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Willems for Iowa

Candidate committee · code SWGA51124 · candidate: Willems, Nathan · 4 filings on record

$2,670,810.95 on hand as of the 2026 “May 15 – Jul 14” report. The filing.

Cash on hand at end of period, 2025 to 2026 · hover for details
$2,670,810
Money raised each filing period (donations of money, not goods or services), per state filings · hover any bar
$1,945,794

Where the money comes from

$1,239,457.42 received across 5,386 itemized cash contributions since 2023-01-01, per state disclosure records. Its reports show $3,185,252.02 in cash raised in the same span — the $1,945,794.60 difference is small gifts reported as one lump sum, plus recent reports the state hasn't broken out donor-by-donor yet. Separately, and not counted above or in the mix below: $43,459.49 in in-kind support (7 filings) — goods and services donated rather than money .

Individuals 88% ($1,086,282.42) · PACs & committees 12% ($145,425.00) · Other organizations 1% ($7,750.00)

United Food & Commercial Wor…
$20,000.00 2025-11-09 Plumbers and Pipe Fitters Lo…
$15,000.00 2026-05-07 International Brotherhood of…
$12,000.00 2026-05-11 The Majority Rules PAC
$10,000.00 2025-05-22 Machinists Non-Partisan Poli…
$10,000.00 2026-05-22 SEIU Healthcare Minn
$10,000.00 2025-09-02 Plumbers & Steamfitters Loca…
$10,000.00 2026-05-07 Way Back PAC
$10,000.00 2026-05-12 DAGA Individual PAC
$10,000.00 2026-05-14 Covington Investments, LLC
$7,500.00 2025-11-15 Central Iowa Building and Co…
$7,500.00 2026-05-11 DRIVE -(Democrat, Republican…
$5,000.00 2025-07-03 Cedar Rapids Trades Council …
$5,000.00 2025-12-11 Iowa State Building & Trades…
$5,000.00 2025-12-22 Operating Engineers Local 23…
$5,000.00 2026-05-11 IRONWORKERS LOCAL #89 POLITI…
$3,000.00 2026-05-13 Steamfitters & Plumbers L.U.…
$2,500.00 2026-05-22 Plumbers Local Union No.16 C…
$2,500.00 2026-05-23 Iron Workers Local 67 PAC
$1,500.00 2026-05-11 Iowa Opportunities PAC
$1,250.00 2025-11-12 Black Timber Properties, LLC
$250.00 2025-08-28 Clayton County Democratic Ce…
$100.00 2025-11-16 Pocahontas County Democratic…
$75.00 2026-03-13 Camden Real Estate Company
$0.00 2025-10-21 Individual gifts (lumped) across 5,353 gifts, not to scale $1,086,282.42

Where it goes

$2,640.00 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.

Cross-check: the committees that received this money itemized $125.00 of it on their own filings over the same window. The two sides are filed by different committees and can differ in timing and itemization — county, local and federal recipients also file outside this dataset.

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

This committee Iowa Democratic Party · $2,150 Polk County Democratic Central Committee · $140 Johnson County Democratic Central Committee · $75 Fourth District Congressional Campaign Commitee · $75 Ankeny Area Democrats · $60 Northwest Des Moines Democrats · $60 Black Hawk County Democratic Central Committee · $50 Scott County Democratic Central Committee · $30

Every donation on record: 5,386 contributions, $1,239,457.42 →

Where the money went

$360,922.40 in 412 payments to 60 different recipients since 2023, as this committee itemized them. Itemized payments run through 2026-05-26. 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
Path to Victory $63,353.87 15
Ethan Sarakun $59,050.65 30
FDM Connects LLC $55,327.21 2
Goodman Campaigns LLC $40,421.81 37
ActBlue $27,146.88 67
AccountantsWorld $20,115.69 50
NGP Van $19,070.46 3
Jennifer Fiihr Consulting $11,256.00 8
Nathan Willems $10,458.87 7
Arc Initiatives $9,525.00 1
CallTime AI $9,350.00 11
Dickson Properties LLC $9,100.00 13

The 12 biggest of 60 recipients. Source: Iowa Ethics & Campaign Disclosure Board expenditure filings.

Filing history

Period Filed Timing Raised Spent In-kind Unpaid bills Cash on hand Source
2026 · May 15 – Jul 14 2026-07-20 on time $1,945,794.60$153,518.67$49.97$0 $2,670,810.95 PDF
2026 · May 15 – Tuesday Preceding Primary 2026-05-29 on time $28,277.95$6,362.19$0$0 $878,535.02 PDF
2026 · Jan 1 – May 14 2026-05-19 on time $493,580.55$172,917.28$31,203.30$0 $856,619.26 PDF
2025 · Jan 1 – Dec 31 2026-01-20 on time $717,598.92$181,642.93$12,256.19$0 $535,955.99 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

$2,640.00 across 9 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
Iowa Democratic Party $2,150.00
Polk County Democratic Central Committee · files outside this dataset $140.00
Johnson County Democratic Central Committee · files outside this dataset $75.00
Fourth District Congressional Campaign Commitee · files outside this dataset $75.00
Ankeny Area Democrats $60.00
Northwest Des Moines Democrats $60.00
Black Hawk County Democratic Central Committee · files outside this dataset $50.00
Scott County Democratic Central Committee · files outside this dataset $30.00