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Campaign Funding: Bruce Braley (D, Iowa)

Campaign Funds

Total Receipts Total Expenses Cash On Hand
$1,647,054 $1,253,444 $393,610

(Source: Center for Responsive Politics. Reporting date: October 20, 2006.)

Totals By Sector
SectorTotalPACsIndivs
Lawyers & Lobbyists $463,218 $14,000 $449,218
Labor $141,500 $141,500 $0
Ideology / Single-Issue $110,017 $110,017 $0
Other $25,958 $7,500 $18,458
Finance / Insur / RealEst $11,500 $10,000 $1,500
Misc Business $4,250 $0 $4,250
Communic / Electronics $4,050 $0 $4,050
Health $2,500 $1,000 $1,500
Agribusiness $1,000 $1,000 $0
Transportation $250 $0 $250
Top 5 Metro Areas
  • DES MOINES $78,575
  • WATERLOO-CEDAR FALLS $27,920
  • CEDAR RAPIDS $25,835
  • DALLAS $22,500
  • CHICAGO $18,200
Top 10 Zip Codes
  1. 50312 (Des Moines, IA) $18,100
  2. 50309 (Des Moines, IA) $14,950
  3. 52403 (Cedar Rapids, IA) $13,800
  4. 50265 (West Des Moines, IA) $12,500
  5. 50613 (Cedar Falls, IA) $12,270
  6. 50701 (Waterloo, IA) $10,400
  7. 51503 (Council Bluffs, IA) $10,000
  8. 50266 (West Des Moines, IA) $7,750
  9. 60602 (Chicago, IL) $7,600
  10. 52240 (Iowa City, IA) $7,050
In-State Vs Out-of-State
  • Grand Total: $517,231
  • In-State: 40.44%
  • Out-of-State: 59.55%
  • No State: 0.00%
Source of Receipts
  • PACs: $545,575
  • Individuals $1,095,633
  • Candidate $0
  • Other $5,846
Top 20 Contributors
ContributorTotalPACsIndivs
1. Baron & Budd $20,000 $0 $20,000
2. American Federation of Teachers $10,000 $10,000 $0
3. Credit Union National Assn $10,000 $10,000 $0
4. AmeriPAC: The Fund for a Greater America $10,000 $10,000 $0
5. Assn of Trial Lawyers of America $10,000 $10,000 $0
6. NARAL Pro-Choice America $10,000 $10,000 $0
7. Our Common Values PAC $10,000 $10,000 $0
8. American Fedn of St / Cnty / Munic Employees $10,000 $10,000 $0
9. Machinists / Aerospace Workers Union $10,000 $10,000 $0
10. United Food & Commercial Workers Union $10,000 $10,000 $0
11. AFL-CIO $10,000 $10,000 $0
12. International Assn of Fire Fighters $7,500 $7,500 $0
13. National Assn of Social Workers $7,500 $7,500 $0
14. True Majority Action $7,000 $7,000 $0
15. Robins, Kaplan et al $6,100 $4,000 $2,100
16. Hoyer for Congress $6,000 $6,000 $0
17. PAC to the Future $5,000 $5,000 $0
18. Plumbers / Pipefitters Union $5,000 $5,000 $0
19. Service Employees International Union $5,000 $5,000 $0
20. Solidarity PAC $5,000 $5,000 $0
21. United Transportation Union $5,000 $5,000 $0
22. Air Line Pilots Assn $5,000 $5,000 $0
23. All America PAC $5,000 $5,000 $0
24. Amalgamated Transit Union $5,000 $5,000 $0
25. American Postal Workers Union $5,000 $5,000 $0
26. Carpenters & Joiners Union $5,000 $5,000 $0
27. Communications Workers of America $5,000 $5,000 $0
28. Forward Together PAC $5,000 $5,000 $0
29. Hope Fund $5,000 $5,000 $0
30. Intl Brotherhood of Electrical Workers $5,000 $5,000 $0
31. Laborers Union $5,000 $5,000 $0
32. National Assn of Letter Carriers $5,000 $5,000 $0
33. National Education Assn $5,000 $5,000 $0
34. New Democrat Coalition $5,000 $5,000 $0
35. New Leadership for America $5,000 $5,000 $0
36. Operating Engineers Union $5,000 $5,000 $0
Top 20 Industries
  1. Lawyers/Law Firms $463,218
  2. Leadership PACs $57,500
  3. Public Sector Unions $47,500
  4. Misc Unions $26,000
  5. Building Trade Unions $23,500
  6. Transportation Unions $23,000
  7. Industrial Unions $21,500
  8. Democratic/Liberal $20,500
  9. Candidate Committees $16,017
  10. Abortion Policy/Pro-Choice $12,000
  11. Credit Unions $10,000
  12. Retired $9,160
  13. Other $7,500
  14. Education $7,498
  15. Misc Issues $3,000
  16. Printing & Publishing $2,100
  17. Beer, Wine & Liquor $2,000
  18. Hospitals/Nursing Homes $1,500
  19. Misc Business $1,500
  20. Civil Servants/Public Officials $1,200
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