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Petersen for State Senate

Candidate committee · code 1206 · candidate: Petersen, Janet · 20 filings on record

$8,351.38 on hand as of the 2025 “Jan 1 – Dec 31” report. The filing.

Cash on hand at end of period, 2016 to 2025 · hover for details
$8,351
Money raised each filing period (donations of money, not goods or services), per state filings · hover any bar
$10,281

Where the money comes from

$66,378.00 received across 424 itemized cash contributions since 2023-01-01, per state disclosure records. Separately, and not counted above or in the mix below: $1,050.00 in in-kind support (3 filings) — goods and services donated rather than money .

Individuals 49% ($32,728.00) · PACs & committees 51% ($33,650.00)

Credit Union PAC
$4,000.00 2025-10-09 Associated General Contracto…
$4,000.00 2025-10-17 RPAC Iowa - REALTORS Politic…
$3,000.00 2025-10-15 Wellmark, Inc. PAC or WellPA…
$2,250.00 2025-01-12 Independent Insurance Agents…
$2,000.00 2025-09-23 Iowa Lawpac
$1,550.00 2025-10-15 Principal S PAC
$1,500.00 2025-01-07 Master Builders of Iowa P.A.…
$1,500.00 2024-07-17 Plumbers & Steamfitters Loca…
$1,500.00 2025-10-15 Iowa Dental Political Action…
$1,000.00 2025-07-10 Delta Dental of Iowa PAC
$1,000.00 2024-09-03 Local Union No 347 IBEW PAC …
$1,000.00 2024-04-30 Heavy Highway Political Acti…
$1,000.00 2024-09-24 IOWA MEDICAL POLITICAL ACTIO…
$1,000.00 2024-10-07 Iowa Association of Nurse An…
$850.00 2025-10-15 Wells Fargo and Company Empl…
$750.00 2025-10-17 Iowans For A Skilled Workfor…
$500.00 2024-09-19 Iowa Health PAC
$500.00 2025-12-11 Federation of Iowa Insurers …
$500.00 2024-10-10 Iowa Cable PAC
$500.00 2025-10-15 Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance …
$500.00 2024-08-14 Hy-Vee, Inc. Employees' Poli…
$500.00 2024-08-28 Local #4 Fire PAC
$500.00 2024-10-28 Landus Cooperative PAC
$500.00 2024-10-31 Iowa Providers PAC
$500.00 2025-12-03 Iowa Automobile Dealers Asso…
$250.00 2024-08-05 Iowa Optometric Association
$250.00 2025-10-15 Archer Daniels Midland Compa…
$250.00 2025-11-25 Google LLC NetPAC.
$250.00 2025-12-19 Iowa Chiropractic Society Pa…
$100.00 2023-10-10 Western Dubuque Biodiesel PA…
$100.00 2024-12-11 Women for a Stronger America
$50.00 2024-08-26 Individual gifts (lumped) across 366 gifts, not to scale $32,728.00

Where it goes

$62,350.00 in cash given to other committees this term (since 2023), as itemized by the committees that received it — the larger of the two sides of this record. Ribbon color is the recipient's declared party; click any name.

■ Republican  ■ Democratic  ■ no party declared  ■ other recipients (grouped)

This committee Iowa Democratic Party · $62,000 Westside Democrats · $250 Polk County Democratic Central Committee · $100

Every donation on record: 2,774 contributions, $1,118,429.85 →

Where the money went

$70,458.44 in 138 payments to 17 different recipients since 2023, as this committee itemized them. Itemized payments run through 2025-12-28. Its Spent column below is the full reported figure; where that is larger, the difference is spending the state's itemized file does not carry — most recently because the newest reports have not reached it yet.

Paid to Total Payments
Iowa Democratic Party $60,000.00 7
Carter Printing $4,505.88 4
Christopher's $1,412.61 1
Brian Pattinson $690.99 6
ActBlue $666.31 58
US Postmaster $493.00 3
Janet Petersen $466.43 2
Sam's Club $382.73 2
Office Depot $350.01 4
Beaverdale Fall Festival $300.00 3
Basilblue $300.00 1
US Bank $251.73 39

The 12 biggest of 17 recipients. Source: Iowa Ethics & Campaign Disclosure Board expenditure filings.

Filing history

Period Filed Timing Raised Spent In-kind Unpaid bills Cash on hand Source
2025 · Jan 1 – Dec 31 2026-01-19 on time $10,281.00$8,106.38$0$0 $8,351.38 PDF
2024 · Oct. 15 – Dec. 31 2025-01-11 on time $771.00$369.99$0$0 $6,176.76 PDF
2024 · Oct. 15 – Tuesday Preceding Genera… 2024-10-31 on time $1,000.00$7,591.72$0$0 $5,775.75 PDF
2024 · Jul 15 – Oct 14 2024-10-20 on time $30,712.00$48,643.67$1,050.00$0 $12,367.47 PDF
2024 · May 15 – Jul 14 2024-07-12 on time $396.00$18.52$0$0 $30,299.14 PDF
2024 · Jan 1 – May 14 2024-05-20 on time $3,987.00$498.21$0$0 $29,921.66 PDF
2023 · Jan 1 – Dec 31 2024-01-14 on time $19,231.00$5,229.95$0$0 $26,432.87 PDF
2022 · Jan 1 – Dec 31 2023-01-19 on time $13,061.00$13,259.05$0$0 $12,431.82 PDF
2021 · Jan 1 – Dec 31 2022-01-19 on time $6,116.00$349.08$0$0 $12,629.87 PDF
2020 · Oct. 15 – Dec. 31 2021-01-19 on time $4,811.00$36.44$0$0 $6,862.95 PDF
2020 · Oct. 15 – Tuesday Preceding Genera… 2020-10-30 on time $17,013.00$90,007.04$0$0 $2,088.39 PDF
2020 · Jul 15 – Oct 14 2020-10-19 on time $179,523.00$281,880.01$0$0 $75,082.43 PDF
2020 · May 15 – Jul 14 2020-07-20 on time $2,026.00$21.62$0$0 $177,439.44 PDF
2020 · Jan 1 – May 14 2020-05-19 on time $20,774.00$603.99$0$0 $175,435.06 PDF
2019 · Jan 1 – Dec 31 2020-01-12 on time $145,919.00$10,329.02$0$0 $155,265.05 PDF
2018 · Jan 1 – Dec 31 2019-01-13 on time $209,711.41$248,374.38$0$0 $19,675.07 PDF
2017 · Jan 1 – Dec 31 2018-01-19 on time $57,155.15$3,288.39$0$0 $58,338.04 PDF
2016 · Oct. 15 – Dec. 31 2017-01-17 on time $1,600.00$70.00$0$0 $4,471.28 PDF
2016 · Oct. 15 – Tuesday Preceding Genera… 2016-11-01 on time $3,600.00$19,000.00$0$0 $2,941.28 PDF
2016 · Jul 15 – Oct 14 2016-10-17 on time $30,250.00$40,693.30$10.00$0 $18,341.28 PDF

On time or late is figured from the filed and due dates — hover a flag to see both. "Cash on hand" is the period-end figure; period-start cash appears in the chart above. Amended reports show the amended PDF.

Contributions to other committees

$62,350.00 to 3 committees this term (since 2023), as itemized by the committees that received it. The flow diagram above shows the top recipients.

Recipient committee Total
Iowa Democratic Party $62,000.00
Westside Democrats $250.00
Polk County Democratic Central Committee · files outside this dataset $100.00