. The broader grouping across all committees is $14,879,078. These figures are not independent expenditures.
- Is this all sugar-beet growers?
- No. The grouping is FARMING as stored. The recipient name references a beet-sugar cooperative PAC, but the employer/industry field is the broader FARMING key. Other farm strings sit elsewhere. This page is the FARMING × C00166348 overlap only. Cite FEC.gov for $2,593,579 to SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BEET SUGAR COOPERATIVE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (C00166348) from the Farming grouping, across 22,207 itemized contributions.
- What share of Farming FEC money went to this committee?
- About 17.4% of the $14,879,078 Farming total is in this join: $2,593,579 to So. MN Beet Sugar PAC. About $12,285,499 went to other committees. That percentage describes overlap of two FEC groupings, not a finding that the labeled entity directed the gifts.
- Why does the packet list 22,207 contributions?
- The packet lists 22,207 itemized contribution lines totaling $2,593,579, about $117 per line. That is a receipt count, not a unique-donor count. Unitemized gifts and independent expenditures are not in this join. Use the C00166348 hub for other receipt types.
FEC.gov aggregates of itemized individual contributions grouped by employer/industry and recipient committee. Not independent expenditures.
Committee ties
Cycle History
| Cycle | Receipts | Disbursements | Cash on Hand |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 1986 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 1988 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 1990 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 1992 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 1994 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 1996 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 1998 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 2000 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 2002 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 2004 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 2006 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 2008 | $348,095 | $392,945 | $111,771 |
| 2010 | $372,213 | $341,539 | $142,446 |
| 2012 | $315,212 | $309,961 | $147,697 |
| 2014 | $322,918 | $368,634 | $101,981 |
| 2016 | $476,891 | $398,738 | $180,133 |
| 2018 | $637,190 | $617,226 | $200,097 |
| 2020 | $562,533 | $493,864 | $268,766 |
| 2022 | $566,772 | $663,225 | $172,313 |
| 2026 | $395,024 | $466,525 | $101,438 |
Top Donors
| # | Name | Total | Contributions | Location | Employer | Cycles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | STAMER, MIKE | $107,469 | 49 | HECTOR, MN | FARMING | 1986–2014 |
| 2 | STAMER, JEFF | $77,209 | 22 | BIRD ISLAND, MN | FARMING | 1990–2014 |
| 3 | STAMER, DALE | $67,735 | 21 | BIRD ISLAND, MN | FARMING | 1990–2014 |
| 4 | STAMER, LEROY | $42,557 | 24 | HECTOR, MN | FARMING | 1986–2004 |
| 5 | GUNTER, THOMAS | $39,919 | 29 | CLARA CITY, MN | FARMING | 1990–2014 |
| 6 | MELBERG, CHARLES | $35,054 | 38 | HECTOR, MN | FARMING | 1988–2014 |
| 7 | JANSEN, BRAD F | $34,732 | 23 | BIRD ISLAND, MN | FARMING | 1992–2014 |
| 8 | STEFFEL, GREGORY J | $34,097 | 20 | OLIVIA, MN | FARMING | 1996–2014 |
| 9 | ERICKSON, DOUGLAS | $34,025 | 83 | COCONUT GROVE, FL | INVESTOR | 1980–2014 |
| 10 | MACIK, MARLO | $32,146 | 17 | HECTOR, MN | FARMING | 2000–2014 |
| 11 | FREESE, STEVEN | $31,969 | 27 | RAYMOND, MN | FARMING | 1990–2014 |
| 12 | MCNAMARA, KEITH | $31,933 | 34 | COLUMBUS, OH | MCNAMARA & MCNAMARA | 1980–2014 |
| 13 | MELBERG, MARK | $31,040 | 18 | HECTOR, MN | FARMING | 2000–2014 |
| 14 | PETERSEN, KYLE | $30,700 | 24 | MURDOCK, MN | FARMING | 1994–2014 |
| 15 | MELBERG, BRAD | $28,638 | 14 | COSMOS, MN | FARMING | 2000–2014 |
| 16 | ANDERSON FARMS | $26,753 | 7 | BELGRADE, MN | — | 2006–2016 |
| 17 | TER WISSCHA, GARY | $26,515 | 16 | CLARA CITY, MN | FARMING | 1992–2014 |
| 18 | SONSTEGARD, GARY | $25,570 | 21 | MONTEVIDEO, MN | FARMING | 1994–2014 |
| 19 | HELLER, ROGER | $24,887 | 37 | OLIVIA, MN | FARMING | 1988–2014 |
| 20 | LUNDBERG, KEVIN | $23,517 | 18 | MURDOCK, MN | FARMING | 1994–2014 |
| 21 | SCHWITTERS, WAYNE | $23,037 | 25 | CLARA CITY, MN | SELF-EMPLOYED | 1986–1998 |
| 22 | ERICKSON, CORY | $22,437 | 17 | RAYMOND, MN | FARMING | 2000–2014 |
| 23 | SCHWITTERS, JERRY | $22,435 | 20 | CLARA CITY, MN | FARMING | 1994–2014 |
| 24 | HULTGREN FARMS | $22,434 | 5 | RAYMOND, MN | — | 2008–2014 |
| 25 | BROUWER, HERMAN I | $22,295 | 23 | — | FARMING | 1990–2014 |
| 26 | WATSON PARTNERS | $22,194 | 4 | RENVILLE, MN | — | 2006–2012 |
| 27 | GORDON, ADRIAN | $21,961 | 25 | MURDOCK, MN | FARMING | 1994–2014 |
| 28 | ZIMMER, RANDY | $21,478 | 26 | RAYMOND, MN | FARMING | 1990–2014 |
| 29 | FREIBORG, RANDY | $21,323 | 22 | SACRED HEART, MN | FARMING | 1990–2014 |
| 30 | JANSEN, NAOMI C | $21,262 | 13 | BIRD ISLAND, MN | SELF EMPLOYED | 2004–2014 |
| 31 | RUITER, SCOTT | $20,608 | 18 | CLARA CITY, MN | FARMING | 1996–2014 |
| 32 | WACEK, DEAN | $19,398 | 23 | REDWOOD FALLS, MN | FARMING | 1992–2014 |
| 33 | WATSON, CURT | $18,828 | 19 | RENVILLE, MN | FARMING | 1992–2012 |
| 34 | WATSON, ERIC | $18,448 | 19 | SIOUX FALLS, SD | ORTHOPEDIC INSTITUTE | 2006–2014 |
| 35 | CONDON, ROBERT | $18,291 | 33 | WASHINGTON, DC | LAWYER | 1990–2014 |
| 36 | PALKE, THOMAS F | $18,244 | 25 | CLARA CITY, MN | FARMING | 1990–2014 |
| 37 | ELFERING, DAVID | $18,191 | 25 | BIRD ISLAND, MN | FARMING | 1990–2014 |
| 38 | MELBERG, MICHAEL | $17,820 | 22 | HECTOR, MN | FARMING | 1998–2014 |
| 39 | SCHWITTERS, ROBERT | $17,671 | 30 | CLARA CITY, MN | FARMING | 1988–2014 |
| 40 | ROSE, RICKY | $17,163 | 16 | HUTCHINSON, MN | FARMING | 2000–2014 |
| 41 | MEIXEL, CHARLES J | $16,986 | 13 | STARBUCK, MN | FARMING | 2000–2014 |
| 42 | SCHWITTERS, JASON | $16,773 | 18 | CLARA CITY, MN | FARMING | 1996–2014 |
| 43 | MCNAMARA, PATRICK J | $16,687 | 37 | ANN ARBOR, MI | FINANCIAL CON INC | 1992–2014 |
| 44 | TISDELL, WILLIAM | $16,431 | 15 | OLIVIA, MN | FARMING | 1990–2014 |
| 45 | PALMER, THOMAS L | $16,377 | 19 | FAIRFAX, MN | FARMING | 1996–2014 |
| 46 | PAPE, AARON | $16,230 | 13 | SACRED HEART, MN | SELF EMPLOYED/FARMING | 2002–2014 |
| 47 | KRAMER FARMS II | $16,063 | 2 | HECTOR, MN | — | 2014 |
| 48 | MELBERG, MATTHEW | $15,811 | 11 | HECTOR, MN | SELF EMPLOYED | 2006–2014 |
| 49 | PRODOEHL, KOLYN | $15,724 | 15 | RENVILLE, MN | FARMING | 2000–2014 |
| 50 | TISDELL, M SHAWN | $15,629 | 13 | OLIVIA, MN | FARMING | 1990–2014 |