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Willems for Iowa

Candidate committee · code SWGA51124 · candidate: Willems, Nathan · 5 filings on record

$1,684,624.71 on hand as of the 2026 “Jul 15 – Oct 14” report. The filing.

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Format

Time rangeJan 2025 – Jul 2026

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.

5 reports in the range Jan 2025 – Jul 2026: raised $6,301,166.07, spent $4,616,541.36, in-kind $43,823.73, as reported. Cash on hand at the end of the most recently filed of them (2026 · Jul 15 – Oct 14, filed 2026-10-19): $1,684,624.71.

Cash on hand at end of period, 2025 to 2026 · hover for details
$1,684,624
Money raised each filing period (donations of money, not goods or services), per state filings · hover any bar
$3,115,914

Itemized money, month by month

Time rangeApr 2025 – Oct 2026

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 Apr 2025 – Oct 2026: $6,301,166.07. From individuals $2,507,516.07, from organizations $10,250.00, from other committees $3,783,400.00. Cash only: in-kind support and loans received are not counted here. These figures are net of $8,055.26 in refunds and corrections, filed as negative rows.

Money out, itemized payments dated Apr 2025 – Oct 2026: $4,616,541.36. To vendors and people $4,613,901.36, to other committees $2,640.00. Loan repayments are not counted here.

Where the money comes from

$6,301,166.07 received across 12,778 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: $43,823.73 in in-kind support (10 filings) — goods and services donated rather than money .

Individuals 40% ($2,507,516.07) · PACs & committees 60% ($3,783,400.00) · Other organizations <1% ($10,250.00)

Where these donors live, of the $6,301,166.07 whose donor listed an address: In Iowa 31% ($1,951,198.25) · Outside Iowa 69% ($4,349,967.82).

DAGA Individual PAC
$3,010,000.00 2026-10-13 Way Back PAC
$360,000.00 2026-10-08 United Food & Commercial Wor…
$45,000.00 2026-10-08 SEIU Healthcare Minn
$35,000.00 2026-09-24 Operating Engineers Local 23…
$25,000.00 2026-10-13 Justice For All Political Ac…
$25,000.00 2026-10-08 Iowa State Education Assn. P…
$25,000.00 2026-07-14 AFSCME Iowa Council 61 P.E.…
$25,000.00 2026-07-14 International Brotherhood of…
$24,750.00 2026-09-18 Plumbers and Pipe Fitters Lo…
$20,000.00 2026-08-07 Great Plains Laborers' Distr…
$20,000.00 2026-09-27 Machinists Non-Partisan Poli…
$15,000.00 2026-09-09 Linn Phoenix Club
$15,000.00 2026-09-24 The Majority Rules PAC
$10,000.00 2025-05-22 Covington Investments, LLC
$10,000.00 2026-09-09 Central Iowa Building and Co…
$10,000.00 2026-08-06 Plumbers & Steamfitters Loca…
$10,000.00 2026-05-07 District Union #431 UFCW Pol…
$10,000.00 2026-09-01 UAW V-CAP
$10,000.00 2026-07-23 Heavy Highway Political Acti…
$10,000.00 2026-09-18 NEA Fund for Children and Pu…
$10,000.00 2026-09-05 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 MID-AMERICA CARPENTERS REGIO…
$5,000.00 2026-08-12 Plumbers & Pipefitters Local…
$5,000.00 2026-06-12 State + Local Election Allia…
$5,000.00 2026-09-24 CWA Council of the State of …
$5,000.00 2026-07-24 Iowa Letter Carriers Committ…
$4,100.00 2026-09-09 IRONWORKERS LOCAL #89 POLITI…
$4,000.00 2026-09-09 Steamfitters & Plumbers L.U.…
$2,500.00 2026-05-22 Plumbers Local Union No.16 C…
$2,500.00 2026-05-23 Ironworkers Political Action…
$2,500.00 2026-06-17 Iron Workers Local 67 PAC
$1,500.00 2026-05-11 Iowa Opportunities PAC
$1,250.00 2025-11-12 Delaware County Democratic C…
$1,100.00 2026-09-09 Iowa Democratic Party
$1,050.00 2026-08-12 Iowa State Council of Machin…
$1,000.00 2026-08-07 Linn County Democratic Centr…
$1,000.00 2026-09-07 Des Moines County Democratic…
$1,000.00 2026-08-18 International Association of…
$1,000.00 2026-10-09 Brotherhood of Locomotive En…
$1,000.00 2026-09-18 Heartland Health PAC
$1,000.00 2026-09-18 Cedar County Democratic Cent…
$500.00 2026-09-20 Sioux County Democratic Cent…
$500.00 2026-10-09 Buchanan County Democratic C…
$500.00 2026-07-01 Benton County Democratic Cen…
$500.00 2026-09-01 Dickinson County Democratic …
$500.00 2026-09-07 Mitchell County Democratic C…
$500.00 2026-08-03 Van Buren County Democratic …
$500.00 2026-08-23 Southeastern Iowa Building T…
$500.00 2026-07-24 Poweshiek County Democratic …
$350.00 2026-10-02 Washington County Democratic…
$300.00 2026-09-01 Democratic Women of Buchanan…
$300.00 2026-10-02 Black Timber Properties, LLC
$250.00 2025-08-28 Lee County Democratic Centra…
$250.00 2026-09-26 Fremont County Democratic Ce…
$250.00 2026-09-07 Winneshiek County Democratic…
$250.00 2026-10-09 Franklin County Democratic C…
$250.00 2026-09-18 Mahaska County Democratic Ce…
$200.00 2026-09-26 United Steelworkers of Ameri…
$200.00 2026-09-18 Pocahontas County Democratic…
$150.00 2026-09-20 Clive Democrats
$150.00 2026-07-24 Clayton County Democratic Ce…
$100.00 2025-11-16 Audubon County Democratic Ce…
$100.00 2026-08-25 Jackson County Democratic Ce…
$100.00 2026-07-31 Windsor Heights Democrats
$100.00 2026-07-01 Humboldt County Democratic C…
$100.00 2026-07-14 Camden Real Estate Company
$0.00 2025-10-21 Individual gifts (lumped) across 12,674 gifts, not to scale $2,507,516.07

$1,421,233.65 of the individuals' money is from recent rows read from the Ethics Board's public search, which does not say whether a giver is a person or an organization. We count a giver there as an individual unless the state's older records list the same name as an organization or the name is plainly one (a PAC, party, committee, business, trust or union).

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: 12,778 contributions, $6,301,166.07 →

Where the money went

$4,616,541.36 in 690 payments to 82 different recipients since 2023, as this committee itemized them. Itemized payments run through 2026-10-14. Its filings report $4,616,541.36 spent since 2023 (newest report in our copy filed 2026-10-19). The two are the same to the cent.

Paid to Total Payments
Old Town Media LLC $3,664,164.00 10
FDM Connects LLC $189,655.04 6
Path to Victory $98,353.87 22
McKenna Media $85,121.17 4
Ethan Sarakun $82,611.64 41
Goodman Campaigns LLC $67,839.04 52
New River Strategies $66,000.00 2
ActBlue $50,580.97 94
AccountantsWorld $37,753.82 75
Arc Initiatives $35,675.00 12
NGP Van $32,041.97 5
Adcraft Printing $25,170.95 6

The 12 biggest of 82 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 · Jul 15 – Oct 14 2026-10-19 on time $3,115,914.05$4,102,100.29$314.27$0 $1,684,624.71 PDF
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