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Karen Varley for Iowa

Candidate committee · code SWGA50720 · candidate: Varley, Karen (Democrat, the party on file with the state) · 6 filings on record

$0.00 on hand as of the 2024 “Oct. 15 – Dec. 31” report. The filing.

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Karen Varley for Iowa: dated and sourced figures, sized for each platform.

Format

Time rangeJan 2024 – Oct 2024

Adds up every report whose period starts in the range, as the committee reported it on its DR-2 filings; a report the state lists with only a year counts under January of that year, and the sentence says how many there are. Cash on hand is never added up: it is the closing figure of the most recently filed report in the range, named in the sentence. The money-raised bars and the filing history below follow the range; the cash-on-hand line always shows every report.

6 reports in the range Jan 2024 – Oct 2024: raised $23,828.47, spent $23,828.47, in-kind $1,065.94, as reported. Cash on hand at the end of the most recently filed of them (2024 · Oct. 15 – Dec. 31, filed 2025-01-20): $0.00.

Cash on hand at end of period, 2024 to 2024 · hover for details
$0
Money raised each filing period (donations of money, not goods or services), per state filings · hover any bar
$200

Itemized money, month by month

Time rangeJan 2024 – Dec 2024

Adds up the itemized rows we hold whose date falls in the range: cash given to this committee, and payments it made, as listed donor-by-donor and payee-by-payee in the state's files. These are itemized figures, a different basis from the reported totals above, and the state's itemized files run behind its filings (see the notes below). The ranked lists of givers and payees below cover since 2023, whatever range is chosen.

Money in, itemized cash dated Jan 2024 – Dec 2024: $23,828.47. From individuals $18,968.47, from organizations $200.00, from other committees $4,660.00. Cash only: in-kind support and loans received are not counted here.

Money out, itemized payments dated Jan 2024 – Dec 2024: $23,828.47. To vendors and people $12,010.30, to other committees $11,818.17. Loan repayments are not counted here.

Where the money comes from

$23,828.47 received across 143 itemized cash contributions since 2023-01-01, per state disclosure records (the rows we hold reach 2026-10-20: the publisher's extract, dated 2026-07-14, plus the Ethics Board's public search, read 2026-10-19). Separately, and not counted above or in the mix below: $1,065.94 in in-kind support (21 filings) — goods and services donated rather than money .

Individuals 80% ($18,968.47) · PACs & committees 20% ($4,660.00) · Other organizations 1% ($200.00)

Where these donors live, of the $23,520.47 whose donor listed an address: In Iowa 85% ($19,890.47) · Outside Iowa 15% ($3,630.00).

The shares leave out $308.00 from donors with no usable address.

Adair County Democratic Cent…
$1,000.00 2024-06-06 Madison County Democratic Ce…
$1,000.00 2024-09-27 Dallas County Democratic Cen…
$750.00 2024-05-28 Brotherhood of Locomotive En…
$500.00 2024-09-21 Women for a Stronger America
$500.00 2024-08-28 Iowa Democratic Party Third …
$310.00 2024-09-25 Iowa Lawpac
$250.00 2024-06-21 Iowans for Health Liberty PA…
$250.00 2024-09-06 Abby Smull Counseling Servic…
$100.00 2024-03-07 Clarke County Democratic Cen…
$100.00 2024-08-21 Kalbach Family Revocable Tru…
$100.00 2024-10-17 Individual gifts (lumped) across 130 gifts, not to scale $18,968.47

Where it goes

$11,818.17 in cash given to other committees this term (since 2023), as itemized in this committee's own spending reports. Ribbon color is the recipient's declared party; click any name.

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

This committee Adair County Democratic Central Committee · $4,390 Madison County Democratic Central Committee · $4,300 Clarke County Democratic Central Committee · $1,400 Dallas County Democratic Central Committee · $1,000 Union County Democratic Central Committee · $678 Iowa Democratic Party · $50

Where the money went

$23,828.47 in 73 payments to 21 different recipients since 2023, as this committee itemized them. Itemized payments run through 2024-12-30. Its filings report $23,828.47 spent since 2023 (newest report in our copy filed 2025-01-20). The two are the same to the cent.

Paid to Total Payments
Adair County Democratic Central Committee $4,390.00 2
Madison County Democratic Central Committee $4,300.00 1
Unionist Printing $2,834.00 1
Karen Varley $2,773.33 2
Stuart Herald $1,836.00 3
Dynes Designz $1,632.27 1
Clarke County Democratic Central Committee $1,400.00 1
Winterset Madisonian $1,319.24 1
Dallas County Democratic Central Committee $1,000.00 1
Union County Democratic Central Committee $678.17 1
Earlham Echo $432.00 2
Hometown Foods $320.00 5

The 12 biggest of 21 recipients. Source: Iowa Ethics & Campaign Disclosure Board expenditure filings.

Filing history

Period Filed Timing Raised Spent In-kind Unpaid bills Cash on hand Source
2024 · Oct. 15 – Dec. 31 2025-01-20 on time $200.00$15,476.05$0$0 $0.00 PDF
2024 · Oct. 15 – Tuesday Preceding Genera… 2024-11-01 on time $1,168.00$8.89$0$3,164.15 $15,276.05 PDF
2024 · Jul 15 – Oct 14 2024-10-21 on time $6,976.23$4,925.65$414.97$1,527.45 $14,116.94 PDF
2024 · May 15 – Jul 14 2024-07-19 on time $3,095.00$3,211.31$136.98$218.28 $12,066.36 PDF
2024 · May 15 – Tuesday Preceding Primary 2024-05-31 on time $1,475.00$2.97$0$0 $12,182.67 PDF
2024 · Jan 1 – May 14 2024-05-16 on time $10,914.24$203.60$513.99$0 $10,710.64 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

$11,818.17 across 7 payments this term (since 2023), as itemized in this committee's own spending reports. The flow diagram above shows the top recipients.

Recipient committee Total
Adair County Democratic Central Committee · files outside this dataset $4,390.00
Madison County Democratic Central Committee · files outside this dataset $4,300.00
Clarke County Democratic Central Committee · files outside this dataset $1,400.00
Dallas County Democratic Central Committee · files outside this dataset $1,000.00
Union County Democratic Central Committee · files outside this dataset $678.17
Iowa Democratic Party $50.00