Democrat candidate for U.S. House in Iowa. Every point on this page links to its source. We don't grade candidates or tell you how to vote. As of 2026-09-29.
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From FEC filings for 2025–26. Outside spending is money a group spends on its own about a candidate — TV and online ads, mail, canvassing. It is not a donation to the campaign, and the candidate does not control it. Supporting means it was spent to help that candidate win; Opposing means it was spent to defeat them, usually on attack ads. Groups report it within 24 or 48 hours as the election nears. Raised is the campaign's own fundraising, as of its latest quarterly report. Largest donors come from each outside spender's own FEC receipts, with each donor's share of its itemized receipts; donors under $100,000 are not named. People are shown with the employer and occupation they reported. A donor that is itself a political committee is shown with its own largest donors. Companies and nonprofits don't report their funders to the FEC, so the trail ends there, and the page says so.
Sarah Trone Garriott (DEM)
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$5.3M through 2026-06-30individuals $4.8M · PACs $439K · party $11K · candidate's own money, incl. loans $120 · from the candidate's other committees $87K · cash on hand $3.9M
NO GOING BACK PAC INC.— $198K opposing GarriottCFFE PAC— $86K supporting GarriottLargest donors:
PIVOTAL VENTURES $2.0M (56%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); OPPORTUNITY ACTION FUND $750K (21%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); GREEN ADVOCACY PROJECT $250K (7%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC); GOVERNMENT THAT WORKS PAC $250K (7%); CHILDREN'S EQUITY FUND $100K (3%) (an organization: its own funders aren't reported to the FEC)WELCOMEPAC— $48K supporting GarriottTHE CONSERVATIVE CAUCUS DBA AMERICANS FOR CONSTITUTIONAL LIBERTY— $26K opposing GarriottPROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT— $20K supporting GarriottLargest donors:
STOP REPUBLICANS $5.8M (22%) (its largest donors: PROGRESSIVE TURNOUT PROJECT $2.5M; DWORETZKY, JOSHUA $2.2M); LEVINER, BETTY $5.7M (21%); PROGRESSIVE TAKEOVER $3.5M (13%) (its largest donors: RITSCH, MALCOLM $1.3M); STOP THESE OPPRESSIVE PEOPLE: TYRANTS RACISTS UNQUALIFIEDS MISOGYNISTS PROPAGANDISTS (STOP TRUMP) $3.0M (11%) (its largest donors: BROWN, BEVERLY $1.1M); DEM TURNOUT 2024 $2.1M (8%) (its largest donors: ASHFORD, HELEN $1.1M)and 3 more
109 PACs gave directly — alphabetical; the legal limit is $5,000 per election
A PLEASANT PENINSULA PAC $4,000
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AAJ PAC) $7,500
AMERICAN DEFENSE AND MILITARY PAC $3,000
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E $5,000
AMERICAN INNOVATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (AMI PAC) $1,000
AMERICAN MOSAIC PAC $1,000
AMERICANS MAKING OPPORTUNITIES PAC $1,000
AMERIPAC: THE FUND FOR A GREATER AMERICA $5,000
BEEPAC (BUILDING ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT PAC) $4,000
BEYOND THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS PAC $3,000
BLUE HEN FEDERAL PAC $5,000
BLUE MAJORITY PAC $4,000
BLUE MOMENTUM PAC $5,000
BRIDGE THE GAP PAC $3,000
BUILD THE BENCH PAC $3,500
CA LUV PAC (CALIFORNIA LEADERSHIP UNITED FOR VICTORY PAC) $10K
CARPENTERS LEGISLATIVE IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS $10K
COMMITTEE FOR A DEMOCRATIC FUTURE $2,000
COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA - COPE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE $5,000
D.R.I.V.E. - DEM, REP, IND VOTER ED (THE PAC OF THE INT'L BRHD OF TEAMSTERS) $5,000
DE COLORES PAC $1,000
DEFEND THE VOTE $7,500
DEMOCRACY SUMMER LEADERSHIP PAC $10K
DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY FUND $7,500
DEMOCRATIC TURNOUT PROJECT PAC $1,000
DEMOCRATIC VALUES $1,000
DEMOCRATIC WOMEN OF SANTA BARBARA COUNTY $500
DSCC/EMILY'S LIST COMMITTEE $5,000
ELECT DEMOCRATIC WOMEN $5,000
ELECT DEMS NOW PAC $1,000
EMILIA SYKES FOR CONGRESS $1,000
EMILYS LIST $5,000
END CITIZENS UNITED $1,500
EQUALITY PAC $2,500
EVERYTOWN FOR GUN SAFETY ACTION FUND, INC. PAC (EVERYTOWN PAC) $1,500
FAIR SHOT PAC $10K
FIGHT FOR PROGRESS PAC $1,000
FIGHTING BACK PAC $3,000
FLIP THE CONGRESS PAC $10K
FOSTERING PROGRESS PAC $1,000
FRONTLINE FIGHTERS PAC $5,000
FUTURE FORUM PAC $2,500
HMP $10K
HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN PAC $9,550
IN THIS TOGETHER PAC $5,000
INLAND EMPIRE STRIKES PAC; THE $1,000
INNOVATION FOR GOOD PAC $5,000
INT'L ASSOCIATION OF BRIDGE, STRUCTURAL, ORNAMENTAL AND REINFORCING IRON WORKERS (IPAL) $5,000
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION LEAGUE $10K
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $5,000
IRISH AMERICAN DEMOCRATS $350
JAMIE RASKIN FOR CONGRESS $2,000
JEFFRIES FOR CONGRESS $4,000
JOBS, OPPORTUNITIES AND EDUCATION PAC (JOE-PAC) $10K
JUSTICE LEAGUE PAC $1,000
KATHERINE CLARK FOR CONGRESS $4,000
KUSTER FOR CONGRESS, INC $2,000
LA BAMBA PAC $1,500
LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITY INNOVATION SERVICE PAC $1,000
LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS ACTION FUND $5,990
LIFTOFF PAC $2,500
LLOYD DOGGETT CAMPAIGN FUND $2,000
LOBO PAC $1,500
LORI TRAHAN FOR CONGRESS COMMITTEE $2,000
MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS $10K
MAKING A DIFFERENCE PAC $1,000
MELTON FOR IOWA $400
MIDWEST VALUES PAC $2,500
MITTEN PAC $5,000
MOMS FED UP $10K
NANCY PELOSI FOR CONGRESS $2,000
NATIONAL POSTAL MAIL HANDLERS UNION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE $1,000
NEA FUND FOR CHILDREN AND PUBLIC EDUCATION $5,000
NEW DEMOCRAT COALITION ACTION FUND $7,500
NEW POLITICS NEXT MISSION FUND $6,061
NO SURRENDER FUND $10K
NORTH AMERICA'S BUILDING TRADES UNIONS POLITICAL EDUCATIONAL FUND $1,000
NOT SO OLD FASHIONED PAC $1,000
NRDC ACTION FUND INC. $1,000
OVERSIGHT ACTION FUND $2,000
PAC OF APPLES $2,000
PAC TO THE FUTURE $5,000
PATRIOT PAC $2,500
PETE AGUILAR FOR CONGRESS $4,000
PROTECT DEMOCRACY NOW $1,000
PUGET PAC $1,500
SAVE DEMOCRACY PAC $5,000
SCHAKOWSKY FOR CONGRESS $1,000
SCHNEIDER FOR CONGRESS $2,000
SHORE PAC $1,000
SMALL TOWN PAC $5,000
STANTON FOR CONGRESS $1,000
STORM PAC $1,000
SUNFLOWER SEEDS PAC $2,000
SUPPORTING HOUSE PROBLEM SOLVERS - SHP PAC $3,500
THE JUNO FUND $10K
THE MAJORITY RULES PAC $1,500
THE NEXT 50 PAC $10K
THERESA GREENFIELD FOR IOWA $2,000
TOMORROW PAC $1,000
TRI-STATE MAXED-OUT WOMEN $2,500
UA UNION PLUMBERS & PIPEFITTERS VOTE! PAC (UNITED ASSOCIATION OF JOURNEYMEN AND APPRENTICES OF THE PLUMBING & PIPEFITTING INDUSTRY OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA) $5,000
UAW - V - CAP (UAW VOLUNTARY COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM) 'INT'L UNION UNITED AUTOMOBILE AEROSPACE & AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA UAW $10K
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