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Vote Vowels 2026

Candidate committee · code SWGA51196 · candidate: Vowels, James · 4 filings on record

$6,058.56 on hand as of the 2026 “Jul 15 – Oct 14” report. The filing.

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Vote Vowels 2026: dated and sourced figures, sized for each platform.

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.

4 reports in the range Jan 2025 – Jul 2026: raised $43,721.18, spent $37,662.62, in-kind $4,415.54, as reported. Cash on hand at the end of the most recently filed of them (2026 · Jul 15 – Oct 14, filed 2026-10-19): $6,058.56.

Cash on hand at end of period, 2025 to 2026 · hover for details
$6,058
Money raised each filing period (donations of money, not goods or services), per state filings · hover any bar
$17,927

Itemized money, month by month

Time rangeJul 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 Jul 2025 – Oct 2026: $43,721.18. From individuals $39,685.78, from organizations $50.00, from other committees $3,985.40. Cash only: in-kind support and loans received are not counted here.

Money out, itemized payments dated Jul 2025 – Oct 2026: $37,662.62. To vendors and people $37,262.62, to other committees $400.00. Loan repayments are not counted here.

Where the money comes from

$43,721.18 received across 340 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: $4,415.54 in in-kind support (22 filings) — goods and services donated rather than money .

Individuals 91% ($39,685.78) · PACs & committees 9% ($3,985.40) · Other organizations <1% ($50.00)

Where these donors live, of the $42,310.18 whose donor listed an address: In Iowa 97% ($41,177.93) · Outside Iowa 3% ($1,132.25).

The shares leave out $1,411.00 from donors with no usable address.

Butler County Democratic Cen…
$1,500.00 2026-09-16 Chickasaw County Democratic …
$750.00 2026-06-03 Floyd County Democratic Cent…
$620.40 2026-06-08 Bremer County Democratic Cen…
$615.00 2026-01-27 Iowa State Education Assn. P…
$500.00 2026-08-07 Professional Health Care: Ci…
$50.00 2026-03-09 Individual gifts (lumped) across 330 gifts, not to scale $39,685.78

$25,147.78 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).

Every donation on record: 340 contributions, $43,721.18 →

Where the money went

$37,662.62 in 130 payments to 42 different recipients since 2023, as this committee itemized them. Itemized payments run through 2026-10-12. Its filings report $37,662.62 spent since 2023 (newest report in our copy filed 2026-10-19). The two are the same to the cent.

Paid to Total Payments
Adcraft Printing $5,038.18 4
Henry ESP $4,410.54 4
Jim Vowelss $4,364.50 7
AEL Suhr Enterprises $4,350.00 1
The Printery $2,401.86 9
Clarence Dawson $2,100.00 1
OnTheGoMedia $1,973.00 1
Charles City Press $1,964.00 1
Achen Becker Media $1,560.00 1
Raygun $832.96 1
Iowa Democratic Party $800.00 2
Amazon $736.61 14

The 12 biggest of 42 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 $17,927.78$25,835.83$285.00$0 $6,058.56 PDF
2026 · May 15 – Jul 14 2026-07-20 on time $10,549.40$9,820.33$585.95$0 $13,966.61 PDF
2026 · Jan 1 – May 14 2026-05-18 on time $11,632.00$1,157.50$0$0 $13,237.54 PDF
2025 · Jan 1 – Dec 31 2026-01-19 on time $3,612.00$848.96$3,544.59$0 $2,763.04 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

$400.00 across 1 payments this term (since 2023), as itemized in this committee's own spending reports.

Recipient committee Total
Iowa Democratic Party $400.00