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Who funds Sarah Trone Garriott?

Iowa U.S. House District 3DemocratFiled as challengerFEC H6IA03268
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The money.

Sarah Trone GarriottFEC filing: Sarah Trone Garriott · H6IA03268 ↗
Raised
$7.9M
Spent
$6.9M
Cash on hand
$1.2M
  • Individuals 91% $7.2M
  • PACs & other committees 8% $638K
  • Party committees 0.2% $19K
  • Candidate's own money & loans <0.1% $120
  • Other receipts 0.6% $49K

Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $133K moved between the candidate's own committees.

Outside groups: $34K supporting · $2.3M opposing ($2.3M of it designated for the general election)

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECTHybrid PAC (super PAC account)98% of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $20K
  2. WELCOMEPACHybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries $13K
  3. GIVEGREEN UNITED ACTIONSuper PAC $107
  4. FIELD TEAM 6, INC.Super PAC99% of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $35

Biggest spenders opposing

  1. CLFHybrid PAC (super PAC account)99% of its general-election spending helped Republicans or opposed Democrats $2.3M
  2. THE CONSERVATIVE CAUCUS DBA AMERICANS FOR CONSTITUTIONAL LIBERTYFiler that is not a political committeeSpent mainly in primaries $6,459

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. FAIR SHOT PACLeadership PAC of Katherine Clark $13K
  2. ZINC COLLECTIVE PACHybrid PAC (super PAC account) $11K
  3. CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERSUnion PAC · United Brotherhood Of Carpenters And Joiners Of America $10K
  4. MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERSUnion PAC · International Association Of Machinists And Aerospace Workers $10K
  5. UAW - V - CAP (UAW VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM) 'INT'L UNION UNITED AUTOMOBILE AEROSPACE & AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA UAWUnion PAC · Int'L Union United Automobile Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers Of America Uaw $10K

Who gave.

Who gives $7.2M from individuals

19% in small-dollar gifts

$1.4M of $7.2M came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.

The itemized gifts below add up to $3.8M of the $5.8M the campaign reported itemizing through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Jun 30, 2026 for this campaign.

28% from Iowa · 72% from elsewhere

Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address. Giving from other states is lawful and common.

63% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. Iowa $1.1M
  2. California $967K
  3. New York $458K
  4. Massachusetts $206K
  5. Washington $114K
  6. Illinois $114K
  7. District of Columbia $111K
  8. Colorado $87K

Top employers named by donors

  1. GOOGLE $13K
  2. STATE OF IOWA $8,850
  3. KNAPP PROPERTIES $7,500
  4. STANFORD UNIVERSITY $6,991
  5. UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO $6,412
  6. MERCYONE $5,670
  7. WELLS FARGO $4,900
  8. IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY $4,210
  9. ELCA $4,025
  10. UNITED METHODIST CHURCH $3,575

Employers as donors wrote them on the form. A company listed here did not give this money; people who work there did.

Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $2.6M. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $1.1M, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated May 5, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, net of refunds (8,337 entries). Every itemized contribution on FEC.gov ↗

From the principal campaign committee's FEC reports; joint-fundraising transfers and later reports are not included, and no donor is named here. A contribution is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing.

Outside money in the final weeks.

Outside spending including late reports: $2.0M for / $6.5M against · $3.4M in the final two weeks

That is $6.1M more than the $2.3M in regular reports alone. Source: FEC regular reports plus 24- and 48-hour reports they do not yet cover. The final two weeks run Oct 21, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026, by the date each ad or mailing went out.

$1.8M of the $6.2M on late reports was filed as an estimate. A 24- or 48-hour report is due within a day or two of the spending; the spender's later regular report carries the final cost.

What it bought, per the late reports

  • TV, radio & streaming TV 70% $4.3M
  • Digital ads 7% $431K
  • Mail, print & signs 12% $752K
  • Phones & texts 1% $62K
  • Canvassing & field 10% $607K
  • Ad production 0.3% $20K
  • Other or unclassified 0.2% $12K

Largest late spenders for

  1. PROJECT 218 $996K
  2. CFFE PAC $701K
  3. PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT $136K
  4. AB PAC $37K
  5. WELCOMEPAC $35K

Largest late spenders against

  1. NO GOING BACK PAC INC. $3.9M
  2. AMERICA PAC $274K
  3. MAGA INC. $51K
  4. THE CONSERVATIVE CAUCUS DBA AMERICANS FOR CONSTITUTIONAL LIBERTY $22K
  5. CLF $18K

Latest dissemination on these reports: November 2, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (267 entries). These reports on FEC.gov ↗

Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate and is not the candidate's money. Purposes are grouped from each spender's own description, so the groups are approximate. A dollar figure is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing.

Where it went.

Where the money went $1.4M in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $1.4M of the $6.9M the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jun 30, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 23% $323K
  • Consultants & strategy 6% $79K
  • Staff & payroll 25% $354K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 16% $231K
  • Polling, research & data 18% $259K
  • Travel, meals & events 3% $39K
  • Office, technology & overhead 5% $72K
  • Legal & compliance 4% $54K
  • Other or unclassified 0.2% $3,447

Largest payees

  1. ASCEND DIGITAL STRATEGIES $445K
  2. US TREASURY $88K
  3. GLOBAL STRATEGY GROUP $84K
  4. ACT BLUE $82K
  5. NGP $48K

Paid to individuals: $361K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated May 7, 2025 to Jun 30, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (690 entries). Every payment on FEC.gov ↗

Grouped by each campaign's own description of the payment, so the groups are approximate. Payments of $200 or less to one payee need not be itemized, detail filed only as memo entries counts under other or unclassified, and spending by the candidate's other committees or by outside groups is not included. A payment is not evidence of a favor or wrongdoing.

Others who filed for this seat.

Questions worth asking.

Money shows who backed a campaign, not how a person will act. Compare it with what they did and said: their votes or official actions if they have held office, their own statements, and their answers to a finding. Use the same questions for every candidate.

FEC bulk data read November 4, 2026. Campaign totals come from each filing's own FEC summary through its latest processed report. Outside spending is independent expenditures itemized in committee reports in the FEC bulk files, primaries included; late 24- and 48-hour reports, party coordinated spending, communication costs and groups that do not report to the FEC are not included. Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate, and it is not the candidate's money. A contribution or expenditure is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing. This page identifies the filing by its FEC candidate ID; a person can hold more than one filing.