Government accountability: corporate PAC money
What they say
His campaign says it is not taking any corporate PAC money and would ban corporate PAC money in campaigns.
“Josh is not taking any corporate PAC money, because this campaign is for Iowa and Iowans, not corporations.”
In their own words, dated
“In the U.S. Senate, I'll fight to get dark money out of politics and to increase the minimum wage”
“We need more leaders willing to take on powerful interests, and I am proud to announce that I will refuse corporate PAC money, support a stock trading ban for members of Congress, and crack down on dark money.”
What the record shows ·
His committee's filings through June 30, 2026 report $378,126.83 from other political committees and $62,000 from a party committee, against $6,276,526.90 in total receipts. By the FEC's recorded type of each contributing committee, that money came from 38 leadership PACs ($274,000), twelve PACs with no organization type recorded ($62,500), the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee ($62,000) and one county party committee ($500), five labor organization PACs ($25,000), four other candidates' committees ($10,401.83), three membership organization PACs ($5,275), and a second county party committee listed without an FEC id ($450). No contributing committee is recorded by the FEC as connected to a corporation or a trade association.
What the filings show
Same as the record side; on this card the filing is the record.
The FEC's organization type is what the contributing committee filed; a membership or leadership PAC can itself receive corporate-connected money, which this check does not trace. Individual contributions are not classified. Filings after June 30 are not covered. Three receipts recorded from organizations rather than political committees are outside this table and this test: $3,500 from Per4max Medical and $500 from IDPAC, both itemized on line 11AI, and a $547 line-14 offset from Employers Insurance.
Limit: Leadership PACs are sponsored by other politicians, and the FEC's organization-type field is blank for many PACs, so "no corporate PAC money" is tested only against the FEC's recorded types. Individual contributions earmarked through conduits (ActBlue, $2,377,439.49 in memo entries; JStreetPAC and PAC for Good, $43,110) are individual money and are not counted here. Contributions are context, not evidence of why any position was taken.